2010 WSOP Event #38 Recap – Valdemar Kwaysser Wins $10,000 PL Holdem World Championship
Event #38 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em World Championship event. 268 players registered for the event and by the end of the day there were only 122 players still in contention for a shot at the gold bracelet and prize money of $617,214. Day two saw another ninety seven players leave the field with only 25 making it into day three with the hopes of making that final table. And of those 25 players the final table was made up as follows:
Valdemar Kwaysser - Event #38 Winner
Tom Marchese 1,500,000
James Calderaro 1,205,000
Dani Stern 1,105,000
Valdemar Kwaysser 1,090,000
Peter Jetten 1,015,000
Matt Marafioti 630,000
Konstantin Bucherl 620,000
Blair Rodman 565,000
Alexander Kuzmin 310,000
Just over a quarter of an hour after the final table was revealed, we had the first casualty. It was Alexander Kuzmin who had been trailing at the bottom of the chip leaderboard. He raised from the off and was re-raised by Tom Marchese by enough chips to see him all in. Kuzmin made the call with Kh-Jh in his hand. Marchese was holding Ad-10s and the flop was kinder to him when As-Qc-5d appeared. The turn gave Kuzmin a pair of Kings with Kc coming up but the river 7d was not enough to give Kuzmin anything to beat Marchese’s pair of Aces. So Kuzmin finished in 9th position and took home prize money of $56,404.
Not long after, the eighth place finisher was decided. Valdemar Kwaysser opened from the small blind with a bet of 120,000 and was called by Blair Rodman. The flop appeared Jc-Kh-7s and saw Kwaysser again betting, this time with 135,000. This resulted in Rodman going all-in and Kwaysser making the call. With Kwaysser holding Kd-Ks, he was out in front of Rodman with a set of Kings. Rodman’s hand of Kc-Js gave him two pair. The turn 7c gave Kwaysser the full house and the 9s on the river could not save Rodman from elimination. His 8th place finish netted him $72,754.
Next to leave was Peter Jetten. He was holding As-5d in his hand and opened for 175,000. He was raised by Valdemar Kwaysser who had Ad-10h, so he then went for an all-in bet. The board ran out Kh-Ks-4c-2h-Kd and it was goodbye to Jetten who left in 7th place and took home $94,394 in prize money.
James Calderaro raised to 150,000 from the off and was re-raised by Tom Marchese. Calderaro then re-raised himself leading to Marchese going all-in with 9h-9d in his hand. However Calderaro was holding the lead with his pair of Kings (Ks-Kh). Unfortunately for Marchese the flop gave Calderaro a full house when 7c-7h-Kd appeared. The turn 4c and the river Ac did not improve things for Marchese and he was leaving the game with a 6th place finish and $123,264 in his pocket.
Dani Stern and Valdemar Kwaysser were betting against each other pre-flop and Stern ended up all-in with a pair of tens (10d-10c). He was called by Kwaysser who had Ac-2c in his hand. With Stern in front pre-flop, the cards that were turned over were definitely more favourable for Kwaysser when Ah-As-3s were revealed. Now Kwaysser was ahead with a set of Aces but the turn 5d left Stern drawing for a straight. However instead of a four, the river showed 6c and sent Stern to the rail with $161,934 for his 5th place finish.
Another pre-flop betting war between Konstantin Bucherl and Valdemar Kwaysser resulted in Bucherl being all in when the flop was revealed. Bucherl had Ac-Qh in his hand while Kwaysser had As-Ks when the flop 3d-Kh-10h appeared. This gave Kwaysser a pair of Kings but saw Bucherl only needing a Jack for a straight. But it wasn’t to be when 8d appeared on the turn and 4h came on the river. Bucherl’s hand could not beat the pair of Kings held by Kwaysser so he left the game in 4th spot but took home a consolation prize of $214,106.
James Calderaro was all-in against Valdemar Kwaysser with As-Kc. Meanwhile Kwaysser was out in front with two Jacks (Jc-Jh). The board ran out 6s-5h-4s-3d-3c and the pair of Jacks coupled with the pair of threes from the board gave Kwaysser the pot and sent Calderaro to the rail in 3rd place with prize money of $284,845.
That meant it was heads up between Valdemar Kwaysser and Matt Marafioti. The final hand saw Marafioti raising pre-flop to 200,000 which was called by Kwaysser. Marafioti was holding Kc-6c while Kwaysser’s hand consisted of Jd-8d. The flop however put Kwaysser in front when Jc-6s-10c appeared but when he checked, Marafioti raised and then was re-raised by Kwaysser. Marafioti was soon all-in. The Qs on the turn gave Marafioti a straight draw but the 7s on the river did not complete the draw and he was eliminated in second place taking $381,507 with him.
So the winner was Valdemar Kwaysser who took home prize money of $617,214 and more importantly, his first ever WSOP gold bracelet. Congratulations to the winner of Event #38 – Valdemar Kwaysser!
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