Kempe a Chip-Millionaire
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,005,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
225,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
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