Justin Bonomo was eliminated a few moments ago while Sam Stein and Chris DeMaci were looking for their check-in table. Only two are on their team and they just entered with a stack of 5,000, good for less than 20 big blinds in an attempt to spin it up.
While Stein and DeMaci are just in, more than half of the teams have already been eliminated with 38 tables still in play.
Maurice Hawkins stood up, turned to the rail and shouted, "Five more hands," indicating he was going to pass the torch soon.
We waited for all those five hands to see the last bit of Hawkins' performance but we couldn't get any action. Hawkins remained disciplined and folded on all five occasions. Asked about who are his teammates, Hawkins helped to reveal the roster. He wrote down: Charles Moore. Brandon Fish. The Winners.
Now it's Fish's turn to keep things rolling. Hawkins, who has won 10 rings on the WSOP Circuit, did a decent job in his part of the relay. He left the table with nearly 30,000.
The last hour had not been as great for the team Nacho Barbero and Nick Yunis, but the latter just scored a double to get the team back on track.
After a limp, Yunis raised to 900 and the big blind as well as the limper both called. On the flop, the action checked to Yunis and he bet 1,500. The big blind folded and the limper check-raised to 4,500, which Yunis called.
After the turn, Yunis' opponent shoved for effectively 8,750 and the Chilean called for that very amount with for the overpair. His opponent only had and the river was a blank.
Scott Davies and Goran Mandic are no longer in and the third notable player on the same table was just at risk with Sam Cohen. After a limp and a raise to 800 by the cutoff, Cohen shoved for 4,600 on the button and the small blind called. All other players folded and the cards were tabled.
"You missed a fun one," Alex Rocha said moments before calling the shove of a short stack for 2,050 with the . His opponent tabled and got there on a board of . That left Rocha very short on around the same amount.
One table over, Team Cheung shoved from the small blind into Kiryl Radzivonau and the latter called in the big blind for 4,500 with . Team Cheung only had and the board ran out seven-high.
Justin Bonomo has already won more than $1.5 million this summer and he proves to be hardly stoppable in the Tag Team tournament too.
Down to his last 3,625, Bonomo three-bet shoved from the button. The original raiser put the extra 3,000 chips in to call. Bonomo, holding , was behind to his rival's .
The board, however, ran very much in Bonomo's favor as he hit everything on the way as the community cards unfolded.
In the middle of the last level, Brian Pinkus was reduced to all but 1,000 chips after his set of fives ended up second-best to the set of eights of an opponent. Pinkus has since grinded his way back but remains below the starting stack, which also applies for Andreas Klatt.
Team Hendrix is not in anymore, while Michael Lech and Alyssa Pittman on his former table are doing okay.
Players left the tournament area to spend their second 20-minute break of the day in the foyer. Below are chip counts that belong to some of the familiar faces in the field.
The players have been sent on their second break of the day, which means the Amazon Room will be less crowned for the next 20 minutes. Two rows of tables in the Orange section and the Tan section remain in play.
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flop, the action checked to Yunis and he bet 1,500. The big blind folded and the limper check-raised to 4,500, which Yunis called.
turn, Yunis' opponent shoved for effectively 8,750 and the Chilean called for that very amount with 
for the overpair. His opponent only had 
and the 
river was a blank.
. His opponent tabled 
and the board ran out seven-high.
, was behind to his rival's 
