2010 WSOP Event #54 Recap – Marcel Vonk Wins Final $1,000 NL Holdem Bracelet

Marcel Vonk - Event #54 Winner

Marcel Vonk                              2,253,000

Henrik Tollefsen                         1,878,000

Nathan Jessen                               990,000

Matthew Lupton                            973,000

Dustin Dorrance-Bowman             794,000

Mehul Chaudhari                           789,000

Paul Kerr                                      784,000

Espen Moen                                  443,000

Paul Kerr went all-in pre-flop after a bet of 66,000 from David Peters which was called by Henrik Tollefsen.  Dustin Dorrance-Bowman decided to make the call after a long think while both Tollefsen and Peters folded their hands.  So the two players turned over their cards with Dorrance-Bowman having 10h-10c and Kerr with Ah-Qd.  When the flop came 5s-4c-As, the lead flipped to Kerr.  The turn 9s and river 9s couldn’t put Dorrance-Bowman back in front and Kerr’s hand gave him the pot while Dorrance-Bowman had to settle for a 9^th place finish and prize money of $45,286.

Next player out was Espen Moen who went all in and was called by David Peters.  The cards were tabled and Moen had 3d-3h while Peters had 5c-5h.  The board came 9d-As-10d-6c-Ah and Peter’s pair of fives was enough to eliminate Moen with an 8^th place finish and a check for $59,020.

A double elimination saw two players leaving at once.  After a raise to 100,000 from Marcel Vonk, Medhul Chaudhari went all in and was re-raised all in by Matthew Lupton.  Vonk made the call and the cards were tabled:

Vonk – Qs-Qd

Lupton – Ad-Kh

Chaudhari – 4d-4s

The board ran out Jc-8s-10d-8c-6s and Vonk’s pair of ladies took the pot.  Because Chaudhari had fewer chips than Lupton, he took 7^th place with prize money of $77,633 and Lupton was 6^th picking up a paycheck for $103,061.

The next elimination saw David going all-in pre-flop with Henrik Tollefsen making the call.  The cards were tabled and Tollefsen showed As-Qh while Peters had Kh-10s.  The flop 2s-10h-Jh gave Peters the lead with a pair of tens and when another ten appeared on the turn (10d), Tollefsen knew his time was up.  The 7c on the river just confirmed that and he took 5^th place and a paycheck for $138,107.

Nathan Jessen moved all in from the small blind after a raise to 150,000 from Marcel Vonk.  Vonk made the call and turned over Ad-Jh.  Jessen had Kc-Qh.  The flop 10s-4s-9s gave nothing to either player and Vonk was still ahead with his Ace.  The Ah on the turn gave Vonk a top pair and there was nothing the river 7h could do for Jessen so he became the 4^th place finisher and netted $186,818 for his efforts.

The next elimination saw David Peters and Paul Kerr seeing the flop 5c-Js-9s without a raise.  However once the flop was seen, Peters bet 115,000 and Kerr called.  The turn Qc led to another bet from Peters of 270,000 to which Kerr went all-in and was called by Peters.  Kerr’s hand was Jc-6c while Peters had Qs-9d.  The 9c on the river gave Kerr a flush but Peter’s had one better with a full house and Kerr ended this event with a 3^rd place finish taking a check for $255,076 with him. 

That meant heads up play got underway between David Peters and Marcel Vonk with both players almost even in chips.  The final hand came just over two and a half hours later.  At one stage during heads up play Peters had taken a huge chip lead over Vonk but a couple of big hands for Vonk saw him take the lead back.  The final hand saw Vonk go all-in with a huge chip lead and Peters called.  The cards were tabled with Peter’s having Ks-8c and Vonk with Ah-3h.  The flop gave both players a pair when 7d-Ac-8h appeared but Vonk was ahead with two Aces.  The turn was 4s and the river was 9d and Peter’s was out with a runner up position and $350,803.

So the winner was Marcel Vonk who took home a WSOP gold bracelet and a staggering paycheck of $570,960.  Congratulations to the winner of event #54 – Marcel Vonk!

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