Event #51: $1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold'em

It was a mad dash to the money as Day 2 has officially concluded in Event# 51: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em at the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, and just 26 teams remain in contention for the $190,662 first-place prize and the coveted gold bracelet.

Day 1 started with 1,282 registered teams, creating a record prize pool of $1,140,980, with only 252 returning for the second day and the 193-team money bubble breaking during the third level of the play.

A min-cash was worth $1,602, and with only 26 teams returning for Day 3, each team is guaranteed a payday of $6,426.

Three teams crossed the two million chip mark, with Team Sako leading at 2,340,000. Team Williams and Team Java have 2,085,000 and 2,065,000, respectively, to round out the top three and Team Ventre is not far behind with 1,645,000.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Chips were flying early in the day with some notable players exiting the field Ebony Kenney, Jon Van Fleet and Jon Pardy.

Other well-known players to head to the payout desk on Day 2 include Team Sluder, consisting of William Sluder and Matt Berkey, and Team Mariott, consisting of Julie Marriot and Dara O'Kearney.

Chips were moving late in the day, including in a couple of hands belonging to the eventual chip leaders, Team Sako, wherein the first one, they found themselves all-in with ace-jack against the pocket sixes of Team Savakinas. They were able to spike the ace on the turn and held to cross the million chip mark.

Team Sako was on the right side of cooler in another hand against Team Jia, as well, where they were able to get it in pre-flop with aces against Jia's ace-king, which hovered them right around two million chips.

Team Williams also found themselves on the receiving end of some run-good toward the latter part of the day, as bracelet winner David Williams was able to eliminate Team Weng in a 1,400,000 chip pot, when Williams made aces full of eights against the trip aces of Weng.

Day 3 will resume at 12 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Event Center and will play down to a winner, so stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to report on the tournament action.

It was a preflop battle between Team Sako and Team Lu.

William Jia of Team Lu opened in middle position and Yuki ako of Team Sako three-bet from the big blind. Jia put him all in and Sako quickly called.

Yuki Sako:   
William Jia:   

The board ran out       and Team Sako doubled up.

Yuki Sako - Shunsuke Tokoo	1,900,000	1,550,000
Anton Lu - William Jia	970,000	-330,000

The player on the button Michael Savakinas from Team Savakinas raised to 50,000 and Yuki Sako from Team Sako three-bet all in for about 300,000 and Savakinas called.

Yuki Sako:   
Michael Savakinas:   

The board was       and Sako spiked the ace to stay alive.

Michael Savakinas - Satoshi Tanaka	650,000	-250,000
Yuki Sako - Shunsuke Tokoo	650,000	300,000

A member of Team Brown went all in for his last 380,000 and got a call by a member of Team Cosgrove.

Team Brown:   
Team Cosgrove:   

The board ran out       and Team Brown was the first team eliminated after the redraw.

Sean Cosgrove - John Lucas	1,350,000	400,000
Wayne Brown - Kevin Dugan	0	-380,000

Clement Kerrien of Team Kerrien went all in under the gun and got a call by a member of Team Lu in the big blind.

Clement Kerrien:   
Opponent:   

The board ran out       and Team Kerrien was eliminated in 29th position for $2,667 for each player.

Clement Kerrien - Yoan Pinaz

0

-500,000

Action picked up on the turn in a hand between William Jia of Team Lu in the big blind and a Marcello Seiroz of Team Nejaim in middle position, with Jia check-raising a bet from Seiroz of 100,000 to 250,000 and Seiroz responding with an all-in on a board reading     .

"f**********k," said Jia before putting in the call.

William Jia:   
Marcello Seiroz:   

Jia was ahead with two pair and would need to fade an eight or a ten to double and did just that on the   river, leaving Team Nejaim short on chips.

Anton Lu - William Jia	2,000,000	1,350,000
Eduardo Nejaim - Marcello Seiroz	240,000	-160,000

Mark Grosvenor of Team Grosvenor was all in preflop for 600,000 against David Williams of Team Williams.

Mark Grosvenor:   
David Williams:   

The board didn't help Grosvenor and his team ended the Tag Team event in 31th position for $2,667 for each player.

Some hands later, Steven Abitbol from Team Taieb was at risk with ten big blinds and hit the rail with    against    from Team Nejaim.

David Williams - Theo Tran	1,800,000	480,000
Mark Grosvenor - Paul Patterson	0	-650,000
Ylan Taieb - Steven Abitbol	0	-1,150,000

Tanner Bibat from Team Moscati moved all of his chips in the middle for about 280,000 in the cutoff and Jonah Labranche for Team Labranche called in the big blind.

Tanner Bibat:   
Jonah Labranche:   

The board came out shining with       and Bibat's flush earned him double the stack.

Jonah LaBranche - Dustin Wills	1,000,000	-800,000
Vincent Moscati - Tanner Bibat	600,000	280,000

Amit Sharma of Team Sharma was at risk for his last 360,000 chips and got a call by Michael Savakinas of Team Savanikas.

Amit Sharma:   
Michael Savakinas:   

The board ran       and Team Sharma was eliminated in 34th place for $2,667 for each player.

Michael Savakinas - Satoshi Tanaka	925,000	525,000
Amit Sharma - Jugal Daterao	0	0