Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-06-29 10:18 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 3 of Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em, Team Koo Leads the Final 28

Today will see the new tag team champions crowned as 28 teams return with Team Koo leading the pack in Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em.

Team Koo is made up of Bon Koo and Bienvenido Caballero, and yesterday they bagged up 828,000 to take the advantage going into the final day's play which will take place in the Amazon Gold section of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

Other teams who survived on Day 2 and will return at 12 noon are William Reymond - Ami Alibay (706,000), Adam Lamphere - Ao Chen - Yijie Zhang (705,000), Manig Loeser - Joelle Parenteau - Daniel Weinand (615,000), Johan Lees - Jesse Mason (602,000) and Salah 'Papa' Levy - Francis Mariani - Cord Garcia (585,000).

Two-time bracelet winner Loni Harwood, along with her teammates Haixa Zhang and Kelly Minkin return with 480,000, and fellow bracelet winner Ryan Laplante will also be back alongside Jack Hardcastle, Patrick Truong, and Kevin Gerhart after their four-man team bagged up 245,000.

The 60-minute blinds will recommence with Level 21 (5,000-10,000/1,000). Once again there will be no breaks is this event except for color-ups.

PokerNews will be reporting on all the action right up until the bracelet is awarded to the victorious team, so stay tuned right here!

Room	Table	Seat	Team	Chip Counts	Big Blinds
Amazon	407	1	Kazuki Ikeuchi - Hiroki Iwata - Sho Mori	195,000	20
Amazon	407	2	Empty
Amazon	407	3	Thomas Moore - Norman Straughn	136,000	14
Amazon	407	4	Sean Simpson - Jaime Baez	147,000	15
Amazon	407	5	Timothy Link - Timothy Lanzone	105,000	11
Amazon	407	6	Thomas Gangloff - Bryan Boser	504,000	50
Amazon	407	7	Empty
Amazon	407	8	Bon Koo - Bienvenido Caballero	828,000	83
Amazon	407	9	Andrew Wilson - Benjamin Phillips - Eric Penner	130,000	13

Amazon	415	1	Empty
Amazon	415	2	Gabriel Neto - Carlos Caputo	546,000	55
Amazon	415	3	Jeff Sluzinski - Stephen Graner	447,000	45
Amazon	415	4	Shalev Halfa - Oshri Lahmani	492,000	49
Amazon	415	5	Jean Bellance - Sandy Piet - Nicolas Merceron	252,000	25
Amazon	415	6	Hassib Younan - Mostafa Haidary	273,000	27
Amazon	415	7	Empty
Amazon	415	8	Zev Mandel - Blake Vita	375,000	38
Amazon	415	9	Alex Rocha - Megan Milburn - Joanne Milburn	456,000	46

Amazon	422	1	Empty
Amazon	422	2	Johan Lees - Jesse Mason	602,000	60
Amazon	422	3	Manig Loeser - Joelle Parenteau - Daniel Weinand	615,000	62
Amazon	422	4	Salah Levy - Francis Mariani - Cord Garcia	585,000	59
Amazon	422	5	Andre Clarke - Michael Corson	208,000	21
Amazon	422	6	Paul Pritchett - Sherry Dixon - Elaine Rawn - Tanya Pritchett	190,000	19
Amazon	422	7	Craig Mason - Paul Vacchio	170,000	17
Amazon	422	8	Loni Harwood - Haixa Zhang - Kelly Minkin	480,000	48
Amazon	422	9	Empty

Amazon	423	1	Robert Gardner - Jarred Gabin Mark Hughes - Shaundle Pruitt	260,000	26
Amazon	423	2	Alexander Zeligman - Jonathan Roux - Daniel James	164,000	16
Amazon	423	3	Empty
Amazon	423	4	Empty
Amazon	423	5	Jack Hardcastle - Ryan Laplante - Patrick Truong - Kevin Gerhart	245,000	25
Amazon	423	6	William Reymond - Ami Alibay	706,000	71
Amazon	423	7	Samuel Gagnon - Sammy Lafleur	289,000	29
Amazon	423	8	Giuseppe Pantaleo - Nikita Luther	260,000	26
Amazon	423	9	Adam Lamphere - Ao Chen - Yijie Zhang	705,000	71

Tags: Adam Lamphere Ami Alibay Ao Chen Bon Koo Cord Garcia Daniel Francis Mariani Jack Hardcastle Kelly Minkin Kevin Gerhart Loni Harwood Manig Loeser Patrick Truong Ryan Laplante Weinand William Reymond

2018-06-29 14:51 UTC-7

Loeser Doubles

Nível 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Manig Loeser moved all in for around 165,000 from the hijack and the action folded around to Team Younan in the big blind. It took a couple of minutes for a decision to be made, but eventually Loeser was called.

Team Loeser:
Team Younan:

Board:

Loeser took the pot with two pair and secured a rise in chips to 350,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Manig Loeser - Joelle Parenteau - Daniel Weinand	350,000 -265,000	-265,000
Hassib Younan - Mostafa Haidary	190,000 -83,000	-83,000

Tags: Manig Loeser

2018-06-29 16:00 UTC-7

Team Pritchett Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,789)

Nível 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Team Pritchett moved all in from middle position, and Manig Loeser called in the next seat and the rest of the table folded.

Team Pritchett:
Team Loeser:

Board:

Loeser hit trips on the flop and took a big lead and by the turn, he had sealed Pritchett's fate with a full house.

