Pure Poker Tour Series #5 – Event #9: $230 Tag Team

The Tag Team game is over and Rob Lothian and Brent Baxter went back to back winning their second Tag Team game in a row. I wasn’t able to watch any of the action on this one, unfortunately. Final results are now updated under the Payouts tab.

The final four teams cut a deal once they got into the money that saw everyone guarantee themselves $1,735 with $850 left on top for the winning team. Lothian and Baxter were together in September for the team game win as well, so they are now double defending champs going into the November series.

There are just 12 teams left in action over in the poker room now with about 7 minutes to play in Level 12.

Four teams will be getting a pice of $7,790 in prizes later tonight in the Tag Team event. They ended entries with 41 in total and the winners will be pocketing $3,300 at the end of the night. Defending champs Rob Lothian and Brent Baxter are among the teams in the mix.

There are still about 40 minutes to enter the Team game tonight with the field currently at 32 entries with 27 teams still in play. That puts the prizes at just over $6k.

The Tag Tema game is underway in the poker room now with action in Level 1 and 19 teams in the game. Entries are still open for a bit more than two hours, so there’s plenty of time for that to increase.

The Tag Team game is on the side for Saturday night, and as always, the expectation is for a night of partying with a bit of incidental poker thrown in on the side. The game kicks off at 6 pm tonight with 20-minute blinds and a 20k starting stack.

Entries are open for 8 levels with the final chance to enter coming about 8:40 pm. Teams consist of two players and players will switch at the start of each new layer.

However, all players also get 5 switch tickets to use throughout the game, and those tickets can be used to either make an early swap with your own partner or force another team at your table to switch. Switch tickets can only be played between hands – players cannot switch mid-hand.

Be prepared for a loud and raucous event for this one – anyone looking for a quiet, sober, GTO-focused game should probably look elsewhere tonight. On the other hand, if you are looking to have a few drinks, have some fun, and play a bit of poker, find a partner and head on down to Pure Casino Edmonton for 6 pm (note that there are almost always singles looking for partners near the start of the game as well, so come on down even if you don’t have a partner, and there’s a good chance you’ll find one).