22 year-old online world champion Fedor ”CrownUpGuy” Holz took down the biggest tournament in the history of the World Poker Tour after defeating a final table that included Dan Colman, Steve O’Dwyer, Phil Ivey and David Peters.
30 players advanced from Day 1 of the $200,000 buy-in Triton Super High Roller and 3 more players registered before the start of Day 2, creating a prizepool of $10,039,120.
The chipleader at the start of Day 2 was Phil Ivey, but Paul Phua, Mike ”Timex” McDonald, Brian Rast, Steve O’Dwyer, Fedor ”CrownUpGuy” Holz and Dan Colman also returned to big stacks.
Play started on Level 10 (4,000/8,000 – 1,000 ante) but two levels later there were only 14 left standing (sitting).
Brian Rast finished in 14th, he was soon followed by Andrew Robl, Thomas Macdonald, Dominik Nitsche and Stephen Chidwick.
The unfortunate title of bubble boy went to Stanley Choi who ran his A-Q into Aces. A few hands later Mike ”Timex” McDonald was also eliminated, min-cashing for $351,320.
Seat 1. Dan Colman – 1.480.000 (49 bb)
Seat 2. Fedor Holz – 1.540.000 (51 bb)
Seat 3. Steve O’Dwyer – 1.560.000 (52 bb)
Seat 4. Devan Tang – 1.375.000 (46 bb)
Seat 5. Phil Ivey – 2.050.000 (68 bb)
Seat 6. David Peters – 1.350.000 (45 bb)
Seat 7. Paul Phua – 1.045.000 (35 bb)
In the 17th hand of the final table (Level 16, 15,000/30,000 – 5,000 ante) Steve O’Dwyer raised to 65,000 from early position, David Peters 3bet to 160,000 from the button and Paul Phua shoved for 485,000.
O’Dwyer shoved over the top after getting a chipcount and his AQ managed to hold up against Phua’s AJ.
During Level 17 (20,000/40,000 – 5,000 ante) Dan Colman opened to 85,000 from middle position and was called by Tang and Ivey from the small and big blind respectively. Tang bet 150,000 on the J-8-7 flop, Ivey folded and Colman called. Tang continued for 200,000 on the 3 turn and Colman called once again. T
ang checked after a Ten hit the river, Colman bet 300,000 and Tang shoved all-in. Colman called but mucked when Tang showed T-9 for a straight and he was eliminated in 6th place.
Fedor Holz clashed in a big pot with Phil Ivey, he raised to 90,000 from UTG, Ivey re-raised to 270,000 from the small blind and Holz shoved for 1,115,000. Ivey snapcalled with Q-Q and was way ahead Holz’s K-Q, unfortunately for him the young German superstar spiked a King on the K-T-5-6-J board.
Ivey was left with 400,000 and was eliminated not much later, he lost his final chips with QJ against Holz’s AQ.
Seat 2. Fedor Holz – 1.735.000 (35 bb)
Seat 3. Steve O’Dwyer – 2.805.000 (56 bb)
Seat 4. Devan Tang – 4.075.000 (82 bb)
Seat 6. David Peters – 1.825.000 (37 bb)
O’Dwyer couldn’t get much going during 4-handed play and eventually shoved all-in for 1,300,000 during Level 19 (30,000/60,000 – 10,000 ante). Holz, the preflop raiser called with T-T and won on the Q-9-5-K-7 runout.
Holz managed to increase his advantage and he headed into heads-up with a 2:1 lead after Peters eliminated Tang (9-9 > A-Q).
Fedor Holz – 6.880.000 (86 bb)
David Peters – 3.525.000 (44 bb)
The heads-up battle lasted only 10 minutes, in the final hand (Level 23, 75,000/150,000 – 25,000 ante) Peters raised to 350,000, Holz 3bet to 1,000,000, Peters shoved and Holz snapcalled.
Holz: 7-7
Peters: A-Q
Holz held up on the J-5-5-K-K board and won his second high roller in two months. In December he took down the $100,000 buy-in WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas for $1,589,219 and this time he earned $3,463,500 for the win, bringing his total live tournament earnings to $7,300,529.
Final table results
1. Fedor Holz – $3.463.500
2. David Peters – $2.309.000
3. Devan Tang – $1.405.000
4. Steve O’Dwyer – $953.700
5. Phil Ivey – $656.500
6. Dan Colman – $502.000
7. Paul Phua – $401.600
8. Mike McDonald – $351.320
