Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$878,400
Entries
976
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Team Geiger Lead After Day 2 of Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The fast-paced Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em action has come to a finish in Day 2, and after 10 hours of poker, 35 teams survived.
Ohad Gieger - Daniel Dayan - Barak Wisbrod (1,340,000) will lead the way at the top of the chip counts when the action restarts at 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday, July 26th in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
There will be plenty of competition for Team Geiger, with 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) all bagging over one million chips by the close of Day 2.
Day 1 chip leaders Jared Jaffee - Ralph Massey - Aaron Massey (178,000) were going along well right up until the final level of the day but lost out holding pocket jacks against Kenny Hallaert's pocket threes when a trey appeared on the flop to give the Belgian a set and ultimately a full double up.
Sam Cosby - Mario Hofler (264,000), Jordan Cristos - Jeffrey Cristos - Catherine Cristos (325,000), John Hinds - Anthony Zinno (370,000), Dragos Trofimov - Mihai Niste - Alexandru Papazian - Florian Duta (389,000), will also return to the action in with a chance.
Action of the Day
When the teams sat down in the Pavillion White to do battle, 278 were in with a chance, but only 147 would make the money places.
Team Wang consisting of Michael Wang - Dan Zack - Ajay Chabra were the unfortunate players to taste defeat on the money bubble after Wang ran his ace-jack into Adam Swan's pocket aces preflop, and was unable to find a miracle board.
The Tag Team event is made to bring players together and one of the best stories of the day was that of father and son team, William Drew and Parker Drew. William took to the tables for Day 2 while his son Parker competed in another event in Las Vegas. But when Parker heard of his Father's success as the day progressed, he was able to come to support him through the middle levels. Despite the team cracking aces on the river to survive in Level 17, Team Drew ultimately departed in 54th place - $2,843.
Among those to make the money spots were Team Nussmann, Team Malaguti, Team Manole, Team O'Kearney, Team Frank, Team Sylvia, Team Sitbon, Team Reichardt, Team Feshchenko, Team Grospellier and Team Gerrits.
Players will return to blinds of 8,000/16,000/16,000 big blind ante on Day 3, so stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage from Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em as the battle continues for gold and the $168,395 first-place prize.
Day 3 Seat Draw
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Room | Table | Seat | Team | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 412 | 1 | Jun Zhou - Zhe Li - Xilian Liu | 670,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 412 | 2 | Richard Washinsky - Fabio Coppola | 544,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 412 | 3 | Nicolas Betbese - Leandro Bianchini - Martin Pineiro | 1,003,000 | 63 |
| Amazon | 412 | 4 | Jordan Cristos - Jeffrey Cristos - Catherine Cristos | 325,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 412 | 5 | Eduard Sansosti - Robert Wido - Matthew Litt | 362,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 412 | 6 | Tao Fan - Hui Fang Zhang - Quan Zhou | 329,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 412 | 7 | Josh Weiss - [Removed:342] | 341,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 412 | 8 | Tuan Le - Thanh Tran | 1,141,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 412 | 9 | Elliott Peterman - Daniel Kent | 326,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 413 | 1 | Dragos Trofimov - Mihai Niste - Alexandru Papazian - Florian Duta | 389,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 413 | 2 | Akshay Nasa - Sajal Gupta | 570,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 413 | 3 | Chahn Jung - Danny Wong - Steve Sung - Aaron Motoyama | 237,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 413 | 4 | Jerod Smith - Matthew Moreno - Lawrence Chan | 674,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 413 | 5 | Jared Jaffee - Ralph Massey - Aaron Massey | 178,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 413 | 7 | Sam Cosby - Mario Hofler | 264,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 413 | 8 | Kenneth Buck - Gregory Mahoney - Deanna Buck | 251,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 413 | 9 | Lukasz Jankowski - Mateusz Rypulak - Jacek Pustula | 786,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 414 | 1 | Timothy Jurkiewicz - Zachary Gruneberg | 472,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 414 | 2 | Kevin Andriamahefa - He Ming Huang - Alexander Ziskin | 601,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 414 | 3 | Michael Elbilia - Juan Endara | 686,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 414 | 4 | Andrew Brown - Max Elisman - Richard Tuhrim | 594,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 414 | 5 | Ohad Gieger - Daniel Dayan - Barak Wisbrod | 1,340,000 | 84 |
