Ten Teams Return for the Title and Two Bracelets in Event #59: $1,000 Tag Team
The final day of Event #59: $1,000 Tag Team has come and kicks off at 2 p.m. local time. The duos have all secured at least $6,882 as a team and will all be looking to ladder up to the first-place prize of $113,366.
Team Newman consists of Michael Newman and Robert Ortmont and they will be coming back with the chip lead of 2,960,000 in chips, which is good for a total of 99 big blinds at the start of the day. Rounding off the top three are Team Wolf (Tomer Wolf and David Landell) and Team Ruter (Mike Ruter and Samy Dighlawi).
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Players | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Erdwurm - Steven Jones | 850,000 | 28 |
| 2 | Michael Newman - Robert Ormont | 2,960,000 | 99 |
| 3 | Alfie Adam - Vidur Sethi | 1,315,000 | 44 |
| 4 | Tomer Wolf - David Landell | 1,900,000 | 63 |
| 5 | Amanda Botfeld - David Botfeld | 790,000 | 26 |
| 6 | Holly Babbitt - Michael Babbitt | 1,345,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Benjamin Miner - Dmitriy Uskach | 1,065,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Mike Ruter - Samy Dighlawi | 1,700,000 | 57 |
| 9 | Mike Lutz - Matt Krebs | 430,000 | 14 |
| 10 | Scott Johnston - Bob Fisher | 455,000 | 15 |
When play resumes, they will start at Level 23 which features a small blind of 15,000, a big blind of 30,000, and a big blind ante of 30,000. There are no regular breaks during play as the team members can tag each other out but play will be paused when chips are raced off for a color break. The level duration will remain at 60 minutes throughout the day.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first raise until the final all-in so make sure to follow along with all the live updates right here.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $113,366 |
| 2 | $70,074 |
| 3 | $49,512 |
| 4 | $35,542 |
| 5 | $25,928 |
| 6 | $19,226 |
| 7 | $14,494 |
| 8 | $11,114 |
| 9 | $8,670 |
| 10 | $6,882 |
to eliminate Team Lutz in the first few minutes of play. Team Wolf appeared to have a slight chip lead after the hand.
and Johnston moved all-in for around 250,000. Botfeld took a minute and called. 
to give Botfeld the flush. Johnston was silent as he looked at the board and you could feel the pain he showed on his face.
for Wolf to hold and eliminate Jones and Zachary Erdwurm in eighth place.
was of no help to Botfeld, but the 
on the turn gave their guy a flush draw. The 
brought the wrong red cards and Newman was eliminated in fourth place. 
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river.