Here's how the remaining four players are stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000 | 50,000 |
|
520,000 | -50,000 |
|
360,000 | |
|
173,000 | 65,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Fedor Holz is not getting things all his own way on the final table and Su Hao is fighting back, taking down a decent sized pot from the chip leader at the close of level 17.
We missed the pre-flop action but caught the action on the flop with over 40,000 in blinds and antes in the pot and the community cards spread 
just as Holz checked the action over to Hao.
The Chinese player thought it over and decided a half pot sized bet of 20,000 was in order, only to see Holz check raise to 108,000 in total.
This sent Hao deep into the tank where he remained for a minute before counting out the call and sliding the chips into the center of the table.
The 
turn saw Holz think things over before deciding to check, which opened the door for Hao, who decided to put the German to the test and he moved all-in for 331,000 in total.
Holz looked interested and you could see the wheels turning as he tried to put Hao on a hand but eventually decided not to risk it and folded, leaving Hao to rake in the pot and climb to 570,000 while Holz dropped to 930,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
930,000 | -70,000 |
|
|
570,000 | 60,000 |
We missed Gabe Patgorski’s exit hand but the US player was kind enough to fill us in on the details. According to Patgorski:
“The guy in the glasses [Su Hau] raised my big blind and I looked down to see king-ten so moved all-in. It was a little sad as he [Hao] called me instantly with king-king so I didn‘t even get to have a sweat.”
Patgorski headed to the rail to enjoy a beer with Jaimie Kaplan and Lucas Greenwood as the two rail Alan Sass, who is still very much in the running. Patgorski will take home the equivalent of US$86,498 for his 5th place finish while Hao stacked up to 510,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000 | 170,000 |
|
Busted |
Fedor Holz is pulling further in front and has just become the first player to break the seven figure chip mark by sending the unfortunate Richard Yong to the rail.
Yong and Holz got all the chips in pre-flop the hand directly after the one that saw Xuan Tan hit the rail, with Yong moving all-in pre-flop with 
and Holz making the call with 
, which held.
The Triton founder headed for the exit to collect the equivalent of US$67,918 while Holz stacked up to over 1-million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000 | 300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Fedor Holz has been turning the screws on the rest of the table and is now sitting on a stack of over 900,000 while his next closest rival Gabe Patgorski is sitting on a much-reduced stack of 190,000.
However, it was Predrag Lekovic wielding the executioner’s axe this time around, making it 13,000 to go from under-the-gun. Action folded around to Xuan Tan in the big blind who played with his chips for a minute or so before deciding to re-raise to 50,000 in total, leaving himself roughly 60,000 behind.
Lekovic quickly announced that he was all-in and Tan beat him into the pot and the cards were turned over.
Xuan Tan: 
Predrag Lekovic: 
Tan did not look happy to discover his pocket kings we trailing to Lekovic’s pocket aces, and on a seven-handed table that’s certainly a rather unfortunate turn of events.
The Chinese player received no help from the poker gods either with the board running out 
with Lekovic making top set on the 
river just to rub salt into the wound. That was the last hand of the level as well and Tan departed in 7th place to become the first paying casualty, taking home $49,464 while Lekovic stacked up to 360,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
We missed the pre-flop action as we were writing up the previous Richard Yong double-up but we arrived in time to see a huge hand develop between the tournament’s two largest stacks – Fedor Holz and Su Hao.
We picked up the action on the turn and there was over 160,000 in blinds and antes in the pot by the time we arrived with the community cards spread 
.
Hao had checked the action over to Holx, who mulled over his options for several minutes before deciding to bet 82,000, leaving himself 330,000 behind.
It was Hao’s turn to tank and he took nearly as long as Holz did before sliding out the call, leaving himself around 340,000 behind.
The 
river could probably be considered a blank, and after thinking it over for a few seconds Hao checked the action over to Holz once again and the German player hit the think tank once more. After around 20 seconds or so Holz slid out two towers of yellow 5k chips for a bet of 180,000 in total, leaving himself 170,000 behind.
Hao did not think long before folding, leaving Holz to scoop a massive pot without showdown and pull further out in front and the German climbed to over 700,000 in chips while Hao dropped to 340,000 putting himself third in chips behind Gabe Patgorski who currently has 420,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
420,000 | -23,500 |
|
|
340,000 | -90,000 |
Montenegro’s Predrag Lekovic was the initial aggressor making it 13,000 to go before a short-stacked Richard Yong moved all-in for his last 45,000.
Action folded around to Su Hao, who cold three-bet to 82,000 in total, which was enough to get Lekovic to bow out and the cards were turned over:
Richard Yong: 
Su Hao: 
The board ran out 
meaning Yong’s flopped top pair was enough to grant him the double and he climbed to 100,000 while Hao dropped to 430,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
290,000 | -13,500 |
|
|
100,000 | 37,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000 | 165,000 |
|
|
475,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
443,500 | 323,500 |
|
|
303,500 | 58,500 |
|
|
114,000 | -106,000 |
|
|
108,000 | -11,000 |
|
|
63,000 | -27,000 |
