An Orbit with the Tag Team Champions

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Poker tournament seat draws often throw up interesting little quirks. For example, yesterday the 2019 WSOP Main Event winner and runner-up — Hossein Ensan and Dario Sammartino — were seated at the same table.

Today it's the turn of the reigning WSOP Main Event champion Espen Jorstad, and his Tag Team bracelet-winning partner Patrick Leonard to be sat at the same table. PokerNews sat in on an orbit to see if the two would tangle or leave each other alone.

Patrick Leonard & Espen J?rstad Win 2022 WSOP Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team ($148,067)

Hand #1: On the very first hand, Espen Jorstad raised from the cutoff to 1,200 and it folded to Patrick Leonard in the big blind who folded.

Hand #2: It folded around to Leonard in the small blind who limped blind on blind against Timo Kamphues who raised to 1,800. Leonard called and the pair checked the flop and turn.

Leonard bet 1,000 on the river and Kamphues folded.

Hand #3: Both Jorstad and Leonard folded.

Hand #4: Jorstad and Leonard both folded.

Hand #5: Jorstad folded from under the gun and Leonard folded the hijack.

Hand #6: Rehman Kassam raised to 1,000 and Patrick Leonard three-bet to 3,200. Kassam called.

Kassam check-called 4,200 on the flop and the pair checked the turn. The river was the and Kassam bet 16,000. Leonard folded.

Hand #7: Leonard folded and Jorstad didn't defend his small blind.

Hand #8: Leonard folded from under the gun, with Espen Jorstad raising to 1,100 from the button. Kassam defended his big blind. The pair checked the flop and Kassam check-folded to a bet of 1,000 on the turn.