Championship Day 2: Kempe Flips Winzeler Out

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 369 of 1,222
Average Stack: 99,000 (62 big blinds)

Hans Winzeler (left) versus Rainer Kempe (right)
Hans Winzeler (left) versus Rainer Kempe (right)

Shortly before the first break of the day, Hans Winzeler and Rainer Kempe were in a preflop raising battle that saw Winzeler move all-in with pocket queens. Kempe asked for a count and called the final 78,500 with AcKh.

The bad news for Winzeler came on the As9h7s flop and he couldn’t catch up as the board finished Ts5d to send him out.

Kempe moved over 200,000 and good position to duplicate (or better) his third place finish in the 2015 WPT Montreal Main Event.

Rainer Kempe – 220,600 (138 bb)
Hanz Winzeler – Eliminated