Hand #37: Michael Marder shoved from the button for around 1,100,000 and Barak Wisbrod of Team Geiger snap-called in the big blind.
Team Marder:
Team Geiger:
The flop came for Geiger to flop a pair of jacks as he can seem to do no wrong with them.
The turn was the which gave Marder a glimmer of hope as a seven would give him a straight to stay alive and double up but he bricked the river as the fell to give Wisbrod a full house.
Marder, his brother Daniel Marder, and his uncle Paul Steinberg were eliminated in seventh place for $20,750.
Hand #48: Danny Wong of Team Jung shoved from the button for 1,380,000 and Jerod Smith quickly called in the big blind after the dealer confirmed the amount for him.
Team Jung:
Team Smith:
The flop came for Wong to flop two pair.
The turn was the which didn't change the situation.
The river completed the board with the for Smith to find a full house to eliminate Team Jung in sixth place.
"Seven is always coming," Smith commented as did some people on the rail.
Hand #68: Fabio Coppola of Team Washinsky raised to 160,000 from the button and Jerod Smith called in the big blind. They both checked through the whole board for Coppola to pick up the pot with .
Hand #69: Smith completed the small blind and Barak Wisbrod of Team Geiger raised to 280,000 in the big blind which Smith called. The flop came , Smith check-called the 225,000 bet of Wisbrod. The turn was the , Smith checked again. Wisbrod bet 775,000 and Smith let his hand go.
Hand #70: Coppola raised to 180,000 from under the gun and John Hinds shoved in the big blind for 1,415,000 which Coppola snap-called.
Team Hinds:
Team Washinsky:
The board ran out with the ace in the window for Hinds to double up.
Hand #71: Smith raised to 160,000 from the cutoff and Coppola called in the big blind. The flop came for Coppola to check-fold to the 150,000 bet of Smith.
Hand #91: Jerod Smith raised to 210,000 from under the gun and John Hinds three-bet to 525,000 on the button. Fabio Coppola of Team Washinsky shoved in the small blind for 2,375,000. Smith folded and Hinds called with the bigger stack.
Team Washinsky:
Team Hinds:
The board ran out for Hinds to hold and eliminate Coppola and Richard Washinsky who is apparently his doctor.
Hand #96: John Hinds raised to 200,000 from the button and Zachary Gruneberg of Team Jurkiewicz shoved from the small blind for 1,650,000. Jerod Smith folded his big blind and Hinds made the call.
Team Jurkiewicz:
Team Hinds:
The flop came for Gruneberg to pick up the flush draw but keep Hinds ahead.
The turn was the to give Gruneberg even more outs as he now also picked up the draw to a Broadway but the river was the for Gruneberg to be eliminated in fourth place.
Hand #160: Barak Wisbrod of Team Geiger moved all in, and John Hinds called in the big blind for 3m.
Team Geiger:
Team Hinds:
Board:
Hinds held his advantage on the flop, but the Team Geiger rail erupted when they saw the ace of diamonds hit the turn. The ace of hearts fell on the river for good measure, and Team Hinds was eliminated in 3rd place for $73,329.
Hand #172: Jerod Smith raised to 300,000 from the button and Barak Wisbrod called.
The flop came , Wisbrod check-called the 250,000 continuation-bet of Smith.
The turn was the , Wisbrod checked again and now Smith fired a bet of 600,000 over the line which Wisbrod called.
The river completed the board with the , Wisbrod checked and Smith shoved for the 3,200,000 he had behind which Wisbrod snap-called with for a Broadway straight while Smith held .
The Israeli rail went nuts - fittingly given their final hand - while Smith was consoled by his rail. He and his teammates finish in second place for $104,025.
After almost ten levels of play, Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em has come to an end. The tournament was originally scheduled as a four-day event but crowned the champions a day early as Team Geiger with Ohad Geiger, Daniel Dayan and the main man Barak Wisbrod defeated Team Smith heads-up for three gold WSOP bracelets and the first-place prize of $168,395. The tournament attracted 976 teams in total during the first eight levels of play on Day 1 here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
"This is beyond amazing," said 25-year old Dayan just after the final congratulations were received from the rail. "This isn't about the money, it's about the WSOP bracelet, it's every poker player’s dream!"
"It's amazing, this year is our first year at the WSOP, I'm only 23, so it's a dream come true," remarked Wisbrod. "We are proud to represent Israel here."
