Holz Climbing
The turn added the to the board and both players checked before seeing the hit the river. Gross checked again and Holz went into the tank. Eventually, he fired a bet of 75,000. Gross mucked his hand and Holz was able to increase to 350,000 chips.
On the next hand, Holz opened the action preflop with a raise to 17,500. Sven Leu moved all in for about a little over 100,000 and Holz made the call.
Holz:
Leu:
Holz's tens held and he won the race to eliminate Leu as the board ran out to give him a full house. That pot put him up to 495,000 chips.
Holz is a German player who's had some recent success in 2009 on his home turf. In May, he won two events at the Hamburg Poker Masters. The first was worth €12,285 and the second worth €61,824. A few months later in November, Holz topped the €2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the German Poker Championships in Hamburg for €80,000. Those are the only three cashes we can find for Holz on record and they're all wins. If he stays true to form, he'll win this one and keep his cashes nothing but first-place finishes.