Fedor Holz won the European Poker Tour (EPT) €50,000 Super High Roller tournament that took place in Barcelona and took home a massive prize of €1.3 million.
The third and final day of the EPT’s €50,000 Super High Roller gathered a total of nine players out of the player field of 102 entrants. Less than five hours were needed by the German poker pro Fedor Holz to emerge on the first position from the competition and claimed the victory by getting yet another trophy.
In addition to the trophy and the money prize, Holz also got a total of 1,020 Card Player Player of the Year points. Currently, he holds the leadership of the 2016 Player of the Year competition, with 2,288 points ahead of the runner-up Justin Bonomo.
Earlier this year, the 22-year-old German revealed his plans to retire from his professional poker player career and take part on some occasional tournaments. The live tournament earnings of Fedor Holz for 2016 to date amount to $15,988,834, while the earnings generated throughout his entire career are estimated to $19,867,366. This puts him on top of the German tournament earnings list.
Fedor Holz’ career is impressive, especially considering his young age and the fact he managed to quickly accumulate such a great number of huge scores.
The 22-year-old German player got to the final table of the tournament in second chip position, after Timothy Adams was the leader with a total of 8,045,000 in chips. At the end, Holz and Greenwood faced each other heads-up being almost even in chips. However, the German managed to establish a strong lead and then pulled away. The clash was soon over, with the 75th hand of the day, leaving the Canadian in second place.
Two players from Canada occupied the second and third position. Sam Greenwood took home a prize of €903,600 for his runner-up position, while Timothy Adams was granted with €597,500 for the third place. Alexandros Kolonias from Greece got fourth, and Ahadpur Khangah was left fifth. French poker player Sylvain Loosli took a prize estimated to €293,800 for the sixth position. Daniel Dvoress, Julian Stuer and Erik Seidel occupied the 7th, 8th and 9th place, respectively.
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Harry Evans
