Hands #50-53: Panka Gets Tricky
Hand #50: Valentin Messina opened to 325,000 from under the gun with 
and Stefan Schillhabel defended his big blind with the 
. The heads-up flop of 
flop was checked through and Schillhabel check-called a bet of 375,000 on the 
turn.
With the 
river as final card, Messina's value bet of 475,000 was called by the German who then showed his inferior two pair and lost 40% of his stack.
Hand #51: Schillhabel shoved out of the small blind for 1.85 million with 
and won the big blind and antes.
Hand #52: Messina limped out of the small blind with 
and Dominik Panka from one seat over squeezed to 375,000 with 
. Messina opted for a call and they headed to the 
flop. Two checks were followed by the turn and Messina checked again. Panka checked also and the same story repeated on the 
river to let the Pole win the pot with his six.
Hand #53: Panka limped from the small blind with and Jean Montury raised to 285,000 from one seat over with the 
. The Pole got tricky and three-bet to 720,000 but Montury called to see a flop of 
. A bet of 550,000 by Panka got through uncalled and the Polish crowd cheered.