Hands #220-224: Messina Crippled by Cruel River
Hand #220: Valentin Messina min-raised to 800,000 with ? and received a call by Jean Montury to see a flop of ??. Both players checked down until the turn and river to see Montury take it down with a pair of eights.
Hand #221: Montury limped with ? and Messina checked out of the big blind with ?. Again no action on the ?? flop, the turn nor the river and Messina's queen won the pot.
Hand #222: Messina min-raised with ? and that was all the betting action the hand provided.
Hand #223: Montury raised to 800,000 with the showing. Messina called with ? and they checked the ?? flop. Messina bet the turn for 900,000 and was called before the river saw a bet of Montury. Messina mucked and the second hole card of Montury was revealed as the to give him a flush.
Hand #224: Again a min-raise of Messina to see a flop of ?? and the initial raiser continued for 600,000 with the ?. Montury called with ? and another large bet went in after the turn for what looked like more than 3 million in chips.
With the as final community card, Messina led for what looked like 1.8 million and called the min-raise of Montury to see his far better hand get cracked and leave him with only 10 big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jean Montury |
22,350,000
8,750,000
|
8,750,000 |
|
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Valentin Messina
|
4,300,000
-8,950,000
|
-8,950,000 |