Konstantin Bucherl button-raised to 210,000 to open the put, putting about 40% of his stack out there in the middle of the table. In the small blind, Matt Marafioti raised the minimum to 360,000, and Bucherl moved all in. As he was doing so, Marafioti said, "Don't do it, bro. You're way behind. Don't do it. Bucherl did, and Marafiotti called the extra bit to put his opponent at risk.
Showdown
Bucherl:
Marafioti:
There was a five peeking right in the window, and the board of saved Bucherl from extinction. He's doubled up over a million now, leaving Marafioti back on the shortest stack with less than 800,000
Valdemar Kwaysser opened for 175,000, Konstantin Bucherl re-potted, Kwaysser set him all-in and Bucherl called. They turned over the same hand.
Kwaysser
Bucherl
The only way this pot would not end in a split would have been if the board had four-flushed. Each player's camp, of course, started screaming for various suits.
The flop left that door slightly open, as Bucherl could catch running hearts. The Germans screamed for one at the top of their lungs. The turn was the and the screaming intensified even more. The river, however was the and they chopped the pot as the energy level in the room deflated.
Valdemar Kwaysser completed the small blind, Konstantin Bucherl raised to 230,000 from the big blind, Kwaysser reraised to 690,000, Bucherl moved all-in and Kwaysser called.
For the second time in just a couple hands, a big preflop raising war between Valdemar Kwaysser and Konstantin Bucherl left the latter all in, this time for a hefty 2.165 million chips. Kwaysser still had that covered, and he had Bucherl dominated when the cards were turned up:
Kwaysser:
Bucherl:
There was an unfortunate king on the flop for the at-risk player, but he did pick up a gutshot straight draw as it came . The was a miss, though, and the that rivered failed to save Bucherl from the cashier's grasp. He's out in 4th place, but he'll be rewarded with more than $200,000 for his three-day effort
James Calderaro opened for 200,000, Valdemar Kwaysser re-potted, Calderaro moved all-in for 1.7 million and Kwaysser called.
Calderaro
Kwaysser
Kwaysser's jacks held up on the board, leaving him heads-up with a very short-stacked Matt Marafioti. For his third-place finish, "Caldo" will take home nearly $285,000.
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saved Bucherl from extinction. He's doubled up over a million now, leaving Marafioti back on the shortest stack with less than 800,000
flop left that door slightly open, as Bucherl could catch running hearts. The Germans screamed for one at the top of their lungs. The turn was the 
and the screaming intensified even more. The river, however was the 
and they chopped the pot as the energy level in the room deflated.
was a miss, though, and the 
that rivered failed to save Bucherl from the cashier's grasp. He's out in 4th place, but he'll be rewarded with more than $200,000 for his three-day effort
board, leaving him heads-up with a very short-stacked Matt Marafioti. For his third-place finish, "Caldo" will take home nearly $285,000.
