$1,700 Main Event Day 1b | 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Ameristar St. Charles

03-07-2020 22:15 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Salazar	228,000 58,000	58,000
Zack Mullennix	205,000 192,700	192,700
Maurice Hawkins	200,000 70,000	70,000
Heather Alcorn	190,000 49,000	49,000
Tim Vance	173,500 18,500	18,500
Blake Jakel	155,000 2,000	2,000
Hamid Izadi	150,000 70,000	70,000
Andy Rogowski	140,000 102,000	102,000
David Davenport	118,500 -31,500	-31,500
Jon Lawson	118,500 -21,500	-21,500
Cory Bogert	101,000 -11,000	-11,000
Nam Phan	96,500 -8,500	-8,500
Mack Ham	94,000 4,000	4,000
Ravi Raghavan	93,000 68,800	68,800

Greg Jennings	71,500 11,500	11,500
Cody Brinn	57,000 -25,000	-25,000
Steve Buell	46,000 11,000	11,000
Will Berry	45,000 -14,000	-14,000
Todd Sladek	18,500 18,500	18,500

03-07-2020 22:02 UTC-5

Registration Closes, $92,886 for Winner

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

WSOPC Ameristar St. Charles Main Event Day 1b

Registration for the WSOP Circuit Ameristar St. Charles $1,700 Main Event has closed with the start of Level 13 on Day 1b.

A total of 281 entries were logged — 108 on Day 1a and 173 on Day 1b — for a total prize pool of $425,715. That will be split among the final 43 contestants in the event. The winner will get $92,886, while a min-cash in 43rd will be worth $2,755.

Click the "Payout" tab for a full breakdown of the prize money.

03-07-2020 21:57 UTC-5

John Gallaher Nabs 4th Career Gold Ring in Event #7: $250 No-Limit Hold’em

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

PokerNews is in town to live report the $1,700 Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Ameristar St. Charles, but that is just on gold ring event that will have played out by the end of the series.

In Event #7: $250 No-Limit Hold’em, 120 runners created a $24,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 18 players including Steven Wills (3rd - $2,825), Chris Bibb (8th - $665), Rodney Spriggs (12th - $469), and Jerod Smith (18th - $383).

In the end, John Gallaher of Lebanon, Tennessee beat Blake O’Brien in heads-up play to win the title for $6,682 and his fourth gold ring.

“You know the first one is always the most surreal and I won my first one about eight years ago when I was about eight levels worse than I am now,” Gallaher joked. “I just know I have improved so much, especially in the last year and half, it feels good.”

The 53-year-old optometrist continued: “I feel like it’s just the 10,000-hour thing where all of the sudden everything is clicking. I know where I am at in hands and I am getting the value … It doesn’t matter how good you play sometimes, you have to run good as well. My nickname is ‘Johnny rungood’ though for a reason.”

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	John Gallaher	Lebanon, Tennessee	$6,682
2	Blake O'Brien	Maryland Heights, Missouri	$4,129
3	Steven Wills	Willow Springs, Missouri	$2,825
4	Ryan Collins	Seattle, Washington	$1,989
5	Paul Fehlig	St. Louis, Missouri	$1,443
6	Adam Elfazzani	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	$1,080
7	Sergei Kisviantsev	Chicago, Illinois	$836
8	Christopher Bibb	O Fallon, Missouri	$665
9	Daniel Gitt	St. Louis, Missouri	$549

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

03-07-2020 21:31 UTC-5

Break

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Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Players are on break for 15 minutes.

03-07-2020 21:28 UTC-5

Three-Way All in to Apter

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Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A middle player opened to 4,200, a player shoved in the hijack for 26,000 and Brett Apter called in the cutoff. The small blind stuck in his 13,700 and the opener thought about 30 seconds and folded.

Apter:
Small blind:
Hijack:

The small blind was dismayed to see his hearts were dead, and it didn't wind up mattering as the board ran .

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Apter	110,000 -1,000	-1,000

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03-07-2020 21:22 UTC-5

Lawson Catches Davenport

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Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Jon Lawson checked out of the big blind on a completed board of . David Davenport bet 15,000, half the pot, from a couple of seats over, and Lawson grimaced. He nonetheless called about 15 seconds later, and Davenport indicated it was a winning call. Lawson showed .

Player	Chips	Progress
David Davenport	150,000 -100,000	-100,000
Jon Lawson	140,000 75,000	75,000

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03-07-2020 21:05 UTC-5

Patel Crushed With Top Pair

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Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Both blinds checked to Wayne Whittinghill, who bet 32,000 from under the gun with about 5,000 back on an flop. That was more than double the size of the pot. He tried to move his last chips in but the dealer stopped him.