Brian 'Sno0owman' Hawkins is $25,000 richer and will be featured on the cover of BLUFF after taking down the Bluff Online Poker Challenge.

Brian ‘Sno0owman’ Hawkins turned his $200 into $25,066.74 thanks largely to his success at heads-up sit-n-goes. The next closest competitor was Garrett “gbecks” Beckman who wound up with $4,811.96. Hawkins took risks early on in the challenge, ignoring proper bankroll management by playing in $25 buy-in heads-up sit-n-goes and working his way up until he was playing the $1,000 buy-in variety. For winning the BOPC Hawkins, who doesn’t turn 21 until August, will be youngest person to ever grace the cover of BLUFF Magazine.

“Brian’s performance in the challenge was phenomenal. He proved himself to be a world class player and we’re going to be proud to feature him on the cover of an upcoming issue,” said Eric Morris, publisher of BLUFF Magazine. “The Challenge itself was an overwhelming success and we’d like thank our partners at Lock Poker for helpding make this happen.”

Hawkins’ win came over the likes of Shaun ’shaundeeb’ Deeb, Brett ‘Gank’ Jungblut, Adam Junglen, Brandon Cantu and Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch. Also in the event was 2008 BLUFF Magazine Online Player of the Year David ‘The Maven’ Chicotsky. Proving that Hawkins win was extraordinary the final bankroll of the other 24 players adds up to just $10,000, nearly 1/3 of what Hawkins produced.

Hawkins not only recorded the single best day, winning $5,263.99 in a 24-hour period, but he also suffered the worst net-loss day after dropping $3,766.01 in one day. Despite not coming out on top Chicotsky did manage to set a record of his own during the Challenge. He played a total of 879 tournaments or sit-n-goes including a record 369 in one day.

One of the stories early on in the Challenge was Jeffrey ‘Duralast’ Romano who qualified after recording the most Frequent Player Points in the month of February. Romano jumped out to a lead in the opening days of the Challenge only to struggle down the stretch. He finished up $10.71 after 620 hours of play and a record 968 tournaments played.

For finishing first and second Hawkins and Beckman will each receive a buy-in to a future Dream Team Poker event. To view the complete leaderboard or check out the many video blogs posted by each of the competitors check out the Bluff Online Poker Challenge home page.

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