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WSOP 2010 day 26 – Vlademar Kwaysser wins for Hungary
Posted by: James Carter. - Thu, 2010-06-24 15:40
Event #36 (the $1,000 NL Holdem Special) continued on day 26 of the
2010 WSOP. The event had attracted a starting field of 3,009 players, and of that, only 9 were left standing at the end of a relatively short Day 3. Sebastian Roy has the chip lead for Day 4, but his lead isn’t significant so the final day of action should be pretty interesting in this poker tournament. Timothy Beeman and Daniel Fuhs both finished with healthy stacks too.
Event #38, the $10,000 PL Holdem World Championship played right down to a conclusion, yielding the only bracelet winner of the day. Hungary’s Vlademar Kwaysser grabbed the gold in this one, besting Matt Marafioti heads-up for the win. Kwaysser’s win takes the bracelet count to 2 for Hungary this Series, and to 3 overall, counting Peter Traply’s win last year.
The final hand of the heads-up confrontation between Kwaysser and Marafioti saw a flop of Jc,10c, 6s ignite the betting warfare. Kwaysser moved all-in holding Jd,8d and Marafioti made the call with Kc,6c hoping to hit a flush. Unfortunately for him, the Hungarian faded all his outs and the poker tournament was over.
The $1,500
NL Holdem shootout rolled on as well. The 14 players who have already survived 2 tables, will do battle at 2 7-handed tables on the final day of the event. As players are sent to the rail, the survivord will eventually be gathered around a single table and they will play down to a winner, the old-fashioned way.
Event #40, the 7-Card Razz event neared its final stretch too. Frank Kassela, already the winner of the 2010 WSOP bracelet, was among the 15 players who would return to do battle on the final day. Jennifer Harman and Vladimir Schmelev were among the survivors as well.
Despite the fact that there were few starters in this poker tournament, the sheer quality of the competition made it quite an achievement for the survivors to make it this far. The starting field included players like Joe Hachem,
PokerStars’ Greg Raymer, and Alex Krevchenko, Huck Seed and Eli Elezra.
Event #41, the $1,500 PLO hi/lo split 8 or better event, saw 847 players belly up to its tables on day 1. Of that starting field, only 171 were left standing at the end of the day. James Dempsey finished with the largest stack, finding himself at the forefront of another WSOP event yet again. Barry Greenstein and Chris Ferguson will be back for Day 2 as well.
