Frank Saffioti did everything he could to shake Antonio Fazzolari from the hand. Saffioti opened with a preflop raise to 30,000, but Fazzolari called out of the blinds. Fazzolari check-called a bet of 50,000 on the flop. Fazzolari led out on the turn with a bet of his own of 50,000. Saffioti tried a raise there, to 150,000, but Fazzolari doggedly called. On the river Saffioti tried one more time after Fazzolari checked, firing out for 100,000. Fazzolari called again, tabling for top pair after Saffioti showed .
Saffioti is down to 272,000 as a result of shipping more than 300,000 chips to Fazzolari in this hand. Fazzolari is one of the chips leaders with 850,000.