Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler has handed a more-than-double-starting stack over to fellow teammate Lena Evans and reported about what happened early on.
Kessler flopped a gutshot with on a board and check-called a bet by the younger brother of Thayer Rasmussen. On the turn, Kessler check-called another bet of 500, then check-shoved the river with the nut straight.
Rasmussen called with for the worse straight and became one of the first casualties of the day.
At the start of Level 1, Andy Frankenberger sat down at the same table as Team Hendrix and Team Linde, and soon announced his fellow teammates to everyone.
Phil Hellmuth, Brandon Cantu and Mike Matusow are the three other contenders on the all-star team and each will have to play at least the small and big blind once. So far, it is Frankenberger in action and he has slightly less than the starting stack available.
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Andy Frankenberger - Phil Hellmuth - Brandon Cantu - Mike Matusow
Ari Engel called a raise to 125 and the big blind also came along to see a three-way flop of . The action checked to the initial raiser and he continued for 250, which Engel and the big blind called. The latter then shoved the turn for 2,600 and both opponents including Engel folded.
Molly Anne Mossey from Team Verstandig opened to 125 and picked up two callers as well. The flop fell and the action checked to Michael Gallagher from one seat over and his bet of 500 did the trick to force folds.
Below are further assorted counts of the Gold section.
We arrived just in time to witness the outcome of a big hand that occurred between Joseph Tehan and Igor Yaroshevskyy.
Tehan was in the small blind and led out 1,700 on the river, with the board reading . Yaroshevskyy moved all in for 4,275. Tehan contemplated for a few moments and eventually called. Yaroshevskyy showed and couldn't beat Teehan's .
Teehan, who is paired up with Benton Blakeman, scored a full double-up as he had 4,050 total. Meanwhile, Yaroshevskyy was left with shrapnel.
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael Gathy has kicked off his Tag Team campaign well. Gathy has already more than doubled the starting stack. He's sitting on healthy 10,500 at the end of the first level.
That's a good news not only for the Belgian but also for Heidi May, his Australian teammate.
Michael Lech is busy elsewhere, and in the meanwhile his teammate Darius Tamulevicius scored a knockout to double their stack. On a flop of , Tamulevicius faced a check-raise and shoved all in with . His opponent called with for the flush draw and gutshot.
Both the turn and river were blanks and Team Lech doubled up.
One year ago, this very event saw a 863-entry strong field and the Event #10: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em is on the best way to beat that number this year.
Less than midway through Level 2, the screens already show 730 entries, and that number is likely to grow over the next hours.