Wealthy Alsup won’t be a family title within the poker world, however his checklist of poker accomplishments can be the envy of most poker gamers.
The Minnesota native has greater than $2.4 million in lifetime earnings in line with the Hendon Mob, gained the 2022 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Occasion #82: $800 NLH Deep Stack for $272,065 and a gold bracelet, and is a legend on the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT).
Significantly, not solely did he win the 2015 MSPT Meskwaki for $101,229 and end because the Season 6 Participant of the 12 months, he’s the tour’s all-time cash chief with $963,973 in cashes, is fourth for all-time MSPT Predominant Occasion cashes with 52, and has made a MSPT last desk 15 instances! He’s additionally a MSPT Hall of Famer and sits second on the tour’s Best of All Time (GOAT) rankings.
Nonetheless, the one factor Alsup doesn’t have – a World Poker Tour (WPT) title.
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A Child on the Playground
Alsup tried to vary that by making his option to Playground for what was his third-ever go to to the venue.
“My first time right here was in 2018. The property was creating however not what it’s immediately,” Alsup instructed PokerNews. “I used to be right here earlier this yr for the WSOP Circuit and got here again. The spot simply checks all of the containers for me. Montreal is wonderful. The persons are very variety. The meals is 10 out of 10, wherever you go. I like five-card PLO. So, the money video games are wonderful and every thing is nice about it.”
Alsup even talked his good good friend and fellow Minnesotan, Rob Wazwaz, to strive Playground for the primary time.
“I talked him into it and now he mentioned it is his favourite spot together with Seminole Laborious Rock,” Alsup mentioned of Wazwaz, a WSOP bracelet winner from 2022 as nicely – he gained Occasion #25: $800 NLH Deepstack for $358,346 – and the person forward of him on the aforementioned MSPT GOAT leaderboard.
Not solely that, they randomly got here throughout one other Minnesota poker legend and MSPT Corridor of Famer in Umut Ozturk, who unbeknownst to them had made the journey over to Playground.
“It is a fast flight,” Alsup added. “It is like simply over two hours and easy.”
Each gamers made Day 2 of the WPT Playground Championship, however sadly, each fell wanting the cash.
“Simply plenty of robust spots. I’d get ace-queen, it would be three-bet, and I might must fold. I felt prefer it wasn’t meant to be. Identical to bizarre spots and did not catch any traction.”
Contemporary Off Fall Poker Traditional Win
Alsup can’t complain an excessive amount of about his luck as he’s recent off a significant rating. From October 17-20, Minnesota’s Canterbury Park hosted its annual Fall Poker Traditional $1,100 Championship Predominant Occasion, which blew away its $200K assure as 773 entrants generated a $742,080 prize pool.
The Minnesota poker neighborhood is a powerful one (they even have their very own Poker Corridor of Fame), and the Fall Poker Traditional has a protracted historical past relationship again to 2001. So in terms of regional delight, it’s a event all Gopher State gamers wish to win, and Alsup did.
“We really did a three-way chop after which we performed out for $30,000. So, that is the way it performed out,” he mentioned with a smile. “The celebrities aligned and it was fairly cool as a result of I grew up enjoying there. To ship probably the most prestigious hometown title was good.”
2024 Fall Poker Traditional Predominant Occasion Ultimate Desk
| Place | Participant | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wealthy Alsup | $117,775* |
| 2 | Sam Desilva | $93,624* |
| 3 | Dustin Nelson | $84,688* |
| 4 | Kou Vang | $49,645 |
| 5 | Jordan Hiben | $37,846 |
| 6 | Matthew Dodd | $28,941 |
| 7 | Zach Cheatum | $22,262 |
| 8 | Joe Barnard | $17,068 |
| 9 | Sandeep Cherukuri | $13,357 |
*Denotes three-way deal.
What’s Subsequent?
After busting the WPT Playground Championship, Alsup made his manner over to the money recreation space. So, that’s the short-term plan. Nonetheless, in terms of the massive image he has one main objective – to win a World Poker Tour title.
“That is actually the primary factor left on the bucket checklist,” he admitted. “I like the WPT. Simply every thing about it. My subsequent objective is to ship a WPT.”
The closest Alsup has come to etching his title on the Mike Sexton Champion’s Cup was ending eleventh for $111,035 within the 2021 WPT Seminole Laborious Rock Poker Showdown. It’s a venue he plans to return to for his or her upcoming $3,500 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship from November 29—December 4.
“I’ll play Seminole. I’ll play the WPT Prime in Las Vegas more than likely, and yeah, I will play the WPT World Championship, can’t miss that.”
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*Images courtesy World Poker Tour (WPT) / Alicia Skillman
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