Fedor Holz wins the Grand Prix Austria High Roller Event

Fedor Holz, partner of partypoker, is no stranger to playing poker tournaments for vast amounts of money. Usually, when the words “High Roller” are muttered, Holz is contemplating paying $50,000 or more to battle with poker’s biggest stars.

This weekend, however, Holz entered the €2,200 High Roller at Grand Prix Austria and was joined at the Montesino tables by 41 other opponents who made eight re-entries between them. This created a €100,000 prize pool, of which €34,000 was set aside for the eventual champion.

The money bubble burst when Jens Lakemeier, a talented professional poker player, saw his ace-four lose to the dominating ace-queen of Dietrich Fast, a player with more than $3.5 million in winnings.

With Lakemeier gone in seventh-place, the surviving six players locked up at least €5,150 for their efforts, which is the sum Paul Hofer took away with him when his ran into the of Team partypoker’s Jan-Peter Jachtmann. Hofer caught an ace on the flop, but Jachtmann turned a king to improve to a set, which was enough to reduce the player count by one.

Fifth-place went to Christopher Frank, again at the hands of Jachtmann. Frank was all-in from the small blind holding and Jachtmann looked him up from the big blind with . By the river the board read to send Frank to the sidelines.

Romania’s Jozsef Liszkovic saw his tournament end in fourth place, a finish worth €10,500, before Fast crashed out at the hands of Holz. Holz was all-in on the river of the board and Fast went into the tank before emerging with a call. Fast showed for two pair, but Holz had flopped a flush with his .

Heads-up saw Holz take on Jachtmann in an intriguing battle. The chips passed back and forth and not many hands went to showdown. Eventually, during the 60,000/120,000 level, Holz moved all-in for more than three million chips with what turned out to be and Jachtmann called with . The flop fell to improve both players to a pair, with the turn gifting Jachtmann the advantage with two pair. The river was the , pairing the board and making Holz’s hand the best. Jachtmann fell in second place and Holz won yet another major live poker tournament.

Grand Prix Austria High Roller Results

Place | Player | Country | Prize
1 | Fedor Holz | Germany | €34,000
2 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | €24,500
3 | Dietrich Fast | Germany | €17,000
4 | Jozsef Liszkovic | Romania | €10,500
5 | Christopher Frank | Germany | €6,850
6 | Paul Hofer | Germany | €5,150

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