Hands #95-99: Panka Trying to get Back In
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Hand #95: Dominik Panka opened to 400,000 from the button with 58s] and Jean Montury held the
in the small blind but opted to fold. Valentin Messina called in the big blind with
and the flop fell
.
Messina checked and Panka continued for 400,000 to receive a call from his French opponent to see the appear on the turn. Again Messina checked and the Pole now bet 800,000, which represents one fourth of his remaining stack. Panka stared straight towards the dealer, showing no emotion at all behind his sunglasses while Messina glanced over at him and this resulted in a fold of the Frenchman.
Hand #96: Montury folded a king on the button and Messina limped the small blind with
. Panka checked his option on the big blind with
and paired up his six on the
flop. The PokerStars sponsored player bet 250,000 and won the second pot in a row, though remains the shortest stack just over 5 million in chips.
Hand #97: Messina opened to 425,000 from the button with
and Montury called out of the small blind with
. Neither player hit the
flop and Montury faced a continuation bet of 450,000 to check-fold.
Hand #98: After an interview with Messina's girlfriend, the action switched back to the table and Panka had raised to 400,000 with
on the button. Montury called with
and then Messina three-bet to 1.55 million with
to shut down all further action.
Hand #99: Montury opened to 430,000 from the button with
and was called by Panka in the big blind with
. The heads-up flop fell
and was checked through, revealing the
on the turn. Panka check-folded to a delayed continuation bet of the Frenchman for 555,000.