Hands#194-198: Action Killed by Unfortunate Runout
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.