Team Pritchett take away $7,789 in 15th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Manig Loeser - Joelle Parenteau - Daniel Weinand	655,000 200,000	200,000
Paul Pritchett - Sherry Dixon - Elaine Rawn - Tanya Pritchett	Eliminado

2018-06-29 16:08 UTC-7

Team Halfa Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,789)

Nível 24 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Team Halfa got all his chips into the middle, and Team Koo had called.

Team Halfa:
Team Koo:

Board:

Team Halfa had a big lead on the flop with top two pair, Team Koo picked up additional outs when the two-of-clubs hit the turn, and by the river, they had sent Team Younan to the payout desk when the four-of-diamonds completed their straight.

Team Halfa take away $7,789 for their efforts.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Hassib Younan - Mostafa Haidary	Eliminado

Tags: Shalev Halfa

2018-06-29 16:38 UTC-7

Team Reymond Eliminated in 11th Place ($9,875)

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Nível 25 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Kazuki Ikeuchi of Team Ikeuchi raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and William Reymond of Team Reymond was up next to act. Reymond three-bet to 150,000 from the button. The players in the blinds quickly folded and action was back on Ikeuchi. Ikeuchi four-bet to 450,000 and Reymond called.

The flop came , Ikeuchi shoved and Reymond called.

Kazuki Ikeuchi:
William Reymond:

Ikeuchi had an overpair with his pocket aces and Reymond had flopped top pair. The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river. No help for Reymond and he was eliminated in 11th place.

The ten remaining teams will be redrawn onto the unofficial final table and moved to a feature table in the Brasilia room. The seat draw is to follow.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kazuki Ikeuchi - Hiroki Iwata - Sho Mori	2,180,000 1,305,000	1,305,000
William Reymond - Ami Alibay	Eliminado

Tags: Kazuki Ikeuchi William Reymond

2018-06-29 17:16 UTC-7

Team Moore Eliminated in 10th Place ($9,875)

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Nível 25 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Kazuki Ikeuchi of Team Ikeuchi raised to 55,000 from mid-position on next up to act was Thomas Moore of Team Moore. Moore shoved for about 230,000 and action folded back to Ikeuchi who called.

Thomas Moore:
Kazuki Ikeuchi:

The board ran out for Ikeuchi's higher cards to hold and eliminate Moore and his teammate Norman Straughn in 10th place.

The official final table has now been reached.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kazuki Ikeuchi - Hiroki Iwata - Sho Mori	2,300,000 500,000	500,000
Thomas Moore - Norman Straughn	Eliminado

Tags: Kazuki Ikeuchi Thomas Moore

2018-06-29 20:08 UTC-7

Team Harwood Eliminated in 9th Place ($12,700)

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Nível 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #58: Loni Harwood shoved all in for 110,000 from the hijack and was called by Gabriel Neto in the small blind and Kazuki Ikeuchi in the big blind.

They both checked through the whole board.

Loni Harwood:
Gabriel Neto:
Kazuki Ikeuchi:

The eight on the river meant the pot was awarded to Neto and Team Harwood was the first to be eliminated from the official final table.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Loni Harwood - Haixa Zhang - Kelly Minkin	Eliminado

Tags: Gabriel Neto Kazuki Ikeuchi Loni Harwood

2018-06-29 20:20 UTC-7

Team Koo Eliminated in 8th Place ($16,565)

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Nível 28 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #65: Hiroki Iwata raised to 110,000 from the under-the-gun position and Bienvenido Caballero was up next to act. Caballero opted to shove for about 490,000. Action folded back to Iwata who called without hesitating.

Bienvenido Caballero:
Hiroki Iwata:

The flop came and Caballero cheered loudly when he saw the king in the window but then realized there was an ace on the flop too. Caballero needed another king to survive.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to eliminate Team Koo from the tournament in eighth place for $16,565.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kazuki Ikeuchi - Hiroki Iwata - Sho Mori	3,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Bon Koo - Bienvenido Caballero	Eliminado

Tags: Bienvenido Caballero Hiroki Iwata

2018-06-29 21:25 UTC-7

Team Levy Eliminated in 7th Place ($21,910)

Nível 29 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #103: The action folded to around to Cord Garcia on the button, and he moved all in for 1 million. Alex Rocha, in the small blind, re-shoved and the big blind folded.

Cord Garcia:
Alex Rocha:

Board:

Rocha hit top pair on the flop to take the lead and held as the board completed to send Team Levy to the rail in seventh place.

Salah 'Papa' Levy, Frank Mariani, and Cord Garcia collect $21,910 for their efforts.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alex Rocha - Megan Milburn - Joanne Milburn	2,100,000 890,000	890,000
Salah Levy - Frank Mariani - Cord Garcia	Eliminado

Tags: Alex Rocha Cord Garcia Frank Mariani Salah Levy

2018-06-29 21:30 UTC-7

Team Lamphere Eliminated in 6th Place ($29,380)

Nível 29 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #104: Kazuki Ikeuchi raised to 125,000 from the cutoff, and when the action folded around to Adam Lamphere in the big blind, he moved all in. Ikeuchi made the call, and the cards were tabled.

Kazuki Ikeuchi:
Adam Lamphere:

Board:

Ikeuchi was ahead preflop and hit top pair on the flop to further enhance his hand, and by the river, his hand held to seal Lamphere's fate at a sixth-place finish.

Lamphere will share a $29,380 prize with his teammates Ao Chen and Yijie Zhang.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kazuki Ikeuchi - Hiroki Iwata - Sho Mori	5,550,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Adam Lamphere - Ao Chen - Yijie Zhang	Eliminado

Tags: Adam Lamphere Ao Chen Kazuki Ikeuchi