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On the final table itself, Alsup said, 'I didn't do a lot of raise folding. It's magical, I feel like it brought me good luck.' I put this down on my cards as the final table started, and I said, 'Watch out guys, I got that baby run good'. On the baby shoe at the final table, Alsup said, 'I brought this (the shoe) because I had the idea to bring this in case I make a final table.

I'm ready to get out of here, but this tournament of champions freeroll is trying to tempt me to stay.' I love my son and girlfriend so much that it's tough to be away.

'I have a baby at home and it's been really hard being away from my family. Cash games are great, but I'm in it for the big scores, titles, and bracelets.'Īlsup has a four-month-old baby back home and spoke of the difficulties of being away. In 2015 I saw these people were getting big scores in tournaments and I started to take that path. I eventually started going to the local casino at Canterbury Park in Minnesota. Me and the neighbor kid would play $0.01/$0.02 and play all through the night. Alsup said, 'I first got introduced to poker when I was 12 years old. I had seven big blinds and I came back by stealing blinds a lot.'Īlsup already had over $1,500,000 in live tournament earnings, according to his Hendon Mob, which dated his first cash back to 2006, and was asked about his background in poker. It was just before the dinner break, which allowed me some time to regroup. On the bad beat mentioned above, Alsup said, 'I could have easily went bust on that hand but I saved a few chips and it's an old saying 'A chip and a chair' and I managed to spin it back up. The stars aligned, I wasn't even going to play.' It feels really special because my travel buddy Rob Wazwaz won the same event a month before. I haven't really been a bracelet chaser but this one is really special.

When asked how it feels to win his first bracelet, Alsup said, 'It feels phenomenal. Alsup came into the short-stacked final table in the middle of the pack and managed to navigate through to come out victorious with the support of his baby shoe, which Alsup brought out especially on the final table to represent his four-month-old baby. Alsup was one of the chip leaders on the final two tables before taking a bad beat where he turned trips while Patrick Truong had a full house to become short.

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