In this week’s poker news roundup we cover Fedor Holz winning another million dollars at the World Championships of Online Poker, the shortlist for the Poker Hall of Fame and Alex Dreyfus talking about the future of staking at the Global Poker League.

 Fedor Holz has done it again.

The young German told me he was planning to semi-retire in the summer. It seems like a smart strategy. The lad wins every time he sits down. Holz has smashed the live tournament felt with over $20m in earnings these past few years, but it was the virtual felt that he focused his attention on this week.

Holz entered the $102,000 buy-in Super High Roller at the PokerStars World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) as a 20-1 shot according to BetStars. It was a great value bet for the former 2014 WCOOP Main Event winner, but although he chopped the prize money when heads-up, banking a million dollars, he didn’t win the final hand.