Bradley Helm raised preflop to 50,000 from the cutoff, Matt Waxman and Francesco Barbaro called from the button and small blind respectively to see a flop of . Barbaro checked, Helm bet 25,000 and Waxman called with Barbaro folding.
The turn was the and Helm bet 50,000 which sent Waxman into the tank, the latter eventually choosing to give it up.
Waxman lost the pot after that as well, getting check-raised by Kostas Kalathakis on a and reluctantly folding. Nevertheless, Waxman, Kalathakis and Barbaro are making clear ground between themselves and the other four players at this moment.
Michael Deveronica opened to 50,000 on the button and Kostas Kalathakis made the call behind him, they then checked the board down to the river where the latter stated, "You're good."
Humberto Brenes is down to less than 200,000 after losing a pot to Francesco Barbaro. Brenes has raised preflop from UTG and Barbaro called in the big blind to see a flop, both players checked before Barbaro fired 50,000 on the turn and river. Brenes called him down but couldn't beat his opponent's for the flopped straight.
Michael Deveronica opened to 50,000 on the button and Kostas Kalathakis made it 75,000 from the small blind. Deveronica called to see a flop of and Kalathakis continued with another bet of 25,000.
Deveronica looked over his hand and shook his head, "You're freerolling me..." He then folded face up to leave himself with less than 100,000 remaining.
Matthew Waxman raised it up in middle position and Francesco Barbaro who was next to act called. The flop came and Waxman checked. Barbaro put out a bet but got faced with a check raise from Waxman. Barbaro called the bet as well as Waxman’s turn bet. On the river, it went bet, then raise and ended with a Waxman call. Barbaro showed for quads while Waxman held for the low but a nut flush that lost on the river as the players chopped it up.
In a three way pot, Matt Waxman proved a hero calling two streets in a three bet pot against Francesco Barbaro before both checked the river of a board.
Barbaro turned over and wasn't beaten by Waxman's mere for a pair of sevens.