Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
HK $250,000 6-Max Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
Buy-in
250,000 HKD
Prize Pool
9,643,200 HKD
Entries
41
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Hao Seizes Lead
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
An absolutely huge hand has not long played out between Fedor Holz and Su Hao that saw the chip lead change hands in rather dramatic fashion.
Hao has been growing in confidence as the final table has progressed and
it was the Chinese player who was the initial pre-flop aggressor, making it 30,000 to go on the button the first hand back after the break.
Holz, sitting in the big blind, re-raised to 90,000 in total and Hao thought it over before making the call. The whole hand was a lengthy one that took nearly ten-minutes to play out in total with a lot of tanking going on, though given the amount of money on the line, that’s understandable.
The 
flop saw Holz check the action over to Hao, who thought things over for several minutes before firing out a bet of 86,000 into the 180,000 pot, with Holz making a quick call.
The 
turn saw the German check to Hao once more and the Chinese player took several minutes before sliding out a huge bet of 218,000 in total, leaving himself 520,000 behind. Holz took a little longer this time around but made the call to grow the pot to 790,000.
The 
river completed a possible spade flush and Holz quickly checked it over to Hao for a third time and the Chinese player quickly checked it back.
Holz turned over 
and looked slightly perturbed when Hao rolled over 
for a flopped top two pair. Hao, however, looked chuffed to bits and scooped the massive pot to climb to 1.27 million and seize the chip lead while Holz took a big hit and dropped to 390,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,270,000 | 500,000 |
|
390,000 | -405,000 |
Hao Extends Lead As Blinds Rise
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
There have been no significant pots since the huge one that played out between Holz and Hao earlier, with most hands taken down pre-flop, though there has been a flop played, with Hao taking it down to further his lead.
Holz was the pre-flop aggressor, making it 27,000 to go from the small blind after Predrag Lekovic folded the button and now flush with chips Hao made the call from the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop and after Holz checked the turn Hao reached for chips and led out for 75,000, which was enough to get the German to give it up.
The table played small ball for a while before the level went up with Lekovic limping the button and both Holz and Hao seemingly content to keep it friendly in the blinds.
Both blinds checked it over to Lekovic on the 
flop and the Montenegrin decided to take a stab for 20,000. While this was enough to get Holz to give it up Hao was going nowhere and check-raised to 42,000 in total.
Lekovic thought it over and tossed in the extras and the dealer peeled off the 
turn. This saw Hao reach for chips once more, and he fired out a hefty 82,000, which was enough to get Lekovic to give it up and that was the last hand of the level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | 130,000 |
|
|
350,000 | -40,000 |
|
300,000 | -140,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Hao Gives Some Back as Table Plays Small Ball
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Su Hao seems to have taken his foot off the gas pedal a little so far this level, and the other two players seem content to let him and have been slowly chipping away at his monster stack. While there have been no significant pots to speak of both Fedor Holz and Predrag Lekovic have been taking little bites from Hao and have both increased their equity slightly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,222,000 | -178,000 |
|
|
461,000 | 111,000 |
|
|
367,000 | 67,000 |
Status Quo Continues
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
With the average stack coming in at a little over 42 big blinds the action has slowed somewhat this level and there have been no significant pots played in quite some time.
Su Hao tried to get something going with a button raise to 55,000 but was shut down immediately by Fedor Holz, who quickly moved all-in from the big blind and Hao folded just as quickly.
There was a hand that went to showdown between Hao and Predrag Lekovic but it was a limped pot between the two of them in the blinds with the 
flop seeing no betting and both players seemed content to check the turn and 
river. Hao turned over 
but this was not enough to best Lekoivic’s 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,120,000 | -102,000 |
|
|
580,000 | 119,000 |
|
|
350,000 | -17,000 |
Predrag Lekovic Eliminated in 3rd Place (HK$1,398,000)
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
With one-minute remaining on the tournament clock before the end of the level there was a sudden burst of action that resulted in the elimination of Predrag Lekovic, who was down to just over 20 big blinds.
It was Fedor Holz who was the man to show Lekovic the door, making it 35,000 to go from the button and the Montenegrin moved all-in for roughly 320,000 in total and was quickly called.
Predrag Lekovic: 
Fedor Holz:
Lekovic was the at risk player and found no help when the board ran out 
and he departed in third place for the equivalent of US$179,160 while Holz stacked up to 930,000.
The German extended this further playing his rush and snagging the chip lead just before both players went on a short ten-minute break, and is now sitting on a stack of 1,182,000 while Hao dropped to 868,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,182,000 | 602,000 |
|
|
868,000 | -252,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Fedor Holz - Su Hao Heads Up
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Back and Forth
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Heads-up has been a fairly torrid affair so far and both Su Hao and Fedor Holz are taking it in turns to swap the chip lead and are playing at a rapid pace.
Holz started on the button and the first hand of heads up went raise, fold before Hao seized the lead on the second hand.
The Chinese player made it 45,000 to go on the button and Holz called quite quickly before checking the 
flop over to Hao, who bet 80,000.
The German called quickly and it was off to the turn, which Holz checked for a second time and Hao hit the think tank for a minute or so before reaching for a hefty stack of chips, making it 128,000 to go, which Holz called to swell the pot to over 500,000.
The 
river saw Holz check it over to Hao once more and the Chinese player fired out a chunky third barrel, making it 266,000 to go, leaving himself 381,000 behind. Holz tanked for quite some time before electing to let it go with a wry smile.
“You can pick one,” said Hao as he raked in the hefty pot to climb up to 1.2 million and seize back the lead.
Holz picked the right hand card, which was the .
“Nice bluff” he quipped good-naturedly before proceeding to win the next three hands in a row to seize back the chip lead with some aggressive pre and pot flop play to win without showdown on all three occasions with the hands making it to the river all three times.
By the end of the level the chip lead had changed hands on at least four separate occasions but it was Holz who finished as the man in the driving seat with a stack of 1.25 million to Hao’s 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000 | 68,000 |
|
|
800,000 | -68,000 |