$160 Tag Team Championship
Day 1 Completed
2022 Free Poker Network National Championship
$160 Tag Team Championship
Day: 1
Team Freese Wins 2022 Free Poker Network Tag Team Championship
Level 22
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Team Freese defeated Team Marts in heads-up play to win the 2022 Free Poker Network World Series or Bust Tag Team Championship and claim the championship belts. Team Freese consists of Minnesotans Gloria and Gerald Freese, and they will be bringing back home shiny new pieces of poker hardware in addition to the prizes they won.
The event attracted 79 entries and the players were all hoping to finish in the top 10%, as the top eight finishers each received 10,000 chips for the Free Poker Network World Series or Bust National Championship and $160. Those finishers will return in less than twelve hours to Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas for the main event, where they will compete for prizes totaling over $50,000.
The Free Poker Network allows players to earn points while playing poker in recreational leagues at bars in 17 states around the country. Players qualify for prizes and trips to major events by playing in their local FPN league.
2022 FPN Tag Team Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Team Freese |
| 2 | Team Marts |
| 3 | Team Wagner |
| 4 | Team Kingsley-Lens |
| 5 | Team Adler |
| 6 | Team Urbatsch-Marek |
| 7 | Team Hiner-Held |
| 8 | Team Haugen-Happe |
Action of the Day
In addition to the prizes for the top eight teams, $1,500 in mystery bounties were also up for grabs. The biggest $500 bounty was found by Team Hiner-Held.
Throughout the day, the 79 teams switched off playing poker and had fun looking for mystery bounties before eventually, only nine teams remained and they converged on the final table.
With nine teams left, only one team would be eliminated before the prizes, and the unfortunate bubble team was Team Holt-Ozcan when they got in their short stack and couldn’t improve against Team Marts.
After cashing, Team Haugen-Happe was the next team gone, and Team Hiner-Held made their exit soon after.
Team Urbatsch-Marek hit the rail next when running into a better ace, and the remaining five players went on a short break. After the break, Team Freese was down to under two big blinds and doubled on their path to eventual victory.
After some time, it was Team Adler to finish in fifth when running into a better king. Team Kingsley-Lens was next to go out in fourth when they got their short stack in and didn’t improve, and Team Wagner then lost a big pot to Team Freese, which changed the tides and led to Team Wagner’s demise in third place.
That set up a heads-up match between Team Freese and Team Marts, with the former holding a small chip lead over the latter. With the blinds climbing, it didn’t take too long to get the chips in, and when Team Mart’s jack-nine found no help against Team Freese’s pocket tens, Team Freese had officially won the tournament to claim the title and the Tag Team Championship belts.
Congrats to Gloria and Gerald Freese for winning the 2022 Free Poker Network W.S.O.B Tag Team Championship!
This concludes the PokerNews coverage for this event. Stay tuned as PokerNews returns to bring you coverage of the series finale 2022 Free Poker Network World Series or Bust National Championship on January 9th at 10 a.m. local time.
Team Marts Eliminated in 2nd Place
Level 22
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Gerald Freese jammed in the small blind and Nick Marts called off his remaining stack of about 400,000 in the big blind.
Nick Marts: 
Gerald Freese: 
Marts was calling for a jack, but the 
flop changed nothing. The 
turn and the 
river failed to improve Marts and Team Freese had won the pot to hold all of the chips in the tournament and claim the Free Poker Network Tag Team Championship belts.
Both teams will return for the FPN World Series or Bust National Championship event on January 9 at 10 a.m. local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,185,000 | 561,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Team Wagner Eliminated in 3rd Place
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ed Wagner got it all in with just less than 100,000 and Gerald Freese was the lone caller on behalf of team Freese.
Ed Wagner - Regina Wagner: 
Gerald Freese - Gloria Freese: 
The board ran out 
and the pair of kings held to eliminate Team Wagner from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
624,000 | -206,000 |
|
|
561,000 | 351,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Team Freese Takes Massive Chip Lead
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Gloria Freese got her 407,000 chips in preflop against Ed Wagner and was at risk.
Gloria Freese: 
Ed Wagner: 
Freese was in a good position to double and jumped ahead further on the 
flop. The 
turn brought chop outs, but the 
completed the board to send the huge pot to Freese.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
830,000 | 415,000 |
|
|
210,000 | |
|
|
145,000 | -415,000 |
Team Kingsley-Lens Eliminated in 4th Place
Level 21
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Alan Kingsley shoved for 51,000 in the cutoff, Gloria Freese called on the button, Ed Wagner called in the small blind, and Nick Marts defended the big blind.
The flop came 
. After the blinds checked, Freese bet and both blinds folded.
Alan Kingsley: 
Gloria Freese: 
The board ran out with the 
and to send Team Kingsley-Lens to the rail, but they will both return for the finale on Sunday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
415,000 | 315,000 |
|
|
210,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Team Adler Eliminated in 5th Place
Level 20
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Ed Wagner raised to 60,000 from early position and David Adler committed Team Adler last 100,000 chips from late position. The rest of the table folded.
David Adler - Merlin Adler: 
Ed Wagner - Regina Wagner:
The board ran out 
and Team Wagner held to eliminate Team Adler from the tournament. Team Adler will return tomorrow for the Championship Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000