Rainer Kempe raised to 250,000 on the button, and Fedor Holz saw the flop with him. Holz check-called 325,000 and then came out betting with 375,000 on the turn. Kempe's turn to call, and the river was a . Holz checked, and Kempe bet 450,000. Holz announced a check-raise to 1.8 million, and Kempe barely even considered before mucking.
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Erik Seidel jammed the small blind for 1.2 million and Rainer Kempe looked him up in the big blind with the .
Seidel's tournament life was riding on the dominated , and although he picked up outs to chop on the flop and turn, the river did not help.
After staving it off all day, Seidel was finally eliminated in third place and Kempe will now take a close to 2:1 lead into heads up play with Fedor Holz.
On the button, Fedor Holz raised to 225,000. Erik Seidel pounced with an all-in shove for 430,000 from the small blind, and then Rainer Kempe folded from the big blind. Holz made the priced-in called with the , but his hand was dominated by the for Seidel.
Holz took the lead with a pair of fives on the flop, but Seidel had plenty of outs with flush and straight draws, plus an eight.
The turn was the , giving Seidel a few more outs, and then the river delivered the to give him a flush and the double.
With that, Seidel moved to just under 1 million in chips. Holz dropped back to 5.285 million.
From the small blind, Fedor Holz raised all in for effectively 540,000 against Erik Seidel's big blind. Seidel tanked for a little bit, then folded, and was left with 440,000 in chips. Holz chipped up to 5.725 million.
Fedor Holz opened to 180,000 on the button, and Rainer Kempe popped it to 680,000 in the big blind. Holz decided to see the flop, which came . Kempe checked and folded to a small bet of 240,000.
Rainer Kempe completed the blind, and Fedor Holz checked. They saw an flop, and Kempe bet 115,000. Holz called. The turn was a and Kempe barreled again for 245,000. Holz thought awhile, using a time extension, and then slid out a tower of chips worth 790,000. Kempe folded fairly quickly.
Rainer Kempe and Fedor Holz have been trading blows, although there have been very few showdowns.
Erik Seidel has to be enjoying the battle, with thoughts of squeaking into second if these two clash in a big pot, but he's starting to get close to the ten-big-blind danger zone again.
He defended his big blind against a Kempe 160,000-chip open, then check-folded on a flop moments ago, leaving him exactly 1,000,000 in chips now.
flop, and Holz continued for 260,000. 
flop with him. Holz check-called 325,000 and then came out betting with 375,000 on the 
turn. Kempe's turn to call, and the river was a 
. Holz checked, and Kempe bet 450,000. Holz announced a check-raise to 1.8 million, and Kempe barely even considered before mucking.
.
, and although he picked up outs to chop on the 
flop and 
turn, the 
, but his hand was dominated by the 
for Seidel.
flop, but Seidel had plenty of outs with flush and straight draws, plus an eight.
, giving Seidel a few more outs, and then the river delivered the 
to give him a flush and the double.
flop moments ago, leaving him exactly 1,000,000 in chips now.