| Amazon | 414 | 6 | Brett Murray - Bobby Poe | 688,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 414 | 7 | James George - Jonathan Walker | 387,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 414 | 8 | John Hinds - Anthony Zinno | 370,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 414 | 9 | Michael Marder - Daniel Marder | 277,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 420 | 1 | Morris Bonazza - Antonio Barbato | 314,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 420 | 2 | Jason Koon - Sosia Jiang | 1,072,000 | 67 |
| Amazon | 420 | 3 | Shaotong Chang - Jie Xu | 640,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 420 | 4 | Kenny Hallaert - Steven van Zadelhoff | 1,129,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 420 | 5 | Kyle Miholich - Jeff Madsen - Michael Cribier | 389,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 420 | 6 | Pedro Arroyos - Christian Vaca | 336,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 420 | 7 | Ryan Leng - Lisa Leng - Nikki Grandt - Ilana Grandt | 1,001,000 | 63 |
| Amazon | 420 | 8 | Aleks Dimitrov - Nikol Nikolaeva - Stoyan Obreshkov | 450,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 420 | 9 | Frank Kunz - Richard Giacomo | 346,000 | 22 |
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Play Ended
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The full chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
Team Le Scores Huge Pot
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The board read 
and Team George bet 82,000 from the small blind. Team Jankowski called in the big blind but Thanh Tran raised to 335,000. Team George tanked but ended up calling while Team Jankowski decided to fold.
Tran tabled 
for the flush which was enough to make his opponent muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,150,000 | 600,000 |
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460,000 | -290,000 |
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Team George Wins One
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Thanh Tran of Team Le limped in for 12,000 from early position, and Kenny Hallaert made it 40,000 to go from the button.
A player from Team George called in the big blind, and Tran also came along to see the flop fall 
.
The action checked to Hallaert, and he bet another 40,000, which received two calls.
All three players checked after the turn fell the 
and when the river revealed the 
, Team George bet 109,000.
Tran got out the way without much hesitation, and Hallaert also gave up just a few seconds later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,050,000 | 500,000 |
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750,000 | 140,000 |
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550,000 | 230,000 |
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Team Dodson Done and Dusted
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The flop read 
and Ryan Dodson had checked in the big blind. Jie Xu bet 36,000 and Dodson responded with a shove for 114,000 in total. Xu tanked for a while and then made the call.
Team Dodson: 
Team Chang: 
Dodson had flopped top pair while Xu held ace-high.
The turn was the 
which gave Xu a chance of hitting the flush which is what he did indeed when the 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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585,000 | -262,000 |
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Busted | |
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Team Hallaert Doubles Through Team Jaffee
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Kenny Hallaert raised to 30,000 from the button and Jared Jaffee three-bet to 110,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded back to Hallaert who decided to shove for 600,000. Jaffee called with the bigger stack.
Team Hallaert: 
Team Jaffee: [jxjxj]
The flop came 
for Hallaert to flop a set of treys while the rest of the board runout didn't bring any danger to him as he doubled up and left Jaffee with around 170,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000 | 650,000 |
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170,000 | -460,000 |
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Team Betbese Scores Two Eliminations
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The flop read 
with Kiryl Radzivonaiu already all-in in the cutoff and Nicolas Betbese and a player from Team Dhaliwal were playing for the side-pot. Team Dhaliwal was at risk after the flop was dealt as they were now all-in and at risk as they were covered by Betbese.
Team Radzivonau: 
Team Dhaliwal:
Team Betbese: 
Radzivonau had a pair of jacks, the player from Team Dhaliwal held two pair while Betbese had flopped a set of deuces.
The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river to keep Betbese ahead and score two eliminations.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,004,000 | 494,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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