Hands #38-42: Pocket Nines are Good for Montury
Hand #38: Chip Leader Valentin Messina opened to 250,000 from under the gun with the ? and Dominik Panka called on the button with ?, short stack Stefan Schillhabel filled up in the big blind with ?. The ?? flop was checked to Panka and checked behind to see the on the turn.
Schillhabel tanked for a while and then bet 400,000 to win the pot.
Hand #39: unknown action.
Hand #40: Jean Montury opened to 250,000 with ? and was called by Valentin Messina in the small blind with ? as well as Panka in the big blind with ?. The three players checked the ?? flop and Panka bet the turn for 400,000 to receive two folds of the Frenchmen.
Hand #41: The action folded to Panka in the small blind and he raised to 325,000 with ?. Montury looked at ? in the big blind and three-bet to 875,000. Panka gave it some thought and called to see a flop of ??. The Pole check-folded to a bet of 775,000 by the Frenchman.
Hand #42: Messina opened to 250,000 with ? and Montury three-bet to 520,000 out of the small blind, holding the ?. The chip leader let go and Montury won the pot preflop.