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Safina grabs the early lead
Giovanni Safina limped under the gun with pocket fives -- . Ian Frazer raised from later position to 16,000 with the . Safina made the call.
The flop came down and Frazer flopped a second-best top pair to Safina's set of fives. Safina checked and Frazer bet 22,000. Safina just called.
The turn was the and Safina led with a bet of 44,000. Frazer made the call.
The river was the and Safina bet 44,000. Frazer quickly announced a call and then saw the bad news. Safina tabled his set of fives and moved up to the chip lead, sitting on 512,000 chips.