Rainer Kempe Eliminated in 3rd Place ($83,200)
Level 23
: 40,000/80,000, 0 ante
As Anthony Zinno exited, Rainer Kempe was under the gun (cutoff) and potted to 240,000. Richard Kirsch defended his big blind before shoving his last 205,000 on the ![]()
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flop. Kempe called right away.
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Kirsch had a straight and a flush draw and he connected on the
turn, leaving Kempe drawing dead. Kempe was crippled to just 45,000 and he wouldn't recover.
His shrapnel went in with ![]()
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and both of Kempe's opponents tried to score his knockout. Gorodinsky held ![]()
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and Kirsch had ![]()
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board was checked through and Gorodinsky scooped the pot. Kempe, who entered the day second in chips, converted his field position into a bronze medal worth $83,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,190,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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810,000
245,000
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245,000 |
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Busted | |
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