Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-26-2019 16:16 UTC-7

Team Betbese Eliminated in 20th Place ($4,805)

Shirley Ang

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

John Hinds raised to 50,000 from the button and Jerod Smith called in the small blind. Nicolas Betbese shoved on the big blind for around 460,000 and only Hinds went along.

Team Betbese:
Team Hinds:

The board ran out for Hinds to hold with the higher pocket pair for the higher two pair to eliminate Betbese from the tournament in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hinds - Anthony Zinno	1,375,000 1,005,000	1,005,000
Nicolas Betbese - Leandro Bianchini - Martin Pineiro	Busted

Tags: Jerod Smith John Hinds Nicolas Betbese

06-26-2019 16:12 UTC-7

Team Leng Eliminated in 21st Place ($4,805)

Shirley Ang

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Ryan Leng raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Barak Wisbrod of Team Geiger three-bet to 160,000. Action folded all the way back to Leng who four-bet to 675,000. Geiger responded with a five-bet shove and Leng snap-called with them holding very similar stacks.

Leng jumped up from his chair and flipped over his cards while the rail and the other players in the tournament swamped the table to see what was happening in this monster set-up.

Team Leng:
Team Geiger:

The flop came with the king in the window and Leng grabbed his hair in disbelief.

The turn was the which didn't change the situation.

Only another ace could save Leng but the river completed the board with the . Wisbrod's stack was being counted out and determined to be 2,323,000. Leng's stack was worth 2,260,000 and that how two big stacks became one huge one.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ohad Geiger - Daniel Dayan - Barak Wisbrod	4,643,000 2,643,000	2,643,000
Ryan Leng - Lisa Leng - Nikki Grandt - Ilana Grandt	Busted

Tags: Barak Wisbrod Ryan Leng

06-26-2019 15:59 UTC-7

Team Kunz Eliminated in 22nd Place ($4,805)

AaronMcBride

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

The action folded to a player in Frank Kunz in late position and his all in for around 275,000 was called by a player in Team Marder.

Team Kunz:
Team Marder:

Board:

Team Kunz was dominated and the board also fell in Team Marder's favor to seal the pot.

Team Kunz hit the rail in 22nd place for $4,805.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Marder - Daniel Marder - Paul Steinberg	1,050,000 360,000	360,000
Frank Kunz - Richard Giacomo	Busted

06-26-2019 15:54 UTC-7

Team Jankowski Eliminatd in 24th Place ($4,805); Team Cosby Eliminated in 23rd Place ($4,805)

AaronMcBride

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Team Jankowski put their final 1,000 chip into the middle, and Sam Cosby moved all in for 209,000 from the cutoff, which Barak Wisbrod of Team Geiger called.

Team Jankowski:
Team Cosby:
Team Geiger:

Board:

Team Cosby held his lead for the double in the side pot on the flop, as Team Jankowski looked likely to survive in the Main pot.

However, Team Geiger picked up the flush draw on the turn, and when the fourth club hit the river, they sealed both pots to eliminated both Team Jankowski and Team Cosby.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ohad Geiger - Daniel Dayan - Barak Wisbrod	2,000,000 300,000	300,000
Lukasz Jankowski - Mateusz Rypulak - Jacek Pustula	Busted
Sam Cosby - Mario Hofler	Busted

Tags: Sam Cosby Barak Wisbrod

06-26-2019 15:42 UTC-7

Team Weiss Eliminated in 25th Place ($4,805)

Shirley Ang

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Tuan Le raised to 52,000 from the button and Josh Weiss shoved for 166,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Le quickly called.

Team Weiss:
Team Le:

The board ran out for Weiss to pick up an open-ended straight draw on the turn but brick the river to be eliminated in 25th place for $4,805.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tuan Le - Thanh Tran	1,495,000 354,000	354,000
Josh Weiss - Thuy Kawano	Busted

Tags: Josh Weiss Tuan Le

06-26-2019 14:51 UTC-7

Team Zhou Eliminated in 26th Place ($4,805)

Shirley Ang

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Team Zhou shoved from the hijack and Jared Jaffee asked for a count on the button. The dealer confirmed Team Zhou had 165,000 behind and Jaffee called. James George decided to also shove from the small blind for 207,000 for the big blind to fold and Jaffee to call.

Team Zhou:
Team George:
Team Jaffee:

The board ran out for George to hold and eliminate Team Zhou in 26th place and get paid a full double by Jaffee.

Player	Chips	Progress
James George - Jonathan Walker	619,000 232,000	232,000
Jared Jaffee - Ralph Massey - Aaron Massey	330,000 -60,000	-60,000

Jun Zhou - Zhe Li - Xilian Liu	Busted

Tags: James George Jared Jaffee

06-26-2019 13:29 UTC-7

Team Brown Eliminated

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Team Brown started Day 3 in the middle of the pack with a 580,000 stack but saw their chips diminish in the first 30 minutes of play and have become the first team to hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brown - Max Elisman - Richard Tuhrim	Busted

06-26-2019 12:32 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 3 of Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em as 35 Teams Return

AaronMcBride

At 1 p.m. local time today, the Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em action will get back underway as 35 teams remain in contention for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet and the $168,395 first-place prize.

Ohad Gieger - Daniel Dayan - Barak Wisbrod lead the way after bagging the overnight chip lead of 1,340,000, but have close competition from Tuan Le - Thanh Tran (1,141,000), Kenny Hallaert - Steven van Zadelhoff (1,129,000), Jason Koon - Sosia Jiang (1,072,000), Nicolas Betbese - Leandro Bianchini - Martin Pineiro (1,003,000), and Ryan Leng - Lisa Leng - Nikki Grandt - Ilana Grandt (1,001,000).

Other notable names still in action include Day 1 chip leaders Jared Jaffee - Ralph Massey - Aaron Massey (178,000), who will start Day 3 as the shortest stack, as well as Sam Cosby - Mario Hofler (264,000), Jordan Cristos - Jeffrey Cristos - Catherine Cristos (325,000), John Hinds - Anthony Zinno (370,000), and the Romanian and Moldovan quartet of Dragos Trofimov - Mihai Niste - Alexandru Papazian - Florian Duta (389,000).

Play will resume at the start of Level 21 with blinds 8,000/16,000/16,000 big blind ante. Players may tag a teammate anytime he/she is not in an active hand, and due to this, there will be no scheduled breaks apart from the necessary color-ups.

The event is scheduled to play across four days; however, this is at the Tournament Director's discretion, which means a champion may be crowned today. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

Tags: Aaron Massey Alexandru Papazian Anthony Zinno Barak Wisbrod Dragos Trofimov Florian Duta Jared Jaffee Jason Koon John Hinds Jordan Cristos Kenny Hallaert Leandro Bianchini Mario Hofler Martin Pineiro Mihai Niste Nicolas Betbese Ohad Gieger Ralph Massey Ryan Leng Sam Cosby Sosia Jiang Steven van Zadelhoff Thanh Tran Tuan Le