2017 World Series of Poker

Event #2: $10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$273,964
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$958,800
Entries
102
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

$10,000 Tag Team Championship: Team Polk Bags Lead

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Doug Polk's Team Leads After Day 1
Doug Polk's Team Leads After Day 1

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 RoomTablesSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Brasilia7001Delmiro ToledoUnited States22,80011
Brasilia7002Anthony AjlounyUnited States83,40042
Brasilia7003Dan O'BrienUnited States103,80052
Brasilia7004Rainer KempeGermany88,50044
Brasilia7006Chris EdwardsUnited States28,60014
Brasilia7007Paul SneadUnited States157,00079
Brasilia7008Timothy NuterUnited States71,60036
Brasilia7009Andy BlochUnited States24,30012
       
Brasilia7041Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom204,500102
Brasilia7042Christopher StaatsUnited States216,400108
Brasilia7043Daniel NegreanuCanada78,00039
Brasilia7044Martin JacobsonSweden48,30024
Brasilia7045Michael GathyBelgium183,00091
Brasilia7046Jack SalterUnited Kingdom192,30096
Brasilia7047Connor DrinanUnited States127,60064
Brasilia7048Jeffery KesterUnited States152,00076
Brasilia7049Sergio AidoSpain83,80042
       
Brasilia7081Dan ShakUnited States45,00023
Brasilia7082Lauren RobertsUnited States39,60020
Brasilia7083Dylan WilkersonUnited States120,90060
Brasilia7084Liv BoereeUnited Kingdom122,10061
Brasilia7085Ben YuUnited States78,40039
Brasilia7086Thomas LutzUnited States16,2008
Brasilia7087Taylor von KriegenberghUnited States87,70044
Brasilia7088Sergi ReixachSpain143,70072
Brasilia7089Manig LoeserGermany27,70014
       
Brasilia7121Doug PolkUnited States240,600120
Brasilia7122Adrian MateosSpain117,20059
Brasilia7123Senovio RamirezUnited States133,60067
Brasilia7124James PetzingUnited States111,10056
Brasilia7125Jack DuongUnited States13,7007
Brasilia7126Ankush MandaviaUnited States122,60061
Brasilia7127Jared DagleyUnited States70,50035
Brasilia7128Jesse MartinUnited States13,5007
Brasilia7129Javier GomezUnited States191,10096
       
Brasilia7131Dietrich FastGermany187,10094
Brasilia7132David EldridgeUnited States116,20058
Brasilia7134David "ODB" BakerUnited States79,00040
Brasilia7135Scott EskenaziUnited States63,00032
Brasilia7136Greg MuellerCanada38,20019
Brasilia7137Steven LausonUnited States25,80013
Brasilia7138Chamaria ShuchiUnited States178,40089
Brasilia7139Ismael BojangGermany84,90042
       
Brasilia7142Loni HarwoodUnited States148,70074
Brasilia7143Allen KesslerUnited States95,20048
Brasilia7144Bryn KenneyUnited States114,00057
Brasilia7145Erik SeidelUnited States36,00018
Brasilia7146JC TranUnited States207,000104
Brasilia7147Michael AddamoAustralia26,40013
Brasilia7148Chance KornuthUnited States93,20047
Brasilia7149Daniel CharbonneauUnited States55,40028

Tags: Brian RastDan SmithDoug PolkJason MoJC TranNam LeRyan FeeStephen Chidwick