Fedor Holz has won over https://cdn.pocketfives.com/p5wp/2017/11/593308-fedor-holz-triton-super-high-roller.jpg million in the last two weeks thanks to back-to-back wins

It seems like there’s really nothing stopping Fedor Holz these days. Just two weeks after Holz won the WPT Alpha8 event at Bellagio, the German poker pro conquered another tough high roller field, winning the $200,000 buy-in Triton Super High Roller at Solaire Resort in the Philippines.

The event, part of the WPT National Philippines schedule, attracted 40 unique players totalling 52 entries after re-entries, including Tom Dwan, John Juanda, Philipp Gruissem and Phil Ivey. Holz beat a final table that included Dan Colman, Steve O’Dwyer, David Peters and Ivey to win the $3.4 million first place prize. Holz eliminated thee of his six opponents at the final table on his way to the victory.

Steve O’Dwyer, who started the day with the second largest stack behind only Ivey, picked up the first elimination of the day just 17 hands in. O’Dwyer opened the action with a raise to 65,000 from early position, Peters made it 160,000 before Paul Phua announced was all in for 485,000. O’Dwyer responded by moving all in and Peters folded. O’Dwyer tabled As Qs while Phua showed Ad Jd. The board missed Phua entirely with O’Dwyer pairing his queen on the turn to send Phua home in seventh.

Another player with well-documented success in high roller events was the next player to bust. Dan Colman raised to 85,000 and Tang and Ivey both called from the blinds. After the Jd 8d 7h flop, Tang bet 150,000, Ivey folded and Colman called. The turn was the 3h and Colman called Tang’s 200,000 bet. After the Ts river, Tang checked, Colman bet 300,000 and Tang announced he was all in. Colman called and mucked his hand when Tang showed T-9 for a straight to eliminate Colman in sixth.

Starting the seven-handed final table with the biggest stack didn’t mean much for Ivey. Left with just nine big blinds, Ivey moved all in from the cutoff with Qs Jc and Holz called from the small blind with Ah Qd. The board ran out 8d 7h 2d Ad 9h to eliminate Ivey in fifth place, marking the fifth time that he has cashed in a tournament with a buy-in of at least $200,000.

Holz continued the aggression to claim another elimination. The German raised to 140,000 from the button before O’Dwyer moved all in from the small blind for just over 1,300,000. Holz called and showed Td Ts against the Ah 9c. The Qh 9h 5h flop improved O’Dwyer’s hand but not enough to get ahead of Holz. The Kd turn and 7d turn were no help for O’Dwyer and he was eliminated in fourth.

Devan Tang had been the frontrunner for most of the final table, but his run at the title came crashing to a halt three-handed against Peters and Holz. On his final hand of the tournament, Tang moved all in from the button for 1,620,000 only to have Peters move all in for 1,790,000 right behind him. Holz folded and left Tang, with Ah Qc, and Peters, with 9d 9s, battle it out. The board ran out Kd Ks Tc 3h 3c to eliminate Tang and send Peters to heads-up action with Holz.

Holz had a nearly 2-1 chip lead when heads up play began but lost two of the first three hands of heads up play before the two made a deal based on stacks. The tournament ended on the fourth hand of heads-up play when the pair got it all in preflop with Peters holding Ac Qc and Holz barely leading with 7d 7s. The board ran out Jh 5d 5c Kd Kh to give Holz the trophy and the lions share of the money.

Official Final Table Payouts

  1. Fedor Holz – $3,463,500
  2. David Peters – $2,309,000
  3. Devan Tang – $1,405,500
  4. Steve O’Dwyer – $953,700
  5. Phil Ivey – $652,500
  6. Dan Colman- $502,000
  7. Paul Phua – $401,600