Updated Chip Counts from Table 2
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Rainer Kempe | 320,000 |
18,000  |
| Seth Davies | 278,000 |
-9,500  |
| David Peters | 238,000 |
-6,000 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 203,000 |
17,000 |
| Alex Foxen | 200,000 |
-1,800,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 173,000 |
-22,000 |
Rainer Kempe Doubles with Wheel vs. David Peters
David Peters raised to 3,500 in the hijack and Rainer Kempe three-bet to 12,000 on the button.
Action folded back to Peters, and he called as the flop landed [As5c9d].
Peters checked, Kempe continued for 9,000, and Peters called as the turn landed the [2s].
Peters checked once more, and Kempe bet out 38,000. Peters called, and when the river landed the [Qh], he checked a third time.
Kempe pushed forward 90,000 leaving himself just 1,000 behind. Peters announced he was all in, and Kempe tossed in his last chip.
Peters revealed his [Ad2d] for aces-up, but Kempe tabled his [3d4d] for a wheel to collect the double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Rainer Kempe | 302,000 |
142,500 |
| David Peters | 244,000 |
-166,000 |
Alex Foxen Arrives
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | 2,000,000 |
1,800,000 |
Chris Hunichen Outflops Martin Zamani
Chris Hunichen raised to 3,500 from middle position, Martin Zamani three-bet from the button to 13,000 and Hunichen made the call.
Both players checked to the turn on a board of [7c7hJd4h].
Hunichen checked again, Zamani bet 15,000 and Hunichen made the call.
After Hunichen checked for a third time, Zamani bet 25,000 on the [3d] river, Hunichen made the call and the players tabled their hands.
Zamani: [KcQs]
Hunichen: [QcJs]
Hunichen’s two pair took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Hunichen | 252,000 |
47,000 |
| Martin Zamani | 144,000 |
-151,500 |
Justin Bonomo vs. Stephen Chidwick
Justin Bonomo raised to 3,500 from the cutoff and Dan Smith called on the button. From the small blind, Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 17,500, and Bonomo called as Smith folded.
The flop landed [5s5d2d] and Chidwick checked to Bonomo who bet 13,000.
Chidwick folded, and Bonomo collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Tilston | 372,000 |
-26,000 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 250,000 |
-20,000 |
| Dan Smith | 230,000 |
-10,000 |
| Brandon Adams | 183,000 |
-4,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | 172,000 |
67,000 |
Seth Davies Wins Pot Against Nick Petrangelo
Action picked up on the turn with the board showing [5s9dKsQd] and Seth Davies bet 24,000. Nick Petrangelo made the call.
The river was the [As]. Davies bet 52,000 but this time Petrangelo folded.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Seth Davies | 287,500 |
39,500 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 186,000 |
-37,000 |
Martin Zamani Doubles Through Ali Imsirovic
We caught the action with Martin Zamani shoving all-in pre-flop for 145,500 and Ali Imsirovic made the call with a larger stack, putting Zamani at risk.
Zamani: [AhKs]
Imsirovic: [AdQd]
The board ran out [JdTsTc2s5s] and Zamani doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Zamani | 295,500 |
93,500 |
| Ali Imsirovic | 252,000 |
-138,000 |
Throwback! Rainer Kemp vs. Fedor Holz in the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl
It’s time to relive a great fold by Rainer Kempe from the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl final table versus Fedor Holz! We spoke to Kempe at the 2019 U.S. Poker Open about this hand and now, all these years later, the German pro has some different thoughts on how he played the hand back then.
Player Spotlight: Nick Petrangelo
Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Nick Petrangelo is making deep runs and cashing tournaments at the 2019 U.S. Poker Open. That shouldn’t be a surprise considering he’s the reigning WSOP High Roller Champion.
Petrangelo took down his second bracelet last summer, outlasting a field of 105 for his largest career cash – a $2.9 million score in the $100,000 buy-in event. Over the last few years, he’s become a fixture of high roller tournaments and is currently the 15th ranked player in the Global Poker Index.
His poker career blossomed as his athletic career came to an end. Petrangelo golfed and played hockey at Skidmore College in New York. As fate would have it, concussions allowed him “more free time to play online poker,” he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2017.
That ultimately worked out well for him. His success online under the name “caecilius” culminated with a $624,676 prize when he chopped three ways in the 2017 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).
His real breakout, however, came in 2015. He burst onto the high roller scene with eight six-digit cashes and finished off an impressive year with his first million dollar cash – a 2nd place finish for $1,015,335 at the WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic $100,000 High Roller.
Over the course of his career he’s made $17 million in live earnings and is 33rd on the all-time money list. At this year’s USPO, Petrangelo cashed in 4th place in Event #5 ($25,000 NLH) for 147,000; and in 6th place in Event #7 ($25,000 NLH) for $90,000.
Petrangelo has lived the life poker dreams are made of. He went from building his bankroll with mid-stakes tournaments to playing high roller tournaments across the globe. There’s no doubt a shiny new USPO Main Event title would be a welcome addition to one of poker’s most impressive resumes.
Delayed Updates
Table 4 featuring Ali Imsirovic, Chris Hunichen, Martin Zamani, Nick Schulman, and Jason Koon have now been moved to Table 1 so that it can be live-streamed on PokerGO.
Consequently, the live updates going forward will be posted on a 60-minute delay to run in accordance with the PokerGO live stream beginning at 5 p.m. EST.
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