Rainer Kempe
German high stakes regular Rainer Kempe ran hot in his Sunday Grind at GGNetwork last night making three final tables cashing for a total of more than $115,000!
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Rainer Kempe has been crushing high stakes tourneys for years and at the moment he is on a nice sunrun at the tournament highlight of December, the WSOP Winter Online Circuit Series (WSOPC) at GGNetwork.
Last night Kempe made an incredible three final tables! Rainer kicked things off with a ninth place in the $3,150 WSOPC Blade Bounty King for $12.991,42.
Dutch online crusher Jans “Gratekkel” Arends, who took home a whopping $73.057,48.
Kempe then went on to top this great result by a mile by taking down the $2,500 WSOPC Blade Prime after making a deal heads-up with Kiwi online regular David “MissOracle” Yan for $66,797.04.
As if this would not be enough, Rainer Kempe added a third final table in the $1,050 WSOPC High Rollers Main Event, where he finished in 5th for $36,371,40. In total, Kempe cashed for more than $115,000 on GGPoker alone last night!
The $1,050 WSOPC High Rollers Main Event was won by Chinese pro Wei Zhao, who booked a massive $106,16,16 score.
Urmo Velvelt from Estonia ships WSOPC Event #9 for $115,036
The player, who made the biggest score in last night’s Sunday Grind was Estonian pro Urmo Velvelt. He left a huge field of 4,852 players behind him to secure the staggering $115,036 first place prize.
A massive $1,455,600 were in the prize pool and we saw a very international final table with the biggest names being Jerome “gorgiAAs” Finck, and Brian Green, who finished in 7th and 8th place.
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| Rainer Kempe | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Brighton, England |
| Born | 24 July 1989 (age 31) Berlin, Germany |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 24 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 8 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 4 |
| Information accurate as of 3 December 2014. | |
Rainer Kempe (born 24 July 1989) is a German professional poker player from Berlin, Germany.
Poker career[edit]
Kempe began playing live poker tournaments in 2011. Kempe made small profits from 2011 to 2014.
In 2015, Kempe finished 5th at the European Poker Tour €5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, winning €320,400.[1] In December 2015, he won the EPT12 Prague €25,500 Single Day High Roller, winnings €539,000.[2]
In January 2019, Kempe won the $50,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Single-Day High Roller, winning $908,100.[3] During the same tournament series Kempe won the $10,200 No Limit Hold'em - KO Turbo (Event #41), taking down $117,280.[4] Later in the month, Kempe won the Aussie Millions AU$25,000 challenge earning AU$831,465.[5]
As of 2019, Kempe's live tournament winnings exceed $19,000,000. He is the third most successful German poker player behind Fedor Holz and Christoph Vogelsang.
Personal life[edit]
He attended the Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium in Pankow and later studied at the University of Potsdam and the University of Sussex in Falmer, England. Kempe lives in Brighton.
References[edit]
- ^Op de Woerd, Frank (31 October 2015). 'Seat 2: Rainer Kempe, 26, Berlin, Germany, now UK – PokerStars qualifier'. PokerNews. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^Rinkema, Remko (12 December 2015). 'Rainer Kempe Wins EPT12 Prague €25,500 Single Day High Roller for €539,000'. PokerNews. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^Fast, Erik (10 January 2019). 'Rainer Kempe Wins 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $50,000 Super High Roller'. cardplayer.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^Davy, Lee (28 January 2019). 'Aussie Millions Update: Rainer Kempe wins again, taking down the $25k'. CalvinAyre.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^Tom (29 January 2019). 'Rainer Kempe Wins Aussie Millions $25k Challenge For $831,465'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved 29 January 2019.