2010 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
$617,214
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,519,200
Entries
268
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Bucherl Put to the Test

First to go, Konstantin Bucherl opened the pot to 75,000, and big blind Valdemar Kwaysser reraised to 240,000 total. After a quick sideways glance, Bucherl called to see a flop.

It came {7-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {9-Hearts}, and Bucherl faced a continuation bet of 360,000. Bucherl thought it over carefully, and he eventually slid the calling chips from his stack and into the pot.

That brought them to the raggy {2-Spades} turn. Not slowing down now, Kwaysser grabbed two full stacks of greens and carefully slid out a bet of 1 million straight. That sent Bucherl deep into the tank, and he counted down his remaining chips. Our eyeballs counted 1.135 million in his stacks, so he was faced with a big all-or-nothing proposition. He stared at the board and slid the hoodie off his head to get a better look. After maybe four minutes, Kwaysser called the clock. It seemed just a tad quick by our internal timer, and Bucherl didn't seem to like it either as he eyed up the floor man, then stared at Kwaysser out of the corner of his eye. When the click ticked down to zero, Bucherl shook his head, uncapped his cards, and mucked them.

Tags: Konstantin BucherlValdemar Kwaysser