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 26: Down To Five
Jun 23, '10
Blinds: 25,000-50,000
Players Remaining: 5 out of 268
Average Chip Count: 1,608,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. James Calderaro – 2,425,000
2. Valdemar Kwaysser – 2,325,000
3. Konstantin Bucherl – 1,620,000
4. Dani Stern – 900,000
5. Matt Marafioti – 760,000
Notable Eliminations:
7. Peter Jetten — $94,394
6. Thomas Marchese — $123,264
Big Hands:
Bucherl First To 2 Million
Konstantin Bucherl raised to 110,000 and Peter Jetten made the call preflop. The flop then came down K87 and Bucherl bet 140,000. Jetten made the call and the J fell on the turn.
Both players checked and the river was the 10. Bucherl bet 200,000 and Jetten made the call. Bucherl tabled AK for top pair and Jetten mucked.
Bucherl took the pot and he was at 2,055,000.
Peter Jetten Eliminated In Seventh Place ($94,394)
Peter Jetten raised to 175,000 preflop and Valdemar Kwaysser reraised enough to put Jetten all in. Jetten made the call and the players turned over their cards:
Jetten: A5
Kwaysser: A10
Kwaysser was dominating and the board offered no help to Jetten as he was eliminated.
Thomas Marchese Eliminated In Sixth Place ($123,264)
James Calderaro raised to 150,000 from the button and Thomas Marchese reraised to 575,000 from the big blind. Calderaro repotted and Marchese made the call for the rest of his chips.
Calderaro then showed the bad news, turning over KK. Marchese could only show 99 and he needed help.
What he got instead was a quick boot out the door as the flop came down K77, leaving him virtually drawing dead.
The turn was the 4 and the river was the A and Marchese was eliminated.
Player Tags: Peter Jetten, Konstantin Bucherl, Tom Marchese
Level 21: Allen Kessler Eliminated
Jun 22, '10
Blinds: 9,000-18,000
Players Remaining: 13 out of 268
Average Chip Count: 618,461
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Konstantin Bucherl – 1,442,000
2. Sam Stein – 1,242,000
3. Valdemar Kwaysser – 1,050,000
4. Peter Jetten – 690,000
5. Thomas Marchese – 685,000
6. Alexander Kuzmin – 620,000
7. James Calderaro – 491,000
8. Matt Marafioti – 473,000
9. Dani Stern – 463,000
10. Marc Inizan – 377,000
Notable Eliminations:
Allen Kessler
Amnon Filippi
Sandra Naujoks
Big Hands:
Allen Kessler Eliminated
Allen Kessler moved all in for his last 59,000 and Konstantin Bucheri made the call. Here were their hands:
Kessler: AJ
Bucherl: 104
Bucherl made the call from the big blind and decided to take a shot at the knockout. The flop came down 974 and Bucherl took the lead. Kessler failed to improve his hand on the following streets and he was eliminated.
Marchese Takes One Off Inizan
Marc Inizan raised to 45,000 preflop and Thomas Marchese made the call. The flop then came down Q64 and both players checked.
The turn was the 9 and Marchese bet 74,000. Inizan made the call and the 3 came on the river. Marchese bet 141,000 and Inizan made the call again.
Marchese tabled Q10 for top pair and Inizan mucked. Marchese took the pot and was at 685,000.
Inizan Takes Another Hit, Bucherl Takes Chip Lead
Picking up the action after the flop, the board read 954. Konstantin Bucherl bet 63,000 and Marc Inizan raised to 175,000. Bucheri then moved all in and Inizan made the call.
Bucherl tabled QJ while Inizan showed A9 for top pair and the lead.
But the turn was the A, giving Inizan two pair but completing Bucherl’s flush. The river was the 2 and Bucherl doubled to 1.4 million while Inizan was down to 330,000.
Sam Stein Doubles Up
After a flop of 754, Sam Stein bet 62,000. Clement Thumy raised it to 175,000 and Stein moved all in. Thumy made the call.
Stein turned over pocket fives for middle set, besting Thumy’s pocket fours and bottom set. The turn and river bricked as they came 6 and 7 respectively.
Stein doubled to 1.2 million while Thumy was down to 200,000.
Player Tags: Marc Inizan, Konstantin Bucherl, Sam Stein, Tom Marchese
