Hao Seizes Lead
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 |