2018 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
$175,805
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$928,800
Entries
1,032
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
30,000

Ice Hockey Players Join the Field

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

Well-known ice hockey players and brothers Phil and Blake Kessel have joined the field in a team with Jared Jaffee and Jeff Palarino.

Player Chips Progress
Craig Varnell - Chris Brauch
Craig Varnell - Chris Brauch
21,000
Guiseppe Pantaleo - Nikita Luther
Guiseppe Pantaleo - Nikita Luther
15,000
Jared Jaffee - Phil Kessel - Blake Kessel - Jeff Palarino
Jared Jaffee - Phil Kessel - Blake Kessel - Jeff Palarino
12,500
Alex Rocha - Megan Milburn - Joanne Milburn
Alex Rocha - Megan Milburn - Joanne Milburn
11,500
Artur Koren - Christopher Frank
Artur Koren - Christopher Frank
10,000
Joe Cada - Ann Cada - Joe Caruso
Joe Cada - Ann Cada - Joe Caruso
10,000
Fabian Gumz - Markus Kuhnen
Fabian Gumz - Markus Kuhnen
9,000
Jon Kyte - Robert Kaggerund
Jon Kyte - Robert Kaggerund
9,000 -1,000
Manig Loeser - Joelle Parenteau - Daniel Weinand
Manig Loeser - Joelle Parenteau - Daniel Weinand
8,000

Tags: Jared JaffeePhil KesselBlake KesselJeff Palarino

Tang Takes Out One

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

There was a raise from under the gun and the player in the next seat moved all in for 3,500. The action folded around to Jen Tang on the button and she called. The under-the-gun player folded and the cards were turned on their backs.

Jen Tang : {k-}{k-}
Opponent: {a-}{k-}

Board: {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Spades}

Tang held to score an elimination and move her team's stack up to 42,000 in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Tang - Michael Wolf
Jennifer Tang - Michael Wolf
42,000 42,000

Tags: Jen Tang

Piccioli Joins Sushant-Java Table

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

The flop read {q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and the player in the small blind, Bryan Piccioli in the big blind, and the player in the cutoff all checked. The turn brought them the {7-Spades}, the small blind bet 1,400, Piccioli called, and the cutoff folded.

The river completed the board with the {8-Diamonds}, the player in the small blind continued with a bet of 3,100, and Piccioli considered it but opted to fold in the end.

Player Chips Progress
Aditya Sushant - Nipun Java
Aditya Sushant - Nipun Java
11,000 -3,000
Team Piccioli
Team Piccioli
7,500 7,500

Tags: Bryan Piccioli

Dedusha Down

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

Artan Dedusha has just been eliminated when he was all in with {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} against the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} of his opponent for 2,875 in total.

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{10-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} to give him a straight draw on the flop and a flush draw on the river, but then he bricked on the river to be eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Team Dedusha
Team Dedusha
Busted

Tags: Artan Dedusha

Mencilla's Flush Takes Out Foxen

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante
Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

With the flop down {q-Clubs}{3-Spades}{9-Spades}, Brian Mencilla was on the button and up against Alex Foxen. The two players got all their chips in the middle and Foxen was ahead but Mencilla had outs.

Alex Foxen: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Brian Mencilla: {a-Spades}{7-Spades}

Turn: {a-Clubs}
River: {10-Spades}

Foxen hit two pair to the turn, but Mancilla hit the nut flush on the river to send the team of Foxen, Duff Charette, Kristen Bicknell, and Chance Kornuth to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Team Mencilla
Team Mencilla
30,500 30,500
Duff Charette - Alex Foxen - Kristen Bicknell - Chance Kornuth
Duff Charette - Alex Foxen - Kristen Bicknell - Chance Kornuth
Busted

Tags: Alex FoxenChance KornuthDuff CharetteKristen Bicknell

Clinkscales Shoves

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

Rex Clinkscales raised to 700 from the under-the-gun position and was called by the player in mid-position and the cutoff. The player on the button three-bet to 2,500 and they all called to go to the flop with four players.

The flop brought them the {6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, Clinkscales shoved, and even though his opponents considered it for a bit, they all folded in the end.

Player Chips Progress
Team Clinkscales
Team Clinkscales
17,000 17,000

Tags: Rex Clinkscales

Updated Chip Counts

Level 6 : 150/300, 50 ante

The recent Event #45: Big Blind Antes $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) winner, Mario Prats Garcia, has just taken his seat in this tournament. His team mate is Pablo Fernandez who he named as his coach during his winner's interview.

Player Chips Progress
Rob Perelman - Joseph Cheong
Rob Perelman - Joseph Cheong
32,000 1,500
Christian Thiry - Paul Berende
Christian Thiry - Paul Berende
19,000
Dara O'Kearney - Alan Widmann - Daiva Byrne - Benny Glaser
Dara O'Kearney - Alan Widmann - Daiva Byrne - Benny Glaser
15,000 -1,000
Alan Lau - Edward Yam - Ying Chan
Alan Lau - Edward Yam - Ying Chan
13,000 13,000
Mario Prats Garcia - Pablo Fernandez
Mario Prats Garcia - Pablo Fernandez
11,000 11,000
Paul Michaelis - Robin Hegele
Paul Michaelis - Robin Hegele
10,000 10,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

Latest Selection of Chip Counts

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Frank Kassela - Paul Clements
Frank Kassela - Paul Clements
24,000 16,000
Chip Jett - Karina Jett
Chip Jett - Karina Jett
23,500 13,500
Felipe Ramos - Natasha Mercier - Albert Daher - Aylar Lie
Felipe Ramos - Natasha Mercier - Albert Daher - Aylar Lie
20,000 1,400
Joey Weissman - Seth Berger - Nellie Park - Kazu Oshima
Joey Weissman - Seth Berger - Nellie Park - Kazu Oshima
19,800 -1,700
Marine Jouaillec - Christopher Kruk
Marine Jouaillec - Christopher Kruk
17,000 17,000
Sparrow Cheung - Philip Chiu - Vincent Li
Sparrow Cheung - Philip Chiu - Vincent Li
15,000 15,000
Tom Middleton - Steven Warburton
Tom Middleton - Steven Warburton
13,000
Marvin Rettenmaier - Vytautas Laurinaitis
Marvin Rettenmaier - Vytautas Laurinaitis
10,000 10,000
Nacho Barbero - Nick Yunis
Nacho Barbero - Nick Yunis
10,000 10,000
Jacob Miegel - Daniel Wendorf
Jacob Miegel - Daniel Wendorf
10,000 10,000
Hannes Neurauter - Adi Rajkovic
Hannes Neurauter - Adi Rajkovic
10,000 10,000
Team Sitbon
Team Sitbon
6,200 6,200