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Event #66: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #66: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,210,000
Total Entries
1,375
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
27
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 1,375
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Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Last year, Kelvin Kerber and Peter Patricio captured the $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em title at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Since then, the pair have continued coaching Brazilian players, including Breno Drumond and Henrique Lessa, who followed in their mentors’ footsteps by winning the 2026 edition of the event.
After a long and rollercoaster-filled final table, the duo captured their first WSOP gold bracelets and shared the first-place prize of $184,769 from the $1,210,000 prize pool, having outlasted a field of 1,375 entries.
Team Drumond defeated Ruka Yamauchi and Shotaro Murase in heads-up play, while the Japanese duo collected $123,119 for their runner-up finish.
Event #66: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em final table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breno Drumond - Henrique Lessa | Brazil | $184,769 |
| 2 | Ruka Yamauchi - Shotaro Murase | Japan | $123,119 |
| 3 | Joseph Monaco - Gabriel Monaco | Canada | $88,058 |
| 4 | Christine Brewer - Orson Young | United States | $63,800 |
| 5 | Tomas Szwarcberg - Sebastien Hetzel | Mexico | $46,833 |
| 6 | Ryan Franklin - Michael Zulker | United States | $34,838 |
| 7 | Jennifer Zewe - Vincent Moscati | United States | $26,265 |
| 8 | Victor Chong - Tyler Willse | Malaysia | $20,073 |
| 9 | Michael Buchmiller - Russell Rosenblum | United States | $15,554 |
"We Came Here to Live This Dream, and Now We Are Living It"
Moments after securing the victory, Drumond and Lessa couldn’t stop smiling during their interview with the WSOP. “It’s a dream. It’s been seven years of hard work chasing this dream. We come here to live this dream, and now we are living it,” Lessa said, translating Drumond’s words into English.
Their journey to this moment began seven years ago with a friendship forged after they both joined the Brazilian Samba Poker Team. "We quickly became good friends. We’ve traveled together, worked on projects together, and we work together,” they explained. It was through the team that they met reigning Tag Team champions who eventually became their coaches.
Not only did this environment lead them to success, but their experience also helped Drumond, who had some revenge to claim after finishing second in the 2025 WSOP $2,500 Freezeout event. “Last year’s heads-up was very important because it prepared me for today,” Drumond explained. Not to mention the rail, which “carried and motivated” them throughout the final table.
Heading into this Tag Team event, Drumond and Lessa had a clear plan: “At the beginning, we were swapping every two hours. Then I saw that Breno was playing very well, so when he replaced me with five players left, I told him ‘go,’ and he played until heads-up,” Lessa explained.
But on their way to victory, they came close to elimination when Drumond moved all-in for just three big blinds during the final table. Team Yamauchi, who had raised, only had one big blind left to call but ultimately folded. “I think they thought we had more chips. The player was nervous and probably made a mistake,” Drumond said.
They then quickly doubled up to get back into contention and went on to face the Japanese team and its “crazy” style during heads-up play to capture the bracelet. It is already the third Brazilian win of the summer, after Yuri Dzivielevski in the $100,000 High Roller and Joao Simao in the $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha. With more possibly to come? “We will be there until the end,” Drumond and Lessa confirmed.
Final Day’s Action
Twenty-seven teams remained in contention at the start of Day 3, but bracelet dreams were quickly dashed for teams like Team Freitas, Team Neves, and Team Van Leeuwen, who were among the first to be eliminated.
After the first two levels, the field had been reduced to the final two tables. However, Team Johnsen didn’t last much longer after running its ace-queen into ace-king. Team Tucci followed, as did the team of Karanvir Singh and 2018 Main Event runner-up Tony Miles. Holding king-nine against king-ten, Singh, at risk, flopped two pair, but Team Zewe hit a runner-runner straight to send them to the rail.
Team Twitty then lost with queens against ace-king, while Team Kato fell to ace-eight, leaving the final ten teams to combine at the unofficial final table. After another hour of play, however, Team Phillips saw its pocket queens cracked by Team Monaco, whose rivered king denied them a spot at the official final table.
