Frank Saffioti and Tony Basile clashed on a flop of . The chips were quickly in the middle as Basile held for top pair with good kicker, but Saffioti had flopped a set with to leave Basile in bad shape.
The turn was the leaving Basile drawing dead as a meaningless hit the river.
Easy come, easy go for Basile as he relinquishes the chip lead, slipping to 620,000. Saffioti is now up to 1.2 million.