Rainer Kempe

Nationality

GPI Rank 1,412

Total Live Earnings $22,109,507

Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

Rainer Kempe is a German professional poker player with $22 million in live tournament earnings as of September 2023.

Rainer Kempe Background

Kempe was born in 1989 in Berlin, Germany and began playing poker tournaments in 2011. Kempe studied at Germany's University of Potsdam and England's University of Sussex. He currently resides in Brighton, England.

Kempe is a member of the No Limit Gaming Group along with fellow German poker pros and gaming enthusiasts including Fedor Holz and Manig Loeser.

Rainer Kempe Poker History

Rainer earned his first tournament cash in 2011 when he finished 10th in a Berlin Triple A Series event for $2,044, just a fraction of the millions in earnings he would pick up throughout the decade.

Most of Rainer's tournament success has been in Super High Roller Bowl events. In 2016, he took down the $300,000 buy-in Las Vegas Super High Roller Bowl for a career-best $5 million. Two years later, the German finished third at the China Super High Roller Bowl for $2 million.

Rainer has also found luck on the European Poker Tour (EPT), including winning the 2015 EPT Prague €25,000 NLH for $591,722 and the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $50,000 NLH for $908,100.

What Is Rainer Kempe's Net Worth?

While it is difficult to track the net worth of any poker player, Rainer Kempe has $22 million in live tournament earnings as of September 2023 and likely has plenty more in online tournament earnings.

Rainer Kempe's Top 5 Live Cashes

DATE	EVENT	PLACE	PRIZE (IN USD)
May 2016	Las Vegas Super High Roller Bowl $300,000 NLH	1st	$5,000,000
March 2018	China Super High Roller Bowl HK$ 2,000,000 NLH	3rd	$2,040,533
January 2019	PCA $50,000 NLH	1st	$908,100
December 2015	EPT Prague €25,000 NLH	1st	$591,722
January 2019	Aussie Millions A$24,000 NLH	1st	$590,814

