Timofey Kuznetsov raised to 23,000 first to act and Rainer Kempe called on the button. On the flop, Kuznetsov checked and called a bet worth 29,000 by Kempe. The turn triggered no betting action and Kuznetsov then bet the river for 65,000. Kempe folded and asked Kuznetsov if he had "four five of spades."
Right after, the players headed into a 10-minute break.
Rainer Kempe was the initial raiser on the button and found a single caller in Dan Colman in the big blind. On the , Colman bet for 30,000 and Kempe eventually called. Colman turned over the and that was good enough to win the pot.
Hand 2
Kempe made it 24,000 to go from the cutoff and Timofey Kuznetsov called in the big blind. The flop fell and Kuznetsov checked, then called a continuation bet worth 29,000 by Kempe. The turn and river went check, check, and Kuznetsov showed for a pair of eights as winning hand.
As a result, Kempe dropped back to one million chips, but still has a commanding lead.
Dan Colman moved all in for his last 129,000 from early position and Rainer Kempe looked him up out of the big blind.
Dan Colman:
Rainer Kempe:
The flop gave Kempe an additional straight draw, and he also picked up a flush draw with the turn as well. However, the on the river was a blank and Colman doubled, having received a run-good massage by Mustapha Kanit during the showdown.
Rainer Kempe open-shoved from the small blind into the big blind of short stack Sergio Aido and the latter called for just 71,000, seven big blinds.
Sergio Aido:
Rainer Kempe:
The board ran out and Aido doubled with trips eights.
Hand 2
One hand later, Erik Seidel raised to 23,000 from the cutoff and Aido shoved out of the small blind. Seidel folded and Aido scooped the second spot in a row.
Dan Colman open-shoved for his last 143,000 once from under the gun and scooped the blinds and antes. The next hand, Rainer Kempe moved all in to give Sergio Aido in the small blind and Colman just two choices - call all in or fold. Both opted to surrender their blinds.
Fast forward one hand, Kempe moved all in from the cutoff and the action folded to Timofey Kuznetsov. He peeked at his cards, and Mustapha Kanit on the rail came over to joke with him. Kuznetsov folded and Kempe runs over the table, having almost four times as many chips as Kuznetsov in second place.
Timofey Kuznetsov fired two barrels against Dan Colman in a battle under the gun versus big blind and ultimately forced a fold on the turn when making it 59,000 to go. The clock only showed three minutes left for the level, but the next hand would last 10 minutes into the new level.
Rainer Kempe raised to 17,000 and Colman called, as did Kuznetsov in the small blind. Erik Seidel then three-bet to 58,000 in the big blind and just Kempe called.
On the flop, Seidel bet 45,000 and Kempe called before the turn saw Seidel fire a second barrel worth 100,000. Again Kempe didn't go anywhere and called again. The river completed the board and Seidel eventually checked.
Kempe stared at the board, hiding his eyes behind sunglasses, and bet 211,000. Seidel only had 290,000 left and took more than two minutes before letting go.
Rainer Kempe allowed someone else to win pots and Erik Seidel claimed the blinds once.
Then, Sergio Aido raised to 17,000 from under the gun and Timofey Kuznetsov called on the button. The flop fell and Aido continued for 20,000, which Kuznetsov called. On the turn, Aido checked and folded to a bet worth 25,000 by Kuznetsov.
One hand later, Aido defended his big blind against the raise of Kuznetsov and the duo checked the flop. On the turn, Aido made it 18,000 to go and was called before slowing down and checking the river. Kuznetsov's bet of 28,000 did the trick once again, as Aido folded and was left with just 10 big blinds.
Rainer Kempe put his big chip lead to use and scooped two pots in a row. The second hand saw him raising to 19,000 from the button and Dan Colman defended out of the big blind. On a flop of , Colman checked and quickly folded to the small continuation bet of Kempe worth 14,000.
That pot allowed Kempe to become the first chip-millionaire of the tournament.
In a limped battle of the blinds, Dan Colman checked the flop and called a min-bet worth 8,000 by Timothy Kuznetsov. Both then checked the turn before Colman checked again the river. Kuznetsov made it 37,000 to go and Colman gave it some consideration.
"You could be bluffing with the best hand," Colman added and Kuznetsov replied "I have two pair minimum." Ultimately, Colman folded and Kuznetsov raked in the pot.
Hand 2
One hand later, Rainer Kempe opened to 17,000 from the hijack and Sergio Aido three-bet to 47,000 from one seat over in the cutoff. Kempe called and the duo checked the flop of , as well as the turn. On the river, Kempe bet 72,000 and Aido tossed in two T-1,000 chips for the calls.
Kempe rolled over and Aido mucked to let the German, who now calls Brighton in the United Kingdom his home, rake in the pot and get close to one million.