Gets Messi For Kovalev

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, Alexey Kovalev will be feeling this one for a few days to come. He was all in holding :::Jd:::Jc against Valenti Messina’s :::9h:::9d – so far so good right?

Kovalev then improved when the door card was the :::Jh but the flop came out :::Jh:::Td:::7h and Messina picked up a gutshot which he managed to hit with the :::8h on the turn (and also hit a straight flush draw to take away one of Kovalev’s full house outs) – the river was the :::Ac and a disbelieving Kovalev was forced out of the tournament while Messina could only manage a slightly embarrassed smile.