Despite the relatively slow pace, Team Franklin couldn’t have asked for a better start to the official final table, doubling up with aces against kings through Team Zewe. Team Franklin later recorded the first elimination of the final table, sending Team Buchmiller to the rail in ninth place.
Team Chong then ran into aces and exited in eighth place. Moments later, Jennifer Zewe thought she was about to score a double-up with top pair, but her shove was called by Breno Drumond of Team Drumond, who hit trips on the turn. Visibly disappointed, Zewe exited in seventh place before a rare break in this otherwise non-stop event.
Another long wait for an elimination followed before Team Brewer doubled through both Team Franklin and Team Drumond. Not long after, Team Franklin saw its run come to an end in sixth place after running into two pair.
With the average stack now sitting at around 20 big blinds, the five remaining teams became increasingly selective, waiting for strong hands to go all in. Joseph Monaco was rewarded for his patience when he picked up pocket aces to double through Tomas Szwarcberg’s tens.
At the same time, the chip-leading team at the start of Day 3, composed of Mexico’s Szwarcberg and Belgium’s Sebastien Hetzel, ran into top pair and exited in fifth place.
Left with just three big blinds, Team Drumond managed to double up before Team Yamauchi doubled with a set to take the chip lead.
Four-handed play then continued until Team Brewer, with ace-deuce, saw Team Yamauchi flop trips and was eliminated in fourth place. Team Monaco followed shortly after by running into kings, setting up a heads-up battle between Team Drumond and Team Yamauchi with even stacks for the bracelet.
Drumond quickly took the lead by catching his opponent bluffing, and secured the win a few hands later with aces to capture the bracelet.
That concludes PokerNews' coverage of Event #66: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the 2026 WSOP!
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Breno Drumond and Henrique Lessa defeated Ruka Yamauchi and Shotaro Murase heads-up to win Event #66: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em for $184,789 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Stay tuned for full recap of the day.
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Breno Drumond raised on the button to 600,000, and Shotaro Murase called in the big blind.
The flop came 4♦2♦6♣, and Drumond fired out a bet of 500,000, then Murase called.
Drumond did not slow down on the 8♣ turn and he fired out another bet for 1,700,000, and after a short while, Yamauchi announced "all in" for 10,800,000. Drumond looked at the flop, then back at his rail, grabbed a bunch a chips and put them in the middle.
Ruka Yamauchi: Q♣7♣ 
Breno Drumond: A♦A♠
The J♦ on the river meant Drumond defeated Murase heads up to win the tournament.
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Moments after the start of heads-up play, Shotaro Murase of Team Yamauchi opened to 600,000 from the button and Breno Drumond of Team Drumond defended from the big blind.
Murase's continuation bet on a flop of 5♠6♠2♥ was check-called by Drumond, who checked the 8♥ turn. Murase checked back.
Drumond checked the A♦ river as well so Murase bet 1,500,000. Drumond made the call with J♥5♦ for a pair and caught Murase bluffing with 9♠3♠ for a missed flush draw.
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Ruka Yamauchi raised on the button to 625,000, Joseph Monaco went all in from the big blind for 3,100,000, Yamauchi snap-called.
Joseph Monaco: A♠9♣
Ruka Yamauchi: K♠K♥
The board ran out 3♣2♥6♠Q♣J♥, and Team Monacowas eliminated in third place.
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Shotaro Murase of Team Yamauchi in the small blind jammed to apply pressure on Orson Young of Team Brewer in the big blind. After a few seconds, Young decided to call off his last 2,400,000.
Orson Young: A♠2♥
Shotaro Murase: Q♦9♥
Cheers erupted from Team Yamauchi’s supporters as Murase flopped trips on the 9♦10♦9♣8♠6♦ runout to send Team Brewer to the rail.
Level 33
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Breno Drumond raised to 600,000 on the button, and Ruka Yamauchi called in the big blind.
Yamauchi decided to lead for 400,000 when the flop came 6♥8♥7♠, and Drumond called.
The A♠ on the turn slowed Yamauchi down and he checked, then Drumond fired out a bet of 800,000, and Yamauchi called.
Drumond bet again on the 4♣ river for 2,800,000 and got a quick call. Drumond tabled a straight with A♥5♠, and Yamauchi mucked.
Level: 33
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The four remaining teams are on a 15-minute break.
