Father-daughter duo at the 2021 WSOP Team Event final table
Another live WSOP 2021 event ended at Rio Casino the other day. It was held in a team format, so two players at once received their gold bracelets.
The 2021 WSOP Event #59: $1 000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold`em collected 641 entries, which resulted in a $590 490 prize pool.
A pair of Americans made up a team to win the WSOP Event #59. In addition to the bracelets, Mike Ruter and Samy Dighlawi earned $113 360 in total.
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Tomer Wolf from Israel and David Landell from the USA became runner-ups: they split a payout of $70 070.
Third place went to the Bothfeld team: Amanda Botfeld, author of "A Girls' Guide to Poker", and her father David Botfeld, who is a poker player.
She later shared an old family photo of her father teaching her to play poker when she was 15 on Twitter:
Event #59: $1 000 Tag Team NLH Final Table Results
| Place | Players | Countries | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Ruter and Samy Dighlawi | USA | $113 360 |
| 2 | Tomer Wolf and David Landell | Israel – USA | $70 070 |
| 3 | Amanda Botfeld and David Botfeld | USA | $49 510 |
| 4 | Michael Newman and Robert Ormont | USA | $35 540 |
| 5 | Alfie Adam and Vidur Sethi | UK – India | $25 920 |
| 6 | Benjamin Miner and Dmitriy Uskach | USA | $19 220 |
| 7 | Holly Babbitt and Michael Babbitt | USA | $14 490 |
| 8 | Zachary Erdwurm and Steven Jones | USA | $11 110 |
| 9 | Scott Johnston and Bob Fisher | USA | $8 670 |
