Event #2: $10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

05-31-2017 21:16 UTC-7

Maurice Hawkins Aiming For $7 Million

Brentharrington

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

"Remember that," Maurice Hawkins said after saying he plans on making $7 million this summer.

Hawkins, who is leading a team that includes Charles "Woody" Moore and Brandon Fish, is already the all-time WSOP Circuit ring leader with 10. In 2016, Hawkins won three WSOP Circuit Main Events, including back-to-back wins at the Council Bluffs and Cherokee stops.

His goal for the WSOP this year is to take home $7 million in tournament earnings. He could start that off easily enough with a win in the $10,000 Tag Team Event, which would also give him and his teammates their first WSOP gold bracelets.

He could also just wait until the end of the series and take down the Main Event, which would easily put him over his goal for the summer. However he plans on doing it, Hawkins has a tough road in front of him. He has already rebounded today after being down to less than 7,000 early in play today.

His teammate Charles "Woody" Moore got all in against Sergio Aido with jacks versus the pocket queens of Aido. Hawkins then tagged in, expecting nothing less than to rebuild. He did rebuild and is now sitting with 45,000 and seems to be enjoying himself.

"I'm feeling pretty good," he said, "I want to win seven million this summer."

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Hawkins	45,000

Tags: Maurice Hawkins

05-31-2017 21:22 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

[user340040]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Fast	147,000 5,000	5,000
Team Negreanu	136,000 -42,000	-42,000
Team Vu	135,600 135,600	135,600
Team Jaffe	132,000 8,000	8,000
Team Laplante	90,000 -2,000	-2,000
Team Cada	35,000 13,500	13,500
Team Hellmuth	30,000 -36,000	-36,000
Team Leah	13,300 -43,500	-43,500
Team Mizrachi	8,100 -7,900	-7,900

05-31-2017 21:33 UTC-7

Even More Chip Counts

simkha

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Negreanu	138,000 2,000	2,000
Team Kessler	101,000 -4,000	-4,000
Team Laplante	82,000 -8,000	-8,000
Team Hawkins	62,000 17,000	17,000
Team Mortensen	55,000 -3,000	-3,000
Team Zinno	52,000 -11,000	-11,000
Team Johnson	48,000 -12,000	-12,000
Team Volpe	40,000 2,000	2,000
Team Wilkerson	33,500 -18,000	-18,000
Team Roberts	32,000 -5,000	-5,000

05-31-2017 21:40 UTC-7

Hawkins Soars

[user340040]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

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
Team Hawkins	82,600 20,600	20,600

Tags: Maurice Hawkins

05-31-2017 21:54 UTC-7

New Faces, Updated Chip Counts

Brentharrington

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

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
Team Baker	83,500 30,000	30,000
Team Chidwick	50,000
Team Agarwal	30,500
Team Petrangelo	25,800 -4,200	-4,200
Team Volpe	25,300 -14,700	-14,700

Tags: Dan Smith Stephen Chidwick

05-31-2017 21:57 UTC-7

Paul Snead Wins Some From Ben Yu

Brentharrington

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

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
Team Snead	120,000 27,000	27,000
Team Yu	68,000 41,500	41,500

05-31-2017 21:59 UTC-7

Urbanovich Wins a Big Flip for Team Salter

[user340040]

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

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
Team Salter	80,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

05-31-2017 22:20 UTC-7

Dan Smith Takes One from Ryan Laplante

simkha

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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
Team Laplante	78,500 -3,500	-3,500
Team Chidwick	68,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Dan Smith Ryan Laplante Team Laplante Team Chidwick

05-31-2017 22:27 UTC-7

New Teams Enter, One Team Leaves

Brentharrington

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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