2021 World Series of Poker

Event #59: $1,000 Tag Team
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Mike Ruter - Samy Dighlawi
Winning Hand
q7
Prize
$113,366
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$590,490
Entries
641
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
140
Players Left
10

Dighlawi Shows the Straight

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Samy Dighlawi of Team Ruter raised to 50,000 on the button and Amanda Botfeld of Team Botfeld three-bet next to act to 135,000 and only Dighlawi called.

Both players checked the {9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs} flop and {8-Hearts} turn.

The {7-Clubs} hit the river and Botfeld checked once more and Dighlawi instantly fired in 300,000. Botfeld surrendered and he tabled {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades} for the nut straight.

Player Chips Progress
Amanda Botfeld - David Botfeld
Amanda Botfeld - David Botfeld
1,900,000 800,000
Mike Ruter - Samy Dighlawi
Mike Ruter - Samy Dighlawi
785,000 -35,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Team Lee Eliminated in 14th Place ($4,576)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Hwany Lee - Sangyeong Hwang
Hwany Lee - Sangyeong Hwang

On the turn with the board showing {9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, Hwany Lee of Team Lee bet 200,000 and Michael Newman of Team Newman jammed all-in. Lee called off his stack of 972,000 and Newman had him covered.

Team Lee: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Team Newman: {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

Lee had turned a set of queens while Newman turned the nut flush and the {3-Hearts} on the river was a brick, sending a monster pot to Newman and eliminating Team Lee in 14th Place.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Newman - Robert Ormont
Michael Newman - Robert Ormont
Day 2 Chip Leader
2,500,000 1,100,000
Hwany Lee - Sangyeong Hwang
Hwany Lee - Sangyeong Hwang
Busted

Team Kim Eliminated in 16th Place ($3,836); Team Luther Eliminated in 15th Place ($4,576)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Minkyun Kim - Sun Choi
Minkyun Kim - Sun Choi

Minkyun Kim of Team Kim open-shoved a short stack in middle position and Kunal Patni of Team Luther re-shoved as the player next to act. The action folded to Amanda Botfeld of Team Botfeld in the big blind.

"This is probably a bad call," Botfeld said before calling.

Minkyun Kim: {k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Kunal Patni: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Amanda Botfeld: {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and Botfeld maintained the best hand to eliminate two players. Kim had the shorter stack and was eliminated in 16th place while Patni was out in 15th place.

Player Chips Progress
Amanda Botfeld - David Botfeld
Amanda Botfeld - David Botfeld
1,100,000 70,000
Minkyun Kim - Sun Choi
Minkyun Kim - Sun Choi
Busted
Nikita Luther - Kunal Patni
Nikita Luther - Kunal Patni
Busted

Tags: Minkyun Kim

Team An Eliminated in 17th Place ($3,836)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Jaeheung An - Simon Steedman
Jaeheung An - Simon Steedman

Jaeheung An of Team An got all-in preflop against Team Newman.

Jaeheung An: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Team Newman: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

An's pocket tens were pipped by the pocket jacks of Team Newman. An and partner Simon Steedman were eliminated when the board ran out {3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Newman - Robert Ormont
Michael Newman - Robert Ormont
Day 2 Chip Leader
1,400,000 100,000
Jaeheung An - Simon Steedman
Jaeheung An - Simon Steedman
Busted

Team Weisner Eliminated in 18th Place ($3,836)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Melanie Weisner - Xuan Liu
Melanie Weisner - Xuan Liu

Melanie Weisner of Team Weisner was wounded after running a river bluff with ten-high and getting called by a rivered top pair of Holly Babbitt of Team Babbitt.

A few hands later, Weisner was all-in and at risk on a flop of {7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades} against Team Erdwurm.

Melanie Weisner: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Team Erdwurm: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

Team Erdwurm had ace-high and Weisner couldn't get ahead as the board ran out {4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Zachary Erdwurm - Steven Jones
Zachary Erdwurm - Steven Jones
500,000 -35,000
Melanie Weisner - Xuan Liu
Melanie Weisner - Xuan Liu
Busted

Tags: Holly BabbittMelanie Weisner

Two Table Redraw

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
 TABLESEATTEAMCHIPS
 4211Vernon Bigham - Mark Brodsky205,000
 4212Melanie Weisner - Xuan Liu220,000
 4213Mariano Divittorio - Eric Horn410,000
 4214Holly Babbitt - Michael Babbitt1,400,000
 4215Zachary Erdwurm - Steven Jones400,000
 4216Alfie Adam - Vidur Sethi490,000
 4217Mike Lutz - Matt Krebs420,000
 4218Benjamin Miner - Dmitriy Uskach1,650,000
 4219Tomer Wolf - David Landell1,840,000
     
 4141Cody Wells - Eric Salazar450,000
 4142Hwany Lee - Sangyeong Hwang585,000
 4143Michael Newman - Robert Ormont1,500,000
 4144Minkyun Kim - Sun Choi230,000
 4145Nikita Luther - Kunal Patni365,000
 4146Jaeheung An - Simon Steedman175,000
 4147Mike Ruter - Samy Dighlawi1,290,000
 4148Amanda Botfeld - David Botfeld1,045,000
 4149Scott Johnston - Bob Fisher490,000

Team Holtz Eliminated in 19th Place ($3,276)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Michael Holtz - Skylar Halama
Michael Holtz - Skylar Halama

Tomer Wolf of Team Wolf raised the cutoff and Michael Holtz of Team Holtz jammed for his entire stack of 377,000. Wolf made the call and both hands were tabled.

Team Holtz: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Team Wolf: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

Holtz had him dominated and looked to be in good shape to double as the flop came {k-Hearts}{7-Spades}{5-Clubs}. However, the {10-Diamonds} on the turn meant Holtz needed a queen to win. The river was the {6-Hearts}, sending Team Holtz to the payout desk in 19th place.

Player Chips Progress
Tomer Wolf - David Landell
Tomer Wolf - David Landell
1,500,000 -200,000
Michael Holtz - Skylar Halama
Michael Holtz - Skylar Halama
Busted

Tags: Michael Holtz

Team Salazar Eliminated in 21st Place; Team Song Eliminated 20th Place ($3,276)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Stephen Song - Brock Wilson
Stephen Song - Brock Wilson

Anibal Salazar of Team Salazar shoved for 167,000 and Brock Wilson of Team Song was next to act and jammed for his stack of roughly 190,000. The action folded around to Michael Newman of Team Newman in the big blind and he called quickly.

Team Salazar: {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Team Song: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Team Newman: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Newman had waken up with pocket queens in the big blind and held on the {9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} run out, eliminating both teams.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Newman - Robert Ormont
Michael Newman - Robert Ormont
Day 2 Chip Leader
1,300,000 360,000
Anibal Salazar - Dorian Rios
Anibal Salazar - Dorian Rios
Busted
Stephen Song - Brock Wilson
Stephen Song - Brock Wilson
Busted

Tags: Brock WilsonAnibal Salazar