Hands #81-85: Panka Makes Sick Laydown

Hand #81: Valentin Messina opened to 455,000 from the small blind with and won the big blind of Dominik Panka and the antes.

Hand #82: Messina opened to 325,000 from the button with and Jean Montury called in the big blind with to see a flop of . Montury check-called a continuation bet of 380,000 and the two Frenchmen saw the appear on the turn.

Both players checked and the completed the board on the river. Montury now bet 475,000 and Messina double-checked his cards, folded the hands and stared at the board. Ultimately, Messina folded the best hand and was shown the bluff.

Hand #83: Montury limped for 160,000 from the small blind with and Messina checked his option in the big blind with . The flop provided a flush draw for both players and Messina's bet of 200,000 shut down all further action.

The stats then showed the highest pre flop (74%) and post flop (90%) aggression for Messina out of all three players.

Hand #84: Messina stole Panka's big blind with a raise from the small blind, though he also had a premium hand in .

Hand #85: Messina opened to 325,000 from the button and Panka finally found a hand to play with, looking at in the small blind. The PokerStars sponsored player three-bet to 850,000 and Montury woke up with one seat over in the big blind. Montury four-bet to 2.085 million and that quickly got Messina out of the way.