Team Freese Wins 2022 Free Poker Network Tag Team Championship
Team Freese defeated Team Marts in heads-up play to win the 2022 Free Poker Network World Series or Bust Tag Team Championship and claim the championship belts. Team Freese consists of Minnesotans Gloria and Gerald Freese, and they will be bringing back home shiny new pieces of poker hardware in addition to the prizes they won.
The event attracted 79 entries and the players were all hoping to finish in the top 10%, as the top eight finishers each received 10,000 chips for the Free Poker Network World Series or Bust National Championship and $160. Those finishers will return in less than twelve hours to Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas for the main event, where they will compete for prizes totaling over $50,000.
The Free Poker Network allows players to earn points while playing poker in recreational leagues at bars in 17 states around the country. Players qualify for prizes and trips to major events by playing in their local FPN league.
2022 FPN Tag Team Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Team Freese |
| 2 | Team Marts |
| 3 | Team Wagner |
| 4 | Team Kingsley-Lens |
| 5 | Team Adler |
| 6 | Team Urbatsch-Marek |
| 7 | Team Hiner-Held |
| 8 | Team Haugen-Happe |
Action of the Day
In addition to the prizes for the top eight teams, $1,500 in mystery bounties were also up for grabs. The biggest $500 bounty was found by Team Hiner-Held.
Throughout the day, the 79 teams switched off playing poker and had fun looking for mystery bounties before eventually, only nine teams remained and they converged on the final table.
With nine teams left, only one team would be eliminated before the prizes, and the unfortunate bubble team was Team Holt-Ozcan when they got in their short stack and couldn’t improve against Team Marts.
After cashing, Team Haugen-Happe was the next team gone, and Team Hiner-Held made their exit soon after.
Team Urbatsch-Marek hit the rail next when running into a better ace, and the remaining five players went on a short break. After the break, Team Freese was down to under two big blinds and doubled on their path to eventual victory.
After some time, it was Team Adler to finish in fifth when running into a better king. Team Kingsley-Lens was next to go out in fourth when they got their short stack in and didn’t improve, and Team Wagner then lost a big pot to Team Freese, which changed the tides and led to Team Wagner’s demise in third place.
That set up a heads-up match between Team Freese and Team Marts, with the former holding a small chip lead over the latter. With the blinds climbing, it didn’t take too long to get the chips in, and when Team Mart’s jack-nine found no help against Team Freese’s pocket tens, Team Freese had officially won the tournament to claim the title and the Tag Team Championship belts.
Congrats to Gloria and Gerald Freese for winning the 2022 Free Poker Network W.S.O.B Tag Team Championship!
This concludes the PokerNews coverage for this event. Stay tuned as PokerNews returns to bring you coverage of the series finale 2022 Free Poker Network World Series or Bust National Championship on January 9th at 10 a.m. local time.