Swingy Start for Holz

Kevin Taylor

Pot-Limit Omaha is a game known for it's heavy swings, and Fedor Holz is experiencing just that at the moment. After a hot start that saw him add 50% to his stack in the opening minutes, Holz is now one of the short stacks.

Holz had already lost a good chunk of his stack to "ubicaprofi" before this three way confrontation. Action started with "ubicaprofi" raising to 360. "JERIS BOLTSIN" called, and in the small blind, Holz reraised to 1,590. Both players called, and the flop came down . A c-bet of 720 from Holz saw "ubicaprofi" fold, but "JERIS BOLTSIN" called to see the turn.

Holz checked this time, and "JERIS BOLTSIN" thought for only a few moments before setting the German all in. Holz tanked for about 20 seconds before folding, knocking him down to under 5,000.

However, on the very next hand, Holz would get his final chips in after a flop of .

Holz -
"ubicaprofi" -

Holz had plenty of outs against the two pair of his opponent, and the on the turn gave him a straight. A jack on the river insured that Holz would double up to just under his starting stack of 10,000.