2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana

Final Results
Winner
Thomas Alcorn
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$117,322
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Entries
357
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
357
Players Left
1

Gallaher Rips It on Pupillo

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

John Gallaher raised to 150,000 on the button, and Nick Pupillo called in the big blind.

On the {7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop, Pupillo checked and Gallaher bet 175,000. Pupillo called.

Pupillo led out for 325,000 on the {5-Spades} turn. and Gallaher jammed for 800,000. Pupillo folded.

Player Chips Progress
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John Gallaher
1,800,000
475,000
475,000
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Nick Pupillo
1,550,000
-350,000
-350,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: John GallaherNick Pupillo

James Aggressive From the Big Blind

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

John Gallaher limped in from the small blind, and Robert James raised to 175,000 in the big blind. Gallaher shot James a look, then called.

Gallaher checked the {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} flop to James, who bet 200,000. Gallaher grabbed the chips needed to call, then thought for half a minute. He then folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert James
3,350,000
250,000
250,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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John Gallaher
1,325,000
-175,000
-175,000

Tags: John GallaherRobert James

Two Hands From Level 26

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Hand #1:

Robert James raised to 150,000 from the small blind, and Nick Pupillo called in the big blind.

Both players checked the {j-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Spades} flop, and the {5-Clubs} fell on the turn. James bet 200,000 and Pupillo quickly folded.

Hand #2:

John Gallaher raised to 150,000 from the cutoff, and Thomas Alcorn called in the big blind.

Alcorn checked the {q-Clubs}{8-Spades}{q-Hearts} flop to Gallaher, who bet 175,000. Alcorn called.

The {j-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and Alcorn checked again. Gallaher checked behind. The {10-Hearts} hit the river, and Alcorn bet 200,000. Gallaher called, and Alcorn said, "Straight," tabling {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Gallaher mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Alcorn
3,800,000
570,000
570,000
Profile photo of Robert James us
Robert James
3,100,000
150,000
150,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Nick Pupillo
1,900,000
-505,000
-505,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
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John Gallaher
1,500,000
-440,000
-440,000

Tags: John GallaherNick PupilloRobert JamesThomas Alcorn

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Gallaher Jams on Pupillo and Alcorn

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nick Pupillo raised to 125,000 on the button, and was called by Thomas Alcorn in the small blind, as well as John Gallaher in the big blind.

Action checked to Pupillo on an {a-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Hearts} flop, and he bet 150,000. Both Alcorn and Gallaher called.

Action checked through the {9-Clubs} turn, and Alcorn checked the {6-Clubs} river. Gallaher jammed for 1.3 million, and both Pupillo and Alcorn folded.

"You had two good hearts!" Gallaher told Alcorn.

"I did, and a gutshot straight draw," Alcorn replied back.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Alcorn
3,600,000
-200,000
-200,000
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Nick Pupillo
2,500,000
-150,000
-150,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
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John Gallaher
2,200,000
300,000
300,000

Tags: John GallaherNick PupilloThomas Alcorn

Alcorn Gets Away With One

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With 500,000 already in the pot, Thomas Alcorn checked a {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{7-Spades} board from the small blind, and John Gallaher bet 225,000 in the big blind. Alcorn called.

Alcorn led out for 325,000 on the {q-Hearts} river, and Gallaher said, "Show me ace-ten!" and folded.

Alcorn flashed the {a-Spades} first, then the {9-Spades} for a bluff. "I've been tight all day, I can get away with one," Alcorn said.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Alcorn
3,800,000
200,000
200,000
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John Gallaher
1,900,000
-100,000
-100,000

Tags: John GallaherThomas Alcorn

Kenneth Ware Eliminated in 5th Place ($28,318); Jesse Carter Eliminated in 6th Place ($21,358)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Jesse Carter
Jesse Carter

Nick Pupillo raised to 100,000 on the button, and Jesse Carter three-bet shoved for 240,000 in the small blind. Kenneth Ware called in the big blind, as did Pupillo.

Ware jammed for 550,000 after the {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop, and Pupillo said, "So stupid!" at the situation, before calling.

Jesse Carter: {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}
Kenneth Ware: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Nick Pupillo: {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Ware's set was in the lead at the moment, but Pupillo hit his open-ended straight draw on the {q-Clubs} turn.

"Deuce!" Pupillo said, and the {5-Hearts} river was just as good, sending Carter and Ware out the door, our fourth elimination at the final table in the last three hands.

Kenneth Ware
Kenneth Ware
Player Chips Progress
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Nick Pupillo
3,600,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
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Kenneth Ware
Busted
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Jesse Carter
Busted

Tags: Jesse CarterKenneth WareNick Pupillo

Alan Percal Eliminated in 7th Place ($16,370)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Alan Percal
Alan Percal

Kenneth Ware limped under-the-gun, Alan Percal was next to act and called off his reamining 30,000. Robert James limped in the cutoff, Thomas Alcorn limped the small blind and Jesse Carter checked his option.

The action got checked to the river on a board that read {a-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{8-Hearts}{a-Hearts}, where James fired out a bet of 50,000 and everyone folded. James tabled {a-Spades}{2-Spades} for aces full of eights, and Percal tabled {j-Spades}{8-Clubs} for eights full of aces, sending him to the payout desk in seventh place.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert James
3,100,000
305,000
305,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Alan Percal
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Alan PercalJesse CarterKenneth WareRobert JamesThomas Alcorn