Defending Champ Kempe Crippled
Stefan Schillhabel opened for 38,000 on the button. Leon Tsoukernik announced a reraise to 137,000, and Rainer Kempe then moved all in from the big blind for 671,000. Schillhabel used a time extension and then announced he was all in for what looked like a little under 700,000. Tsoukernik quickly folded.
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Kempe needed help but found the opposite on the ![]()
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flop. He would need improvement on the turn to have any hope, but a
ended things early. Stacks were counted down and Kempe had some crumbs left. He more than doubled it up but remains very short.