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2024 World Series of Poker Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	65^th	$12,109
2024 World Series of Poker Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em Presented by GGPoker	109^th	$2,200
2024 World Series of Poker Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed)	101^st	$20,099
2024 World Series of Poker Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	237^th	$6,020
2024 World Series of Poker Event #34: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	30^th	$12,796
2024 World Series of Poker Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	115^th	$6,315
2024 World Series of Poker Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	220^th	$3,154
2024 World Series of Poker Event #23: $1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold'em	100^th	$6,243
2024 World Series of Poker Event #21: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em	31^st	$50,936
2024 World Series of Poker Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack	535^th	$1,602
2024 World Series of Poker Event #12: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	292^nd	$3,006
2024 WSOP Circuit Marrakech WSOPC Main Event	168^th	28,000 MAD
2023 WSOP Europe Event #14: €1,000 NLH Turbo Freezeout	18^th	€2,065
2023 World Series of Poker Event #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship	68^th	$17,596
2023 World Series of Poker Event #65: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed)	133^rd	$8,787
2023 World Series of Poker Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty	85^th	$10,856
2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid €550 Main Event	12^th	€2,900
2022 World Series of Poker Event #85: $1,500 The Closer	385^th	$2,406
2022 World Series of Poker Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty	76^th	$9,900
2022 World Series of Poker Event #67: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	7^th	$72,683
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event	121^st	€9,320
2021 World Series of Poker Event #83: $1,500 The Closer	55^th	$6,265
2021 World Series of Poker Event #77: $1,500 Fifty Stack No-Limit Hold'em	169^th	$2,625
2021 World Series of Poker Event #76: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty	9^th	$34,424
2021 World Series of Poker WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $7,777 Lucky 7’s No Limit Hold’em High Roller [1x Re-entry]	6^th	$68,208
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st [Final Day], $5M GTD	254^th	$3,945
2021 WPT Online Series by partypoker Event #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD	8^th	$54,088
2021 GG Spring Festival GGSF Super MILLION$ ME-H: $10,300, $10M GTD	124^th	$24,762
2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ Week Event #30: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.5M Gtd.	17^th	$49,157
2020 GGPoker WSOP Winter Online Circuit WSOPC #11: $1,050 Bounty Hunters Championship	28^th	$3,347
2020 GGPoker High Rollers Week HRW 11: $25,000 NLHE Super High Roller, $2.5M GTD	4^th	$288,149
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #81: People's Choice Event [Spin the Wheel]	66^th	$1,751
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, $25M GTD	489^th	$14,634
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #69: $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold'em	193^rd	$3,243
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #63: $500 Mini Main Event, $5M GTD	1316^th	$1,444
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #62: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	129^th	$3,476
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #57: $150 GGMasters WSOP Edition [Freezeout], $1M GTD	459^th	$527
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #56: $1,500 GGMasters WSOP Edition [High Roller]	193^rd	$3,885
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold'em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD	224^th	$3,255
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #36: $1,500 FIFTY STACK No Limit Hold'em	169^th	$3,328
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	163^rd	$701
2020 Aussie Millions A$50,000 Challenge	7^th	238,620 AUD
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague €10,300 EPT High Roller	8^th	€64,560
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague €2,200 EPT National High Roller	100^th	€3,890
2019 World Series of Poker Event #79: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	86^th	$4,645
2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas @ Aria $10,300 Main Event	7^th	$130,000
2019 World Series of Poker Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty	153^rd	$1,762
2019 World Series of Poker Event #42: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	4^th	$65,482
2019 World Series of Poker Event #36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	16^th	$6,099
2019 World Series of Poker Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em	4007^th	$750
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo?Casino EPT €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	1^st	€400,850
2019 Aussie Millions AU$100,000 Challenge	4^th	452,760 AUD
2019 Aussie Millions AU$25,000 Challenge	1^st	826,465 AUD
2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $50,000 Single-Day High Roller	1^st	$908,100
2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 Single-Day High Roller I	4^th	$177,380
2018 Caribbean Poker Party $1,100 Finale	8^th	$13,000
2018 Caribbean Poker Party $25,500 MILLIONS World	7^th	$350,000
2018 World Series of Poker Europe Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	52^nd	€18,210
2018 World Series of Poker Europe Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller	13^th	€49,951
2018 Poker Masters Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	3^rd	$89,700
2018 World Series of Poker Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship	41^st	$16,911
2018 World Series of Poker Event #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed	96^th	$2,296
2018 World Series of Poker Event #37: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	186^th	$2,249
2018 World Series of Poker Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER	751^st	$2,808
2018 World Series of Poker Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha	268^th	$876
2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo?Casino EPT Main Event	60^th	€11,900
2018 US Poker Open USPO #02 – $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha	3^rd	$83,200
2017 World Series of Poker Europe Event #11: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT	22^nd	€31,377
2017 World Series of Poker Europe Event #9: €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	12^th	€51,024
2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival $1,100 MILLIONS Open ($1 Million Gtd.)	1^st	$200,000
2017 World Series of Poker Event #52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	15^th	$17,316
2017 World Series of Poker Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship	44^th	$15,516
2017 World Series of Poker Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	100^th	$3,222
2017 World Series of Poker Event #6: High Roller for One Drop - $111,111 No-Limit Hold'em	7^th	$493,089
2017 partypokerLIVE Millions Dusk Till Dawn Main Event	234^th	£5,000
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila HK $250,000 6-Max Event	3^rd	1,466,000 HKD
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona €10,300 High Roller	47^th	€20,920
2016 Super High Roller Bowl $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl	1^st	$5,000,000
2016 Aussie Millions Event #19: $2,500 Shot Clock Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em	19^th	5,535 AUD
2016 Aussie Millions Event #6: $1,150 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em	16^th	5,580 AUD
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague €5,300 Main Event	144^th	€8,910
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague €25,500 Single-Day High Roller	1^st	€539,000
2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal Main Event	3^rd	195,940 CAD
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta €5,300 Main Event	5^th	€161,340
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta €10,200 Single-Day High Roller	16^th	€20,405
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event	5^th	€320,400
bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event	20^th	$10,150