Rainer Kempe Eliminated in 2nd Place for £196,000
Rainer Kempe chose the wrong moment to move all-in with [Jd9h], with Sam Soverel calling for a pot worth over 75% of the chips in play with a monster hand – [QhQc]!
The flop of [Kc2c8d] was harmless for the American’s chances of winning the hand, and the [8h] turn and [7d] river saw Soverel double up to a massive chip lead of 2.7 million to just 800,000.
In the very next hand, Soverel moved all-in with [QdTc] and when he was called by Rainer Kempe, he found out the good news that he was dominating the German’s hand of [JcTh].
The board of [7sKd4dQs8s] saw Sam Soverel finally get that title win here at the British Poker Open, taking a massive step towards becoming the overall series winner. Rainer Kempe must make do with 140 leaderboard points and £196,000, but Soverel wins Event #5 and a massive £322,000!
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Soverel | 3,500,000 |
2,000,000  |
| Rainer Kempe | Busted |
-2,050,000  |
