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Friday, July 8, 2016 12:18 PM Local Time
In the first hand of the day, action is folded to Jonathan Little in the small blind, and he moves all in, for 112,000. Robert Altman in the big blind asks for a count, and upon hearing the number, he folds, eliciting some cheering from mom Rita Little in the rail.
Friday, July 8, 2016 12:05 PM Local Time
The final table of the Tag Team No-Limit has begun!
Friday, July 8, 2016 12:04 PM Local Time
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Friday, July 8, 2016 1:15 AM Local Time
Doug Polk
Welcome to Day 3 of Event #61, $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em! Today at noon, only nine of the 863 teams originally entered will return to the Rio to battle for a first-place prize of $153,358, and a team's worth of gold bracelets.
Currently, Team Polk / Fee (one prior WSOP bracelet) is in the lead, with Doug Polk being a no-show not being present for the finale, as he'll be participating in the $111,111 Big One for One Drop event today. According to Polk, who commented, "I did my job!"the pressure is now on Ryan Fee's shoulders, who has to keep challengers such as Team Gale / Shulman (two prior bracelets) and Team Charania / Rettenmaier at bay.
The shortest stack is that of the Little family, consisting of Jonathan Little and his parents Larry and Rita, while Team Altman / Peters is just a notch higher. Also at the final table are Team Owen / Lybaert / Glaser / Amed (four prior bracelets), and Team Dempsey / Godfrey (one bracelet), and four other talented teams.
Today, play will restart in Level 20, 1,000/5,000/10,000, and the final nine teams will play until a winner is crowned. There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours.
Check in regularly here on WSOP.com,for live updates throughout the day.
Final-Table Seating
Seat 1: Bart Lybaert / Adam Owen / Benny Glaser / Owas Ahmed - 293,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2: Niel Mittelman / Adam Greenberg / Gabriel Paul - 425,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Marco Caruso / Mike Padula / Daniel Urban - 475,000 (47 bb)
Seat 4: Jonathan Little / Larry Little / Rita Little - 113,000 (11 bb)
Seat 5: Reuben Peters / Robert Altman - 209,000 (20 bb)
Seat 6: James Dempsey / Chris Godfrey - 447,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7: Doug Polk / Ryan Fee - 1,243,000 (124 bb)
Seat 8: John Gale / TJ Shulman - 606,000 (60 bb)
Seat 9: Mohsin Charania / Marvin Rettenmaier - 505,000 (50 bb)