Fedor Holz the First to Go

Déjà vu.

We wrote that same headline on Day 1 early on in Level 2. Holz opted to reenter, and his second bullet seemed to go well as he bagged a big stack. Surprisingly, Holz became the first player to bust today.

It happened when Phil Ivey raised to 13,000 from the hijack and Holz called from the button. David Peters came along from the big blind and three players saw a flop of . Two checks saw Holz bet 16,000, Peters called, and Ivey got out of the way.

After the dealer burned and turned the , Peters checked and Holz bet again, this time 28,000. Peters woke up with a check-raise to 80,000 and Holz thought long and hard before making the call.

Peters then shoved all in for 240,000 on the river and Holz, who barely had him covered, hit the tank for more than two minutes before making the call. Peters rolled over the for the flopped straight, which bested the of Holz, who was left with just 17,000 after the hand.