Event #51: $1,000 Tag Team
Day 2 Completed
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $1,000 Tag Team
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,140,980
Entries
1,282
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
252
Players Left
26
Team Sako Leads Heading into Day 3 of Event #51: $1,000 Tag Team
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
It was a mad dash to the money as Day 2 has officially concluded in Event# 51: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em at the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, and just 26 teams remain in contention for the $190,662 first-place prize and the coveted gold bracelet.
Day 1 started with 1,282 registered teams, creating a record prize pool of $1,140,980, with only 252 returning for the second day and the 193-team money bubble breaking during the third level of the play.
A min-cash was worth $1,602, and with only 26 teams returning for Day 3, each team is guaranteed a payday of $6,426.
Three teams crossed the two million chip mark, with Team Sako leading at 2,340,000. Team Williams and Team Java have 2,085,000 and 2,065,000, respectively, to round out the top three and Team Ventre is not far behind with 1,645,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player/Team | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuki Sako - Shunsuke Tokoo | Japan | 2,340,000 | 78 |
| 2 | David Williams - Theo Tran | United States | 2,085,000 | 70 |
| 3 | Nipun Java - Ronald Phipps | India | 2,065,000 | 69 |
| 4 | John Ventre - Kenneth Gallo | United States | 1,645,000 | 55 |
| 5 | Jorge Machado - Lucian Camargo | Brazil | 1,645,000 | 55 |
| 6 | Jonah LaBranche - Dustin Wills | United States | 1,475,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Lindsey McDougall - Joshua McDougall | United States | 1,375,000 | 46 |
| 8 | Sean Cosgrove - John Lucas | United States | 1,275,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Mitchell Collins - Arash Asadabadi | United States | 1,265,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Vincent Moscati - Tanner Bibat | United States | 945,000 | 32 |
Chips were flying early in the day with some notable players exiting the field Ebony Kenney, Jon Van Fleet and Jon Pardy.
Other well-known players to head to the payout desk on Day 2 include Team Sluder, consisting of William Sluder and Matt Berkey, and Team Mariott, consisting of Julie Marriot and Dara O’Kearney.
Chips were moving late in the day, including in a couple of hands belonging to the eventual chip leaders, Team Sako, wherein the first one, they found themselves all-in with ace-jack against the pocket sixes of Team Savakinas. They were able to spike the ace on the turn and held to cross the million chip mark.
Team Sako was on the right side of cooler in another hand against Team Jia, as well, where they were able to get it in pre-flop with aces against Jia’s ace-king, which hovered them right around two million chips.
Team Williams also found themselves on the receiving end of some run-good toward the latter part of the day, as bracelet winner David Williams was able to eliminate Team Weng in a 1,400,000 chip pot, when Williams made aces full of eights against the trip aces of Weng.
Day 3 will resume at 12 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Event Center and will play down to a winner, so stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to report on the tournament action.
Day 3 Seat Draw
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| ROOM | TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER/TEAM | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 630 | 2 | Sean Cosgrove - John Lucas | United States | 1,275,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | 630 | 3 | Vincent Moscati - Tanner Bibat | United States | 945,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 630 | 4 | Bogdan Munteanu - Dragos Trofimov | Romania | 530,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 630 | 5 | John Ventre - Kenneth Gallo | United States | 1,645,000 | 55 |
| Horseshoe | 630 | 6 | Ramon Kropmanns - Jessica Serial | Brazil | 885,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 630 | 7 | Lindsey McDougall - Joshua McDougall | United States | 1,375,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 630 | 8 | Nipun Java - Ronald Phipps | United States | 2,065,000 | 69 |
| Horseshoe | 630 | 9 | Xuming Qi - Feng Qu | China | 300,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 1 | Mitchell Collins - Arash Asadabadi | United States | 1,265,000 | 42 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 2 | Alex Visbisky - Daniel Wagner | United States | 475,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 3 | David Williams - Theo Tran | United States | 2,085,000 | 70 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 4 | Rickey Evans - Roberto Valdez | United States | 640,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 5 | Justin Pechie - Ronnie Bardah | United States | 515,000 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 6 | Jeremy Palvini - Jean-Paul Pasqualini | France | 625,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 7 | Marcus Stein - Amber Donatelli | United States | 440,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 8 | Carlos Inukai - Emmaniel Avila | United States | 750,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 631 | 9 | Rob Perelman - Joseph Cheong | United States | 925,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 1 | Junqiang Lyu - Xingbiao Zhu | China | 485,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 2 | Nathaniel Perry - Eyhab Elias | United States | 360,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 3 | Jonah LaBranche - Dustin Wills | United States | 1,475,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 4 | Anton Lu - William Jia | Australia | 825,000 | 28 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 5 | Eduardo Nejaim - Marcello Seiroz | Brazil | 500,000 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 6 | Jorge Machado - Lucian Camargo | Brazil | 1,645,000 | 55 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 7 | Michael Savakinas - Satoshi Tanaka | United States | 555,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 8 | Goh Yanagida - Riki Kobayashi | United States | 715,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 632 | 9 | Yuki Sako - Shunsuke Tokoo | Japan | 2,340,000 | 78 |
End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Bag and Tag Time
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
This will be the last hand for the night and all teams will be bagging their chips and returning in the morning. A recap will be posted soon.
Aces Hold For Team Sako
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
It was a preflop battle between Team Sako and Team Lu.
William Jia of Team Lu opened in middle position and Yuki ako of Team Sako three-bet from the big blind. Jia put him all in and Sako quickly called.
Yuki Sako: A♦A♥
William Jia: A♠K♦
The board ran out A♣8♠9♦K♣2♠ and Team Sako doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
||
|
970,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
Team Stein Avoids Elimination
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Marcus Stein from Team Stein raised for all of his chips in the cutoff and Arash Asadabadi from Team Collins called from the big blind.
Marcus Stein: A♦Q♣
Arash Asadabadi: Q♠K♠
The board came out 5♣7♥10♣A♠2♥ and Stein's pair of aces gave him a nice save before the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
520,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Team Sako Spikes the Ace
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The player on the button Michael Savakinas from Team Savakinas raised to 50,000 and Yuki Sako from Team Sako three-bet all in for about 300,000 and Savakinas called.
Yuki Sako: A♣J♣
Michael Savakinas: 6♦6♥
The board was 4♥2♠4♠A♦7♥ and Sako spiked the ace to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
650,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Team Brown Eliminated In 27th Place ($2,667)
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
A member of Team Brown went all in for his last 380,000 and got a call by a member of Team Cosgrove.
Team Brown: K♦Q♠
Team Cosgrove: A♦J♦
The board ran out 7♣9♦7♥A♠5♣ and Team Brown was the first team eliminated after the redraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
Busted |