Hands #158-160: Straight for Montury and next Break
Level 34
: 120,000/240,000, 30,000 ante
Hand #158: Valentin Messina opened to 500,000 with 
and folded to the 1.34 million three-bet of Jean Montury, who held the 
.
Hand #159: Limped pot to the flop of 
and neither player had hit. Montury held the 
and Messina the 
. On the 
turn, Messina led for 375,000 and was called by Montury before the 
fell on the river.
Messina had paired his three and checked while Montury bet 740,000 with his straight. There was indeed a showdown as Messina eventually made the call a
Hand #160: Messina raised the last hand of the level with 
and won the pot preflop before both players headed into a 20-minute break.