| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000 | 15,000 |
|
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73,000 | 5,000 |
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60,000 | 10,000 |
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56,000 | 4,000 |
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55,000 | -60,000 |
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55,000 | 23,000 |
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51,000 | -31,600 |
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31,000 | -8,600 |
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28,000 | 28,000 |
The champions from last years Event #61: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em tournament have arrived on the scene here in the Amazon Ballroom. Doug Polk headlines the team with his returning partner Ryan Fee. Last year they scooped up $76,679 for their victory in the tag team event and they look to make some noise in this years inaugural $10,000 team event.
They have two additions to their team from last year in the form of Jason Mo, who has over a million dollars in WSOP event cashes. Mo is in search of his first bracelet and has picked a good team to try and get it with. The fourth player rounding out the group is Michael Finstein. Finstein has over a quarter million in various WSOP event cashes and is also in search of his first bracelet.
Doug Polk has two bracelets, eleven cashes and over $850,000 in WSOP earnings. He is most well known for all of his work with his coaching site, Upswing Poker and has over $5,000,000 in total live recorded tournament earnings. His biggest live cash was for $1,648,350 when he took down the $100,000 No Limit Hold'em Super High Roller ii at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Keep an eye out for this team throughout the remainder of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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50,000 | 50,000 |
Team Morgan has been eliminated. John Morgan got all in on the turn against Felipe Ramos holding a set of sixes. Ramos had turned a set of eights. Ramos is now just under 40,000.
Here are some more teams that have joined the tournament in the last few minutes:
Team Deeb - Shaun Deeb, Daniel Weinman, Mike Gorodinsky, Scott Siever
Team Mandavia - Ankush Mandavia and Joe Kuether
Team Ho - Maria Ho and Ismael Bojang
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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39,600 | 12,600 |
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Busted |
Bracelet winner Ryan Laplante started the action from the cutoff with a raise to 1,600, Dan Smith called from the small blind, and the big blind called as well.
The flop fell 
and Smith checked. The big blind also checked and Laplante bet 2,100. Smith called and the big blind folded.
The turn brought the 
and Smith checked again. Laplante bet 5,200 and Smith called.
The 
river completed the board and both players checked. Smith tabled 
, Laplante mucked, and Smith stacked the chips for Team Chidwick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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78,500 | -3,500 |
|
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68,000 | 18,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Dzmitry Urbanovich was in the hijack and raised to 2,000. A player in the cutoff three-bet to 5,300. Action folded back to Urbanovich and he four-bet to 11,400. The player in the cutoff thought for a minute and then moved all in, covering Urbanovich by about 14,000. Urbanovich called and tabled 
. The player in the cutoff showed 
setting the stage for a classic race.
The board ran out 
and Urbanovich won the flip, vaulting his team up the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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80,000 | 42,000 |
Paul Snead opened the action with an under-the-gun raise to 2,100. The player in the cutoff called and Ben Yu also called from the small blind. Katherine Barrese called from the big blind and four players saw the 
flop.
The action checked to Snead who bet 3,600 and Yu was the lone caller.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the 
and Yu checked to Snead again. Snead bet 6,000. Yu took about 20 seconds before deciding to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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120,000 | 27,000 |
|
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68,000 | 41,500 |
Stephen Chidwick has joined the tournament. He played for a bit before passing the baton to his teammate Dan Smith. Team Chidwick was sitting at 49,000 when Smith took over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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83,500 | 30,000 |
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50,000 | |
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30,500 | |
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25,800 | -4,200 |
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25,300 | -14,700 |
A player in early position opened the action to 2,000. Maurice Hawkins was in late position and called, as well as the player in the cutoff and the big blind.
The flop was 
and the big blind checked. The raiser bet 4,500 and the action was on Hawkins who fired out a raise to 9,500. The cutoff and big blind folded and the early position player called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the river which was the 
.
The action checked to Hawkins and he piled in a bet of 20,000. His opponent snap-folded almost before the chips hit the felt and Hawkins added to his team's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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82,600 | 20,600 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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138,000 | 2,000 |
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101,000 | -4,000 |
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82,000 | -8,000 |
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62,000 | 17,000 |
|
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55,000 | -3,000 |
|
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52,000 | -11,000 |
|
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48,000 | -12,000 |
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40,000 | 2,000 |
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33,500 | -18,000 |
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32,000 | -5,000 |
