Level 28: Valdemar Kwaysser Wins Event No. 38
Jun 23, '10
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Players Remaining: 1 out of 268
Notable Eliminations:
4. Konstantin Bucherl — $214,106
3. James Calderaro — $284,845
2. Matt Marafioti — $381,507
Big Hands:
Konstantin Bucherl Eliminated In Fourth Place ($214,106)
Konstantin Bucherl found himself all in preflop against Valdemar Kwaysser. Here were their cards:
Bucherl: A
Q
Kwaysser: A
K
The board ran out K103
84 and Bucherl was eliminated.
James Calderaro Eliminated In Third Place ($284,845)
James Calderaro opened for a raise and Valdemar Kwaysser repotted. Calderaro then moved in for 1.7 million and Kwaysser made the call. Here were their cards:
Calderaro: AK
Kwaysser: JJ
The board ran out 65433 and Kwaysser’s jacks held, sending Calderaro to the rail in third.
Valdemar Kwaysser Wins Event No. 38 ($617,214), Matt Marafioti Eliminated In Second Place ($381,507)
Matt Marafioti raised to 200,000 preflop and Valdemar Kwaysser made the call. The flop came down J106 and Marafioti bet 425,000.
Kwaysser reraised the pot and Marafioti put all his chips in the middle. Here were their cards:
Marafioti: K6
Kwaysser: J8
Marafioti was drawing very live with four clubs against Kwaysser’s top pair. The turn and river were both black, but they were the Q and 7 and Kwaysser took down his first WSOP bracelet.
Player Tags: James Calderaro, Konstantin Bucherl, Matthew Marafioti, Valdemar Kwaysser
Level 27: Dani Stern Eliminated In 5th Place
Jun 23, '10
Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Players Remaining: 4 out of 268
Average Chip Count: 2,010,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Valdemar Kwaysser – 3,730,000
2. Konstantin Bucherl – 1,915,000
3. James Calderaro – 1,650,000
4. Matt Marafioti – 700,000
Notable Eliminations:
5. Dani Stern — $161,934
Big Hands:
Dani Stern Eliminated In Fifth Place ($161,934)
Dani Stern raised to 130,000 and Valdemar Kwaysser reraised to 300,000. Stern made the call for the last of his chips and the players turned up their hands:
Stern: 1010
Kwaysser: A2
The board ran out AA356 to give Kwaysser trip aces on the flop and the pot. Stern was eliminated and took home $161,934.
Player Tags: Dani Stern, Valdemar Kwaysser
Level 22: Down To One Table
Jun 22, '10
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Players Remaining: 10 out of 268
Average Chip Count: 804,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Konstantin Bucherl – 1,825,000
2. Valdemar Kwaysser – 1,398,000
3. Sam Stein – 1,202,000
4. Thomas Marchese – 764,000
5. Alexander Kuzmin – 707,000
6. Peter Jetten – 700,000
7. Dani Stern – 537,000
8. Matt Marafioti – 357,000
9. James Calderaro – 328,000
10. Blair Rodman – 282,000
Notable Eliminations:
Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at 8:45 p.m.
Big Hands:
Rodman Knocks Out Doudney
Blair Rodman raised to 60,000 and Nathna Doudney moved all in for his last 137,000. Rodman made the call and the players turned up their hands:
Rodman: K9
Doudney: K3
Rodman was dominating and the board ran out AQ786, offering no help to Doudney as he hit the rail in 11th place.
Thumy Eliminated
Clement Thumy was the chip leader of the tournament at one point but found himself all in against Valdemar Kwaysser.
Thumy had pocket aces but they were cracked when Kwaysser’s KQ made trip kings on the river and Thumy was eliminated.
Player Tags: Blair Rodman, Nathan Doudney, Valdemar Kwaysser, Clement Thumy
