Event #2: $10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 1 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$958,800
Entries
102
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Day 1 of the first-ever World Series of Poker $10,000 Tag Team Championship is in the books, and it was Team Polk who ended the day with the chip lead. Team Polk is comprised of Doug Polk, Ryan Fee, Jason Mo and Michael Finstein.
Team Polk entered the event just before late registration ended but still managed to finish the day with the biggest stack at 240,600. Finstein was playing for the team during the last hour and went on a run to give his team the chip lead. On one of the bigger hands he won toward the end of the night he turned a straight against Samantha Abernathy to double up.
Polk and Fee won the $1,000 Tag Team Event as a duo last year, so they're looking for Tag Team titles in back-to-back years.
A total of 102 teams joined Wednesday's event and exactly half bagged chips at the end of play. Several high profile players and teams were in the field and some of them were unable to find a bag. Team Deeb (Shaun Deeb, Scott Seiver, Daniel Weinman, and Mike Gorodinsky) was one of the stacked teams that didn't make it through. Another stacked team, Team Rast, also busted. Brian Rast joined Jeff Gross, Antonio Esfandiari and Michael Phelps in an effort to win Gross and Phelps their first WSOP gold bracelets.
Team Staats (Christopher Staats, Orlando Romero, and Roland Israelashvili) bagged the second-biggest stack at 216,400. They were followed by Team Tran (J.C. Tran, Nam Le, and Antonio Gutierrez) with 207,000. The only other team over 200,000 is Team Chidwick (Stephen Chidwick and Dan Smith). They also registered late and were able to build up a big stack quickly.
Play resumes at 2 p.m. on Thursday and the final 51 teams will try and move one step closer to being the first-ever World Series of Poker $10,000 Tag Team Champions.
| Tournament Room | Tables | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Delmiro Toledo | United States | 22,800 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Anthony Ajlouny | United States | 83,400 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Dan O'Brien | United States | 103,800 | 52 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | 88,500 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Chris Edwards | United States | 28,600 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Paul Snead | United States | 157,000 | 79 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Timothy Nuter | United States | 71,600 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Andy Bloch | United States | 24,300 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 204,500 | 102 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Christopher Staats | United States | 216,400 | 108 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 78,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 48,300 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 183,000 | 91 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 192,300 | 96 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Connor Drinan | United States | 127,600 | 64 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 8 | Jeffery Kester | United States | 152,000 | 76 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 83,800 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Dan Shak | United States | 45,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Lauren Roberts | United States | 39,600 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Dylan Wilkerson | United States | 120,900 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Liv Boeree | United Kingdom | 122,100 | 61 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Ben Yu | United States | 78,400 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Thomas Lutz | United States | 16,200 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | United States | 87,700 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Sergi Reixach | Spain | 143,700 | 72 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 9 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 27,700 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Doug Polk | United States | 240,600 | 120 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 117,200 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Senovio Ramirez | United States | 133,600 | 67 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | James Petzing | United States | 111,100 | 56 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Jack Duong | United States | 13,700 | 7 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Ankush Mandavia | United States | 122,600 | 61 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 7 | Jared Dagley | United States | 70,500 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 8 | Jesse Martin | United States | 13,500 | 7 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Javier Gomez | United States | 191,100 | 96 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Dietrich Fast | Germany | 187,100 | 94 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | David Eldridge | United States | 116,200 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 79,000 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Scott Eskenazi | United States | 63,000 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Greg Mueller | Canada | 38,200 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Steven Lauson | United States | 25,800 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 8 | Chamaria Shuchi | United States | 178,400 | 89 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 9 | Ismael Bojang | Germany | 84,900 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Loni Harwood | United States | 148,700 | 74 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Allen Kessler | United States | 95,200 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 114,000 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Erik Seidel | United States | 36,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 6 | JC Tran | United States | 207,000 | 104 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 7 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 26,400 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 93,200 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 9 | Daniel Charbonneau | United States | 55,400 | 28 |
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,600
240,600
|
240,600 |
|
|
216,400
216,400
|
216,400 |
|
|
207,000
207,000
|
207,000 |
|
|
204,500
204,500
|
204,500 |
|
|
192,300
192,300
|
192,300 |
|
|
191,100
191,100
|
191,100 |
|
|
187,100
187,100
|
187,100 |
|
|
183,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
|
|
178,400
178,400
|
178,400 |
|
|
157,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
|
152,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
|
148,700
148,700
|
148,700 |
|
|
143,700
143,700
|
143,700 |
|
|
133,600
133,600
|
133,600 |
|
|
127,600
127,600
|
127,600 |
|
|
122,600
122,600
|
122,600 |
|
122,100
122,100
|
122,100 |
|
|
120,900
120,900
|
120,900 |
|
|
117,200
117,200
|
117,200 |
|
|
116,200
116,200
|
116,200 |
|
|
114,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
|
111,100
111,100
|
111,100 |
|
|
103,800
103,800
|
103,800 |
|
|
95,200
95,200
|
95,200 |
|
|
93,200
93,200
|
93,200 |
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Play has been concluded for the day and a recap of today's action will be posted shortly.
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The Tournament Director has stopped the clock and players are each playing out four more hands on each table before bagging and tagging for the night.
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Mark Radoja got it all in pre-flop versus David Baker for 23,500. Radoja showed 
and Baker tabled pocket tens. Radoja spiked an ace on the flop and Baker was unable to improve.
Samantha Abernathy fired a big bet on the river versus Michael Finstein and with a possible flush on board, Finstein was put to the test. Finstein eventually called and was good with his straight. Abernathy had showed 
for top pair but fell short in the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
60,000
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
|
47,000
31,300
|
31,300 |
|
|
35,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Carlos Mortensen got into a pre-flop race versus another player that he had covered.
Mortensen tabled 
and his opponent showed 
.
The board ran out 
and Mortensen got the elimination.
Mortensen is number one on Spain's all-time money list with over 12 million in live recorded tournament earnings and is a former WSOP Champion. Everyone in the poker world knows this seasoned pro and he is a fierce competitor and a force to be reckoned with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Haixia Zhang sat down for Team Roberts with 15 big blinds. After folding a few hands, and a raise-fold, she doubled through Maurice Hawkins with pocket aces.
On the next hand, Hawkins went all in for 12,500 and Zhang shoved over the top for 35,000. Zhang had the best of it, holding 
to the 
of Hawkins. An ace came on the flop, but Zhang's jack kicker played to send Hawkins to the rail and bring Zhang and Team Roberts back to starting stack.
Team Roberts is Lauren Roberts, Lisa Hamilton, and Haixia Zhang. The team is pretty excited to be the only all-female team in the field. Zhang and Hamilton have both won the WSOP Ladies Event in previous years (Zhang 2014 and Hamilton 2009). Roberts has played several high roller events and has three WSOP cashes to her name.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Lander Lijo started the action with a raise to 3,000 from the cutoff and Ryan D'Angelo three-bet to 7,500. The big blind cold called and Lijo moved all in for approximately 30,000. D'Angelo reshoved, the big blind called, and all three players tabled their hands:
Lijo: 
D'Angelo:
big blind: 
The big blind had a commanding lead with his pocket kings, and he extended it on the flop. But the turn brought the 
, giving both Lijo and D'Angelo Broadway. The 
on the river changed nothing, and Lijo and D'Angelo split the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
