We just missed the chance for some huge fireworks in a three way limped pot thanks to some prudent play from Isaac Baron and a paired board. The A 7 6 flop was checked by all three players, but the 7 turn brought a 100k bet from Baron. Denes Kalo made the call, but Glen Chorny raised it up to $300k from the button.

Baron slowly made the call before Denes moved aside and the river came the 8. Baron checked and Chorny made it $300k again. Baron just called with J 10 for the flush and Chorny showed K 9 for the nut flush. He may be cursing his luck now, but it could have been a lot worse for Baron. As for Chorny, he seems to have righted the ship.

Isaac Baron and Maxime Villemure just got into a rather large pot with the Canadian Villemure raking the pot when things were said and done. It started with Villemure opening after it was folded to him on the button and Baron calling from the big blind. The flop came Q 6 2 and both players checked.

The Q hit the turn which prompted a $205,000 bet from Baron. Villemure thought for a moment before making the call and they both watched the 7 hit the river. A check from Baron brought a $425,000 bet from Villemure. Baron quickly folded and shook his head in dismay.

Glen Chorny is sinking fast and just made another huge call on the river only to muck his cards. He made a fairly standard raise pre flop and got the call from Isaac Baron. The two went heads up to the flop and both players checked when the K J 7 was turned up.

Chorny checked the 4 turn, but called after Baron bet $155k. The 8 river brought another check from Chorny and Baron made another stiff bet, making it $250k to see. Chorny called and threw it away when Baron showed J 10. Chorny has now dipped under $2 million in chips.

Here's the latest in chip count technology.

Maxime Villemure	$3,215,000
Isaac Baron	$2,942,000
Glen Chorny	$1,984,000
Michael Martin	$1,623,000
Luca Pagano	$1,516,000
Denes Kalo	$1,372,000

We just saw a huge clash between Italy's Luca Pagano and one of the two remaining Canadians at this final table, Maxime Villemure. It began with Pagano opening from the button and Villemure re-raising from the small blind.

The big blind folded and Pagano took his time before setting the Canuck all-in. Villemure thought for some time before making the call and tabling A K. He saw he was in a massive race against Pagano's J J but took a big lead with the flop of A Q 4.

The PokerStars crew were surreptitiously pulling for a jack but the board finished 5 4. Villemure is the new chip leader with almost $3.5 million and Pagano is down to about $1.6 million.

Michael Martin either a big hand or made a very effective play here in Monte Carlo resulting a half million in chips ending up in his stack without the benefit of a flop.

Maxime Villemure began the action making it $100k to go. Isaac Baron then leaped into action bumping it up to $360k before Martin bet everything he had. Both players folded and the American stacked the chips.

Luca Pagano just fleeced Glen Chorny out of a mountain of chips and is now the chip leader. The Team PokerStars pro bet out $100k before the flop and both Chorny and Isaac Baron made the call.

On the 9 4 2 flop Luca bet $210k and after Chorny made the call, Baron let his hand go. Pagano fired again at the 4 turn making it $500k to see a river and after a short pause for thought, Chorny just called.

The Q river brought another $400k bet from the Italian and the Canadian called. Luca had hit the river showing Q K and while Chorny had the right read all along with 6 6 his time in the leader spot is now over. Pagano now has $3.4 million in chips and Chorny is down to $2.29 million currently holding third spot.

Level 26 is about to begin but in the meantime we thought we'd hook you up the latest in the counts.

Seat 2	Denes Kalo	$860,000
Seat 3	Michael Martin	$1,044,000
Seat 4	Luca Pagano	$1,885,000
Seat 5	Maxime Villemure	$1,742,000
Seat 6	Glen Chorny	$3,691,000
Seat 7	Isaac Baron	$3,440,000

We'll be back in 10-minutes with the start of Level 26!

French-Canadian Maxime Villemure just got into a hand with chip leader Glen Chorny and got lucky to be able to show down the best hand on the river. It started with Villemure limping from the small blind and Chorny checking in the big blind.

The flop came down K Q 8 and Villemure quickly fired out a bet. Chorny then raised and after a short dwell Villemure made the call. They both checked the 8 on the turn and the 3 hit the river. Villemure quickly bet out $225,000 and got snap-called. Villemure tabled 8-9 for the turned trips and Chorny mucks with a grimace.