Klemens Roiter Finishes the Job for First Bracelet in Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK

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Jun 18, 2025 3 min read

After four grueling days of action on the felt here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, only seven players returned for the fifth and final day of Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK. When the dust settled, it was Klemens Roiter of Austria who accomplished what all of his competitors set out to do - take home the seven-figure payday and the bracelet.

In what proved to be one of the most popular events at the 2025 World Series of Poker thus far, Roiter navigated his way through an enormous field of 9,920 entries to capture the first-place prize of $1,204,457. He defeated David Uvaydov in a fierce, back-and-forth heads-up match to claim the bulk of the massive $13,148,390 prize pool.

After hitting the biggest score of his life and winning his maiden WSOP gold bracelet, Roiter mentioned that it may take some time for the magnitude of the moment to really sink in.

"I cannot describe how good it feels after I've tried so long. It's a big dream come true, to be honest. It's such a massive field, hard to describe, I can't even grasp. I think it will need some days."

He continued, "As I said, it means everything. I mean I had some runs, but I had one other final table in the Bahamas. But I think it's my first final table actually in Vegas. It's unbelievable to scoop [this] one."

Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK Final Table Results

Being on the Right Side of Variance

Coming into the final day second in chips with a tough lineup to get through, Roiter's mindset and approach never wavered.

When asked about his game plan he said, "You know, how I approach every final table. I mean, try my best, try to prepare, do my best, and see how it goes. "[With] seven people left, there's still so much variance in the game. You need good cards. I had this hand against Dylan [Linde], aces versus kings, super lucky for me. If this hand doesn't happen, you know, it's just pure variance in the end. Absolutely the variance was on my side."

Roiter described this as a key turning point for him at the final table - finding the dream spot against a well respected player to ascend to the top of the counts.

"Sorry Dylan, setup hand," Roiter said as the two shook hands following Linde's elimination.

Heads-Up Battle and Comeback

The heads-up duel between Roiter and Uvaydov turned out to be an emotional whirlwind for both players, with the lead changing hands multiple times in the back-and-forth match.

"To be honest, it started really bad in heads up. I think I went from almost even in chips [with] 210 million immediately to 60 million. But then I had a double up with ace-deuce against king-nine, and then like one or two hands later, queens against ace-deuce."

After being down to about ten big blinds and finding consecutive double-ups to nearly even out the stacks, Roiter pinpointed this shift in momentum as the moment he thought he could win it.

"From then on I thought, yeah, I think I can do it now."

Roiter went on to win a series of small to medium sized pots to chip away at Uvaydov and extend his lead until the final hand where Roiter open-shoved on the button with jack-trey and the short-stacked Uvaydov made the call with king-deuce. Roiter was fortunate enough to pair his trey on the flop, and the turn and river bricked out for him to win the tournament.

When asked if his heads up match in the first round of Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT helped him here today, Roiter commented "I think so, yeah, it helped a little bit. It was a four-hour heads-up match in the shootout. I think it was good to have good preparation."

As for his plans for the rest of the summer, Roiter said "I'm gonna play the rest and try to catch more bracelets. That's it."

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