Hand #171: Valentin Messina had the button and opened to 650,000. Jean Montury defended with and the flop came . Montury checked and a 400,000 c-bet saw him fold.
Hand #172: Montury limped in with before Messina raised to 950,000 with . Montury called to a flop and Messina bet 900,000. Fold.
Hand #173: Messina had and raised to 650,000 but Montury had in the big blind and three-bet to win the pot.
Hand #174: Montury had and limped but folded when Messina raised to 900,000.
Hand #175: We picked up the action on a flop where Montury check-called 800,000 with . Montury had hit on the that was checked. The river came as the and both checked. Montury opened his hand and raked the pot.
Hand #176: Jean Montury mucked and gave Valentin Messina a walk.
Hand #177: Messina raised to 650,000 with the and Montury called with the . On the flop, Montury check-folded to a bet of 700,000 but not without a grin on the face.
Hand #178: Montury limped with and Messina looked down at in the big blind, raising to 950,000 in total and shutting down all further action.
Hand #179: Messina raised to 650,000 with the and Montury called with . Neither player connected with the flop but Messina took it down with a continuation bet.
Hand #180: Montury limped for the second time in a row with and Messina checked with his . The flop was checked through and Messina bet the turn for 300,000. Montury check-called but then gave up after the river when Messina led for 775,000.
Hand #181: Valentin Messina raised to 650,000 from the button holding the and Jean Montury defended the big with the . The flop saw Montury check-call a bet of 450,000, and then check for a second time on the turn. Messina checked behind and the completed the board on the river. Montury bet 850,000 and that took down the pot.
Hand #182: Montury folded the button and Messina received a walk.
Hand #183: Messina raised to 650,000 with the and Montury, who held the , moved all in. Messina, the shorter stack, folded his hand.
Hand #184: Montury limped with the and Messina raised to 975,000 with the . Montury folded.
Hand #185: Messina raised to 650,000 with the and Montury called with the . The flop gave Montury a set, and he led out for 660,000. Messina folded.
Hand #186: Jean Montury gave his opponent a walk. No cards shown.
Hand #187: Valentin Messina called with and Montury checked his . The flop came to give Montury a flush and he checked to face a 350,000 bet. He called to the turn where he checked once more. Messina came out firing for 1,650,000 and Montury waited before moving all in. Fold.
Hand #188: Montury woke up with on the button and just called. Messina had in the big blind and shoved for 5,285,000. Call! The board ran and Messina, who had been praying during the runout, was extremely happy.
Hand #189: Valentin Messina raised to 650,000 with and Jean Montury folded out of the big blind.
Hand #190: Montury gave Messina a walk and was shown the .
Hand #191: Messina raised to 650,000 and Montury defended with . A flop was checked to Messina and his bet of 675,000 won the pot.
Hand #192: Montury made it 650,000 to go preflop with the and Messina picked up . The hefty three-bet to 1.65 million was immediately shot down by Montury's four-bet of 4.44 million and the cards of Messina went into the muck.
Hand #193: Messina raised to 650,000 with and Montury called with the . For once, the flop was checked through to see a on the turn. Montury checked and a bet of Messina for what looked like 575,000 won the pot.
Hand #194: Jean Montury limped with and Valentin Messina raised to 900,000 with the , which was called. The flop provided potential fireworks and Messina bet 950,000.
Montury just called and they headed to the on the turn, which now made things tougher. Messina's bet of 2.1 million was called very quickly and the river killed off all action to let Montury save a lot of chips.
Messina stood up to release some tension of what could have changed the outcome of the tournament, but still took the lead with 15.46 million vs 11.39 million in chips.
Hand #195: Messina opened to 650,000 with and that won the pot.
Hand #196: Montury raised to 650,000 with and no further action occurred.
Hand #197: It was Messina's turn to raise to 650,000 and he did so with to enforce a fold from his opponent.
Hand #198: Montury's cards were not shown on the stream and the limped pot saw a flop of . Messina bet 300,000 with and was called before the on the turn delivered a fourth diamond.
Again, Montury grabbed for chips and made a bet of 775,000 to claim the pot.
Hand #199: Valentin Messina folded the and Jean Montury received a walk.
Hand #200: Montury limped the button with the and Messina checked with the , which led to a flop of . Messina led out for 325,000, Montury raised to 675,000, and Messina folded.
Hand #201: Messina limped the from the small blind and Montury checked his option with the . The flop saw Montury check his pair and flush draw, and Messina bet 350,000 with his gutshot. Montury called, the dealer burned and turned the , and Montury checked with his made flush. Messina checked behind, and the river four-flushed the board. Montury bet 715,000 and Messina quickly folded.
Hand #202: Montury limped with the and Messina checked his to see a flop of . Messina checked, Montury did the same, and the appeared on the turn. Messina checked, Montury bet, and Messina folded.
Hand #203: Messina raised to 650,000 with the and Montury called with his . The flop saw Montury check middle pair, and Messina did the same to see the turn. Again it went check-check, and the completed the board on the river. Check-check was the order of the day and Montury took down the pot with two pair.
Hand #204: Montury limped the small blind with the , Messina checked with , and the flop came down . Messina bet 375,000 with his flush draw and Montury called with top pair. The turn saw Messina bet 775,000, Montury call, and the completed the board on the river. Messina checked, and Montury bet 915,000. Messina removed his sunglasses, glanced back and forth between the board and his opponent, and eventually folded his hand.
Hand #205: The players have been informed that this level will be 60 minutes long rather than 90 minutes and the time will enter European Summer Time and jump forward to 3:00 a.m.
Valentin Messina called on the button with [. Jean Montury checked with and check-called 400,000 on a flop. Both checked the turn before Montury led for 725,000 on the river. Messina calls and mucks upon seeing his opponent's hand.
Hand #206: Montury called with but folded when Messina raised to 1.1 million with .
Hand #207: Messina raised to 800,000 with and Montury called with . The flop fanned and Messina bet 1.1 million. Fold.
Hand #208: Montury called with and Messina checked with . The board ran out with only a 400,000 bet going in on the turn from Montury. The action was checked on the river and Messina scooped
Hand #209: Messina raised with and took the blinds and antes.