The end of 2014 has been mighty kind to Austria’s Fedor CrownUpGuyHolz (pictured). On the last weekend of September, he took down the PokerStars WCOOP Main Event for $1.3 millionfollowing a six-way deal. The following Sunday, he was back at it, winning the Full Tilt Sunday Majorfor another $38,000. And, in case you were caught up in the WSOP November Nine hoopla, you might have missed Holz winning the PokerStars Sunday 500 outright over the weekend for $65,000 and a hat trick.

It was the second time Holz has won the Sunday 500 this year. “It feels good,” Holz told PocketFives on Thursday. “It’s not surreal at all.” He attributes his recent hot streak to exploiting the tendencies of his opponents, a proper mindset, working on his game away from the tables, and, as he put it, “a lot of luck.”

Holz told PocketFives that he uses a Heads-Up Display, or HUD, and said, “I also value game flow and my intuition a lot.” In terms of his studies away from the tables, Holz commented, “I work with CREV and HRC and talk a lot with other high-stakes-players about their way of thinking. We go through hand histories and talk about possible improvements. In addition to that, I coach, so there I have to explain my thought process as well, which helps. That’s at least one-third of the time I invest in poker.”

It’s hard to believe that we’re already near the end of 2014 and, as such, it’s time to start looking ahead to 2015. “I want to establish myself in the highest buy-in tournaments,” Holz said of his goals for next year, “so I will play a lot of Super High Rollers. I really want to win a big live major.”

Speaking of his live game, Holz turned in five in the money finishes during EPT Barcelona in August and has $306,000 in career live tournament scores, according to the Hendon Mob. “I have played a lot of live poker in the last 12 months,” Holz admitted, “but things didn’t go my way in the big tournaments. I’m still confident, though, and enjoy playing live a lot more. I will definitely be at the PCA and Aussie Millions.”

Finally, the poker community has had a considerable amount of praise for Holz’s accomplishments. After all, it’s not very often that you see someone win three major tournaments in a span of seven weeks. Holz told us, “It’s pure variance. I’m happier that I’ve consistently been doing well on the highest stakes against the toughest opponents and that I feel comfortable playing those stakes. The wins were awesome and I’m really happy about the way it worked out, but my game didn’t change much in that time span.”

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