Holz Busts Tang, Hao Busts Wu to Take Lead

A massive hand played out between Fedor Holz and Devan Tang that saw the former briefly take the chip lead before Su Hao sent Winfred Yu crashing out of the tournament minutes later to edge in front.

We missed the pre-flop betting in the Holz versus Tang hand but arrived in time to see Tang, sitting in the big blind, lead out for 19,000 into a pot of over 35,000 on a flop of .

Holz, sitting on the button, took his time about it but made the call to swell the pot to a little under 75,000 and the dealer burned and turned the .

Tang tanked for a good few minutes before sliding out a tower of chips for a bet of 35,000, leaving himself around 75,000 behind. Holz called fairly swiftly and the completed the hand.

Tang thought it over for several seconds before opting to pull the trigger but was beaten into the pot by Holz, who tabled for a flopped top pair and a rivered diamond flush.

Tang did not show but there was talk of a prop bet on the strength of his hand for several minutes between Holz, Tang and Gabe Patgorski. However, no compromise could be reached and Tang mucked without showdown and headed for the rail while Holz stacked up to over 300,000 in chips.

Very shortly afterward there was a call of ‘player out!’ from Winfred Yu’s table and the Poker King President was kind enough to tell us of his demise at the hands of Su Hao.

According to Yu, he made it 7,500 to go pre-flop from the small blind holding when the action folded around to him and Hao made the call from the big blind.

The flop came down a monochrome and Wu checked the action over to Hao, who fired for 9,000. Yu made the call and the landed on the turn, prompting Yu to pull the trigger for his remaining chips.

Hao called quickly with for a flopped two pair and with no ten, jack or club forthcoming on the river, Yu headed for the exit while Hao stacked up to 320,000 and seized the chip lead.