


Tsugaru called with and was ahead of his opponent’s until an eight landed on the river. Paggeot raised enough from the small blind to put Tsugaru all-in. Paggeot took over from Kerstetter and quickly claimed the tournament life of Tsugaru. Kerstetter flipped over, and won the hand courtesy of a run-out. Kerstetter then busted Team Spitale ( Frank Spitale and Martin Pochat) when Spitale called all-in with after Kerstetter jammed on him from the small blind.

That gave Leonard and Jorstad some breathing room, but they still trailed the chip leaders by almost three-to-one. Leonard Doubles Through TsugaruĪ key hand saw Leonard double with against the of Team Tsugaru‘s Yaturo Tsugaru, with the chips going into the middle preflop and the board running out. Team Kraemer ( Mackenzie Kraemer and Jon Schiller) busted early into the final day, Kraemer’s failing to improve against Kerstetter’s superior. Team Leonard was third in chips, but their shared stack of 2,235,000 was the equivalent of only 15 big blinds, while Team Paggeot, made up of Corey Paggeot and Jamie Kerstetter, led the way with 7,795,000 chips, or 53 big blinds. The penultimate day concluded with only five teams in contention for the bracelet. Day 2 saw the field whittled to only 20 teams, and Team Leonard found itself seventh in chips with a 1,060,000 stack. Some 913 teams entered on Day 1 but they were reduced to a more manageable 183 by the close of play. The Tag Team event is unique because, as the name suggests, the field is made up of teams who can tag each other should they fancy a break from the action or if they feel one team member is better suited to the crop of opponents currently in action. Team partypoker’s Patrick Leonard has become a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner after he and teammate Espen Jorstad took down the $1,000 Tag Team event at the 2022 WSOP in Las Vegas.