Both Dayan and Geiger had a strategy in mind from the start: "We all agreed Barak would play the latter stages, as he is the best in our team for sure." Twenty-six-year-old Geiger, who is a cash game player by trade, was convinced by his tournament playing friends to play the Tag Team, his first ever WSOP event, and even had to jump into the action early on Day 2 after both Dayan and Wisbrod were unable to make the start of play.
$1,000 Tag Team Final Table Results
Place
Team
Prize (USD)
1
Ohad Geiger - Daniel Dayan - Barak Wisbrod
$168,395
2
Jerod Smith - Matthew Moreno - Lawrence Chan
$104,025
3
John Hinds - Anthony Zinno
$73,329
4
Timothy Jurkiewicz - Zachary Gruneberg
$52,390
5
Richard Washinsky - Fabio Coppola
$37,944
6
Chahn Jung - Danny Wong - Steve Sung - Aaron Motoyama
$27,864
7
Michael Marder - Daniel Marder - Paul Steinberg
$20,750
8
Kenny Hallaert - Steven van Zadelhoff
$15,674
9
Shaotong Chang - Jie Xu
$12,011
Final Day Action
At 1 p.m. local time, 35 teams returned to the 50th Annual World Series of Poker to battle it out for a bigger share of the $878,400 prize pool instead of the $3,970 they were all already guaranteed. Team Leng (Ryan Leng – Lisa Leng – Nikki Grandt – Ilana Grandt) was involved in some of the more remarkable eliminations of the day. He first took out Team Koon (Jason Koon – Sosia Jiang) and Team Miholich (Kyle Miholich – Jeff Madsen – Michael Cribier) when Madsen shoved with pocket sevens and Leng called. Koon also shoved from the big blind with pocket jacks and Leng also quickly called that shove with the rockets. The aces held for Leng to jump towards the top of the chip counts. Unfortunately for him, he found aces again later and got set up when he ran them into the pocket kings of Team Geiger who flopped a set to eliminate Leng's team.
There seemed to be a lot of pocket jacks and aces to be dealt throughout the day. Team Zhou (Jun Zhou – Zhe Li – Xilian Liu) and Team Jaffee (Jared Jaffee – Ralph Massey – Aaron Massey) both held pocket jacks and ran them into the aces of Team George (James George – Jonathan Walker). Team Zhou was sent to the rail, Team George more than doubled. The eliminations kept coming in at a steadily pace but it was Team Le (Tuan Le – Thanh Tran) who bubbled the final table. Le, the two-time bracelet winner shoved with ace-queen on the ace-six-jack flop and was called by Fabio Coppola of Team Washinsky who had flopped a set of sixes. Even though Le had top pair and a flush draw, he bricked the turn and river.
Final Table Action
It only took six hands before the first team could say their goodbyes, Team Chang (Shaotong Chang – Jie Xu) shoved their last 8 big blinds in from the small blind and was called by Team Smith who held ace-seven. Chang’s five-four didn’t find any help on the board as she was sent to the payout desk. Thirteen hands later, Team Hallaert (Kenny Hallaert –Steven van Zadelhoff) saw his aces being cracked by the jacks of Team Geiger. The jack on the turn meant the end of the run of these two best friends in eighth place.
Thirty minutes later the curtains fell for Team Marder (Michael Marder – Daniel Marder – Paul Steinberg) when their ace-four shove was called by Team Geiger who held pocket jacks again. Another thirty minutes later it was time to go for Team Jung (Chahn Jung – Danny Wong – Steve Sung – Aaron Motoyama), they got their final chips in with king-jack against the pocket sevens of Team Smith (Jerod Smith – Matthew Moreno – Lawrence Chan). They flopped two pair but Team Smith rivered a full house to seal the deal.
It would then take another hour of five-handed play before Team Washinsky was done for the day. Coppola four-bet shoved and was called by Team Hinds (John Hinds – Anthony Zinno) who held aces and didn’t encounter any danger on the board. Only five hands later, Team Jurkieiwcz (Timothy Jurkiewicz – Zachary Gruneberg) was sent home in fourth place holding ace-king. They couldn’t beat the pocket fives of Team Hinds even though they picked up a flush draw on the flop and a straight draw on the turn. Sixty-four hands later it was time to go heads-up as Team Hinds was eliminated by Team Geiger. Team Hinds’ pocket sixes failed to win against the ace-five of Team Geiger as the turned a higher pair and improved to trips.
Heads-up play only lasted twelve hands; Smith managed to double up in the tenth hand but lost it all in the end when he tried to bluff Wisbrod who had rivered a Broadway straight in the final hand. When the win was confirmed, Wisbrod celebrated loudly and his teammates and rail all stormed the table to join in with the fun.
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