Victorieux de ce lancer de pièce à la 30e main de la table Finale du SHR EPT Barcelona, le joueur allemand n'a pas tremblé pour conclure et empocher 1 300 300€. Fedor Holz restait sur un succès sur le One Drop à 111 111$ des WSOP début juillet, il tutoie désormais les 20 millions de dollars de gain après avoir amassé 16 millions rien qu'en 2016 !
Fedor Holz devance deux habitués des tournois à gros droit d'entrée, deux joueurs originaires du Canada. Le vainqueur WSOP Sam Greenwood empoche tout de même 903 600€ pour sa place de runner-up, un gain qui va lui permettre de franchir la barre des 4 millions de gains en carrière. Lui et Holz avaient débuté le duel final presque à égalité mais le futur vainqueur a pris l'ascendant en un clin d'oeil.
Lui aussi vainqueur WSOP, Timothy Adams complète le podium pour un joli chèque de 597 500€. Fedor Holz a mis 5 heures à éparpiller la dernière table du tournoi. Erik Seidel avait sauté dès la 5e main sur un 4-way all-in qui a permis de lancer Sam Greenwood vers la seule place envisageable quand le roi Fedor est en finale, la deuxième.
Hand #73: Sam Greenwood looked down at and announced that he was all in for around 3,125,000. Fedor Holz called emphatically with .
The flop came , giving Holz top pair, but handing a gut shot to Greenwood. The turn was the giving Greenwood an additional four outs as he was now open-ended.
However, the was not one of them, and Greenwood was eliminated in 2nd place (€903,600). Holz wins yet another tournament to further cement his status of poker wunderkind and a recap of today's action will be available shortly.
Hand #57: On the button, Greenwood raised to 400,000 with . Fedor Holz folded his small blind but big blind Timothy Adams shoved all in for 5,315,000 holding .
Greenwood called instantly.
The flop came and Greenwood propelled from a 49 percent chance to a 91 percent chance to win the hand.
The on the turn didn't do anything and neither did the on the river.
Timothy Adams, who started the final table as chip leader, made his exit in 3rd place.
Hand #35: Action folded to Sam Greenwood in the small blind and he shoved all in with . Big blind Ahadpur Khangah made the call for 1,120,000 total with .
The flop came and Khagah jumped into the lead.
The on the turn meant a switch around of equity. The river was a blank and Ahadpur Khangah made his exit in 5th place.
Hand #30: Fedor Holz raised to 225,000 from under the gun. Action folded around all the way to Sylvain Loosli and the defending champion of this very event moved all in from the big blind for 20 big blinds. Holz quickly called and they were off to the races.
Loosli:
Holz:
"Deja vu! Maybe this year," Holz said to table neighbor Loosli and then asked the Frenchman if he had a good feeling about the hand. Loosli nodded and Hold added "I have a good feeling, too."
The flop paired the ace, and the turn and river were blanks to eliminate Loosli in 6th place for a payday of €293,800.
Hand #27: Greenwood was right back in action making it 250,000 holding in first position.
Daniel Dvoress, seated right behind him, found and pushed all in for 1,640,000. Action folded back to Greenwood and he called instantly.
Dvoress was at risk with the eights and wouldn't improve. The board ran out and Dvoress shook hands with the remaining 6 players to make his exit in 7th place. Sam Greenwood now in the lead.
Hand #21: Sam Greenwood open-shoved from the small blind and Julian Stuer called all in for 535,000.
Stuer:
Greenwood:
The flop came and Greenwood said in table chat "spade or an eight," asking for a sweat. Sure enough the appeared on the turn to give him additional outs.
Greenwood added, to the dealer, "you can give it to him face down if you want," before the fell on the river to eliminate Stuer.
The German, who was chip leader going into Day 2, finished in eighth place for a payday of €181,200.
Hand #5: Ahadpur Khangah limped in from early position holding . Action folded to Erik Seidel on the button and he moved all in for 860,000 with .
That wasn't the end of it by any means, as Sam Greenwood woke up with in the small blind and over pushed for 1.25 million.
Big blind Julian Stuer found in the big blind and he pushed all in as well, moving in for 2.14 million.
Ahadpur Khangah, facing three all-ins, just about snap called to put all three of them at risk!
The flop came and Greenwood still had a strong lead with 67 percent equity. Greenwood commented it was the best flop he could've asked for but soon realized he was jinxing himself.
The on the turn gave Khangah a flush draw and Greenwood commented: "It's like a PLO hand!"
The on the river was a blank and Erik Seidel made his exit. Greenwood moved up to second in chips, Stuer still in it as he won the side pot. Khangah down to 17 big blinds.
The 102-entry strong field has been widdled down to 9 players in the €50,000 Super High Roller at the PokerStars.es European Poker Tour Barcelona festival.
Late last night the tournament organization decided to call it quits when the clock struck 3, with still 9 players remaining instead of the desired 8. The tournament is in the money however, with already 4 players having made their departure with cash in hand. Connor Drinan (13th) and Adrian Mateos (12th) both walked away €98,000 richer, John Juanda (11th) and Stanley Choi (10th) returned to their hotel with a cheque worth €105,300.
Timothy Adams leads the final 9, with Fedor Holz in second place. Defending champion Sylvain Loosli is still in contention, as are Julian Stuer, Alexandros Kolonias, Sam Greenwood, Daniel Dvoress and Erik Seidel. The only wild card still in is Azerbaijani businessman Ahadpur Khangah who gathered lots of chips late last night at the unofficial final table.
There's still 30 minutes left on the clock for level 20 (40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante). The players return at 1pm local time for the televised final table. The final table will be live streamed with hole cards on an hour delay, so check back at 2pm local time (in 2 hours) for our ongoing coverage of EPT Barcelona's biggest event.
and announced that he was all in for around 3,125,000. Fedor Holz called emphatically with 
. 
, giving Holz top pair, but handing a gut shot to Greenwood. The turn was the 
giving Greenwood an additional four outs as he was now open-ended.
was not one of them, and Greenwood was eliminated in 2nd place (€903,600). Holz wins yet another tournament to further cement his status of poker wunderkind and a recap of today's action will be available shortly.
. 
and Greenwood propelled from a 49 percent chance to a 91 percent chance to win the hand.
on the turn didn't do anything and neither did the 
on the river.
. Alexandros Kolonias on the button woke up with 
and asked for a count. He eventually over shoved and Adams was quick to lay his hand down.
, followed by the 
. 
on the turn and 
river were blanks and that did it for Alexandros Kolonias.
. Big blind Ahadpur Khangah made the call for 1,120,000 total with 
.
and Khagah jumped into the lead. 
on the turn meant a switch around of equity. The river 
was a blank and Ahadpur Khangah made his exit in 5th place.
flop paired the ace, and the 
river were blanks to eliminate Loosli in 6th place for a payday of €293,800.
in first position. 
and Dvoress shook hands with the remaining 6 players to make his exit in 7th place. Sam Greenwood now in the lead.
and Greenwood said in table chat "spade or an eight," asking for a sweat. Sure enough the 
appeared on the turn to give him additional outs.
. Action folded to Erik Seidel on the button and he moved all in for 860,000 with 
and Greenwood still had a strong lead with 67 percent equity. Greenwood commented it was the best flop he could've asked for but soon realized he was jinxing himself.
