button in SafariHolz Cracks Kings and Jacks on the Bubble En Route to Fifth Triton Title
Fedor Holz might not play much poker these days, but he’s clearly still got it.
The German superstar took down the $40K Mystery Bounty at Triton Montenegro for his fifth Triton title, banking $528,811 from a $4,440,000 prize pool plus a pile of mystery bounties after a heads-up deal with Aleksejs Ponakovs.
And that figure is only going one way. Holz collected 11 mystery bounties during the event, each worth at least $40,000, meaning his total haul will likely push beyond the $1 million mark once all the envelopes are redeemed.
Holz sent out Alex Theologis on the stone bubble, alongside Wai Kiat Lee after cracking kings and jacks with six-four, before rolling through a stacked final table featuring Mike Watson, Nick Petrangelo, and Jean-Noel Thorel.
$40K Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedor Holz | Germany | $528,811* |
| 2 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | $407,189* |
| 3 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | $245,000 |
| 4 | Leonard Maue | Germany | $203,000 |
| 5 | Mike Watson | Canada | $164,000 |
| 6 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | $129,000 |
| 7 | Mikhail Soltanov | Russia | $99,000 |
| 8 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | $74,000 |
*indicates heads-up deal.
Theologis Runs Bad on the Bubble
The event attracted 111 entries, with the top 17 places paid, and Holz found himself at the center of the bubble drama.
With 18 players remaining, Holz limped in from under the gun with 6♠4♠ before Theologis raised from the cutoff holding A♦A♠. Christoph Vogelsang called from the small blind with A♥Q♠, and Holz came along as well.
Theologis continued for 110,000 on the K♠Q♣4♣ flop and received calls from both opponents.
The 4♥ turn gave Holz trip fours to vault from worst to first. Theologis fired another 270,000, leaving himself 590,000 behind, while Vogelsang got out of the way. Holz then moved all in as the covering stack.
After burning through a large chunk of his Triton Tempo shot clock, Theologis somehow found the fold in what may go down as one of the best laydowns of the year.
But the escape lasted all of one hand.
On the very next deal, Kiat Lee opened with pocket kings before Theologis committed his final 24 big blinds with pocket jacks. Holz woke up with six-four in the big blind once again and reshoved, with Kiat Lee also committing his 34 big blind stack.
Theologis was the only player at risk of bubbling the tournament, as the min-cash would not be split with both players eliminated at the same table. Had the all-ins happened separately, the payout would have been shared.
Holz spiked a six on the flop to pick up immediate outs before improving to two pair on the river, cracking both pocket pairs to send Theologis out on the stone bubble.