Team Brown started Day 3 in the middle of the pack with a 580,000 stack but saw their chips diminish in the first 30 minutes of play and have become the first team to hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
A player from Team Jung was all in and saw a player from Team Nasa call.
Team Jung: 
Team Nasa: 
Board: 
The cards safely fell in Team Jung's favor, and they sealed a perfect start to Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
|
|
360,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
Jacek Pustula of Team Jankowski raised to 35,000 from the late position and was called by Jared Jaffee in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Jaffee check-shoved when Pustula continued with a bet of 25,000. Pustula considered his options for a while but folded in the end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
|
|
240,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
Elliott Peterman raised to 34,000 from the cutoff and Zhe Li called on the button. Nicolas Betbese checked out Team Zhou's stack and then decided to make the call.
The flop came 
, both Betbese and Peterman checked. Li bet 50,000 which only Betbese called.
They both checked through the 
on the turn to the on the river. Betbese barreled a bet of 146,000 over the line and Li tanked for a while. In the end, Li called but mucked when Betbese tabled 
for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,275,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
440,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
|
292,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
The flop was down 
, and Jeff Madsen of Team Miholich checked from the big blind. Sosia Jiang of Team Koon bet 22,000 from the cutoff which Shaotong Chang of Team Chang called from the button before Madsen folded.
The turn fell the 
, and Chang called a 50,000 bet from Jiang.
When the river card fell the 
, Jiang paused for 20 seconds before announcing all in for 580,000.
Chang was sat with 440,000 behind and remained silent while she thought before opting to pass close to a minute later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
-272,000
|
-272,000 |
|
|
440,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
The action is underway.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
At 1 p.m. local time today, the Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em action will get back underway as 35 teams remain in contention for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet and the $168,395 first-place prize.
Ohad Gieger - Daniel Dayan - Barak Wisbrod lead the way after bagging the overnight chip lead of 1,340,000, but have close competition from Tuan Le - Thanh Tran (1,141,000), Kenny Hallaert - Steven van Zadelhoff (1,129,000), Jason Koon - Sosia Jiang (1,072,000), Nicolas Betbese - Leandro Bianchini - Martin Pineiro (1,003,000), and Ryan Leng - Lisa Leng - Nikki Grandt - Ilana Grandt (1,001,000).
Other notable names still in action include Day 1 chip leaders Jared Jaffee - Ralph Massey - Aaron Massey (178,000), who will start Day 3 as the shortest stack, as well as Sam Cosby - Mario Hofler (264,000), Jordan Cristos - Jeffrey Cristos - Catherine Cristos (325,000), John Hinds - Anthony Zinno (370,000), and the Romanian and Moldovan quartet of Dragos Trofimov - Mihai Niste - Alexandru Papazian - Florian Duta (389,000).
Play will resume at the start of Level 21 with blinds 8,000/16,000/16,000 big blind ante. Players may tag a teammate anytime he/she is not in an active hand, and due to this, there will be no scheduled breaks apart from the necessary color-ups.
The event is scheduled to play across four days; however, this is at the Tournament Director's discretion, which means a champion may be crowned today. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
| Room | Table | Seat | Team | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 412 | 1 | Jun Zhou - Zhe Li - Xilian Liu | 670,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 412 | 2 | Richard Washinsky - Fabio Coppola | 544,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 412 | 3 | Nicolas Betbese - Leandro Bianchini - Martin Pineiro | 1,003,000 | 63 |
| Amazon | 412 | 4 | Jordan Cristos - Jeffrey Cristos - Catherine Cristos | 325,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 412 | 5 | Eduard Sansosti - Robert Wido - Matthew Litt | 362,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 412 | 6 | Tao Fan - Hui Fang Zhang - Quan Zhou | 329,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 412 | 7 | Josh Weiss - [Removed:342] | 341,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 412 | 8 | Tuan Le - Thanh Tran | 1,141,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 412 | 9 | Elliott Peterman - Daniel Kent | 326,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 413 | 1 | Dragos Trofimov - Mihai Niste - Alexandru Papazian - Florian Duta | 389,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 413 | 2 | Akshay Nasa - Sajal Gupta | 570,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 413 | 3 | Chahn Jung - Danny Wong - Steve Sung - Aaron Motoyama | 237,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 413 | 4 | Jerod Smith - Matthew Moreno - Lawrence Chan | 674,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 413 | 5 | Jared Jaffee - Ralph Massey - Aaron Massey | 178,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 413 | 7 | Sam Cosby - Mario Hofler | 264,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 413 | 8 | Kenneth Buck - Gregory Mahoney - Deanna Buck | 251,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 413 | 9 | Lukasz Jankowski - Mateusz Rypulak - Jacek Pustula | 786,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 414 | 1 | Timothy Jurkiewicz - Zachary Gruneberg | 472,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 414 | 2 | Kevin Andriamahefa - He Ming Huang - Alexander Ziskin | 601,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 414 | 3 | Michael Elbilia - Juan Endara | 686,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 414 | 4 | Andrew Brown - Max Elisman - Richard Tuhrim | 594,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 414 | 5 | Ohad Gieger - Daniel Dayan - Barak Wisbrod | 1,340,000 | 84 |
| Amazon | 414 | 6 | Brett Murray - Bobby Poe | 688,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 414 | 7 | James George - Jonathan Walker | 387,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 414 | 8 | John Hinds - Anthony Zinno | 370,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 414 | 9 | Michael Marder - Daniel Marder | 277,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 420 | 1 | Morris Bonazza - Antonio Barbato | 314,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 420 | 2 | Jason Koon - Sosia Jiang | 1,072,000 | 67 |
| Amazon | 420 | 3 | Shaotong Chang - Jie Xu | 640,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 420 | 4 | Kenny Hallaert - Steven van Zadelhoff | 1,129,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 420 | 5 | Kyle Miholich - Jeff Madsen - Michael Cribier | 389,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 420 | 6 | Pedro Arroyos - Christian Vaca | 336,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 420 | 7 | Ryan Leng - Lisa Leng - Nikki Grandt - Ilana Grandt | 1,001,000 | 63 |
| Amazon | 420 | 8 | Aleks Dimitrov - Nikol Nikolaeva - Stoyan Obreshkov | 450,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 420 | 9 | Frank Kunz - Richard Giacomo | 346,000 | 22 |
Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
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