The $200 Tag Team Championship on the 2025 Free Poker Community (FPN) Desert Sprint-for-Money Nationwide Championship reached its conclusion with the daddy and son staff of Brett and Austin Emerick of Indiana taking house $1,000 and the coveted Tag Group Belts.
The Greazy Pickle representatives additionally gained entry into Sunday’s Desert Sprint-For-Money Championship Essential Occasion, the place individuals will spar for a chunk of the $100,000 money prize and $10,000 in Thriller Bounties.
Brett Emerick, who owns the Indiana bar and instructed PokerNews he taught his son poker, began issues off earlier than letting Austin navigate the ultimate desk, culminating with flopping the nut flush towards heads-up opponent David Batzler.
“He is by no means gained an occasion like this so I (figured) I might give him an opportunity,” the elder Emerick mentioned in a winner’s interview.
The occasion was a household affair as the ultimate desk additionally included the mother-son duo of Lester Hauglid and Susan Hauglid.
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2025 FPN Tag Group Championship Remaining Desk Outcomes
| Place | Participant | Poker Membership | Prize (In USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Emerick – Austin Emerick | Greazy Pickle | $1,000 |
| 2 | David Batzler – Michael Webb | Putters Vegas | $500 |
| 3 | Darin Murphy – Brad Bornburg | Cedar Inn | $300 |
| 4 | Lester Hauglid – Susan Hauglid | Billy Membership/Shorewood Bar | $200 |
| 5 | Andrew Vossen – Clyde Johnson | Muddy Cow | $200 |
| 6 | Richard Hoag – Emily Niehaus | Mayfield | $200 |
| 7 | Magdiel Reyes – Daniel Kummrow | N/A | $200 |
| 8 | Ryan Herr – Brandon Timok | N/A | $200 |
| 9 | Luc Ciaranca – Deborah Kinney | N/A | $200 |
Father & Son I Wish to Educate Him Proper from Fallacious
The FPN Tag Group Championship drew 149 groups or 298 complete gamers. That is a rise from the 123 groups who performed the May 2024 Tag Team version that noticed the duo of Noel Batres and Paul Hamann profitable the $1,200 prize.
The duos within the FPN Tag Group occasion Saturday included fathers and sons, moms and sons, {couples} and pals, and every part in between. Gamers swapped out and in often and anybody who wasn’t on the desk was shut by consuming, chatting and sweating the motion.
Motion moved so rapidly that the blinds had been adjusted to half-hour. Because the occasion reached the ultimate two tables, one participant revealed that he “took out some pals,” together with “the man I am rooming with.”
There was a rapid-fire bubble because the groups of Hideki Takafuji and Ayaka Muraishi and Kenneth and Lori had been eradicated in a dramatic double knockout.
Earlier than the clocks may pause, the staff of Luc Ciaranca and Deborah Kinney went out in ninth place because the Hauglid made a full home to go to the streamed last desk in trendy type.
The pairings of Ryan Herr – Brandon Timok, Magdiel Reyes – Daniel Kummrow and Richard Hoag – Emily Niehaus had been the primary to go on the last desk adopted by Andrew Vossen and Clyde Johnson representing the Muddy Cow.
Group Hauglid adopted swimsuit earlier than Darin Murphy and Brad Bornburg bowed out to make manner for a brief heads-up battle that noticed the Emericks popping out on high.
That wraps up PokerNews protection of the $200 Tag Group Championship. We’ll be again on-site within the morning for the long-awaited Desert Sprint-For-Money Championship Essential Occasion.
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