Final Day of Event #51: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em Starts at 12 PM
From 1,282 teams registered in Event# 51: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em, only 26 are still in contention for the final day at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. They secured $6,426 for each team and will look up to the $190,662 first-place prize and the 2023 World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Three teams crossed the two million chip mark, with Team Sako leading at 2,340,000. Team Williams and Team Java (with 2017 Tag Team winner Nipun 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 as well as Team Machado.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player/Team | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuki Sako - Shunsuke Tokoo | Japan | 2,340,000 | 78 |
| 2 | David Williams - Theo Tran | United States | 2,085,000 | 70 |
| 3 | Nipun Java - Ronald Phipps | India | 2,065,000 | 69 |
| 4 | John Ventre - Kenneth Gallo | United States | 1,645,000 | 55 |
| 5 | Jorge Machado - Lucian Camargo | Brazil | 1,645,000 | 55 |
| 6 | Jonah LaBranche - Dustin Wills | United States | 1,475,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Lindsey McDougall - Joshua McDougall | United States | 1,375,000 | 46 |
| 8 | Sean Cosgrove - John Lucas | United States | 1,275,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Mitchell Collins - Arash Asadabadi | United States | 1,265,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Vincent Moscati - Tanner Bibat | United States | 945,000 | 32 |
Among other contestants, Jonah LaBranche et Dustin Wills of Team LaBranche are still in contention for the top prize as well as Robert Perelman and Joseph Cheong, Australian team mates Anton Lu and William Jia, French men Jeremy Palvini and Jean-Paul Pasqualini, Romanian players Bogdan Munteanu and Dragos Trofimov or local regulars Justin Pechie and Ronnie Bardah.
Action will begin on Level 23 with blinds at 15,000/30,000/30,000 and one-hour levels of play. The day will end once a new winning team is crowned. There are no breaks (excepts for color-ups), since one member of each team is always on a "break."
Day 3 will resume at 12 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Event Center, so stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will keep updates on the action until the end of the tournament.