Rainer Kempe Wins 2016 $300,000 Buy-In Super High Roller BowlGerman Poker Pro Wins $5 Million After Topping Stacked 49-Player Field |
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Rainer Kempe has won the $300,000 buy-in 2016 Super High Roller Bowl, overcoming a tough field of 49 of poker’s biggest stars to capture the title, the championship ring and the $5,000,000 first-place prize.
Kempe came into the final table as the chip leader, but he had plenty of tough competition to contend with. The final seven players combined for over $74 million in lifetime live tournament earnings and 23 World Series of Poker gold bracelets, with two Poker Hall of Fame members in Phil Hellmuth (4th – $1,600,000) and Erik Seidel ($2,400,000).
In the end it came down to a heads-up showdown between Kempe and fellow German poker pro Fedor Holz. The two battled it out for several hours, with Holz fighting back from a big deficit to take the lead, only the cede it back to Kempe.
By the the time the final hand of the tournament arose Kempe had built roughly a 2-to-1 lead. With blinds of 80,000 – 160,000 with an ante of 20,000 Holz raised to 400,000 from the button with the 2
2
. Kempe made it 1.2 million to go with the 8
8 and Holz moved all in for around 4.4 million. Kempe made the call and was a big favorite to seal the deal with the bigger pocket pair. The board ran out 10954
3 to secure the pot and the title for Kempe.
For his runner-up finish Holz earned $3,500,000 and 500 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was his eighth final table of the year, and with 2,368 points and $7,821,741 in year-to-date earnings he has climbed into eighth place on the overall leader board. He now has $11,658,354 in career live earnings, enough to move him into the lead on the German all-time money list.
Fourth-place finisher Bryn Kenney was at his tenth final table of the year. The $800,000 and 200 points he earned from this latest score were enough to move him into fourth place in the POY standings with 2,674 points and $3,558,431 in earnings so far in 2016.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Rainer Kempe | $5,000,000 | 600 |
| 2 | Fedor Holz | $3,500,000 | 500 |
| 3 | Erik Seidel | $2,400,000 | 400 |
| 4 | Phil Hellmuth | $1,600,000 | 300 |
| 5 | Matt Berkey | $1,100,000 | 250 |
| 6 | Bryn Kenney | $800,000 | 200 |
| 7 | Dan Shak | $600,000 | 150 |
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