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Fedor Holz plays his first tournament of the year here in Australia, and so far things work out for him pretty well.

Alexandros Kolonias raised to 2,500 under the gun and cutoff Fedor Holz called. Over on the button sat Rainer Kempe and he tanked for a bit before he made his action. With only seconds left to act, he decided to over call. Both blinds folded.

Kolonias opted to check the flop and so did Holz. Kempe bet 4,200 and Kolonias folded, Holz called.

Holz checked again on the turn and Kempe again needed some time. He had just two seconds left to act when he bet 14,100. Holz called.

The completed the board and Holz checked. Kempe ran down his clock and tossed in a time breaker chip to add some time. He eventually bet 27,800 with just 22,000 back. Holz asked to see how much he had behind and tossed in a single 25,000-chip to call.