Kempe Check-Snaps to Victory
A pot worth a few hundred thousand has re-plumped the stack of Rainer Kempe as,having flopped top pair with [KxQx], he checked the turn of a [9ckd3ctd] board to Sam Grafton. Grafton bet 40,000 (holding [AhJh]); Kempe called.
The river: [9h]. Kempe checked again. Grafton now fired 90,000 and was immediately called by Kempe with the winning hand. Selected updated counts from the TV table below.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Igor Kurganov | 1,500,000 |
-23,000  |
| Sam Grafton | 800,000 |
-194,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 781,000 |
170,000  |
| Christoph Vogelsang | 745,000 |
-60,000 |
