Scotty Nguyen raised under the gun and Phil Ivey defended his big blind. The flop came down and Ivey decided to check-raise. Nguyen made the call and the turn was the . Ivey put out another 50,000 and Nguyen called. The river was the and the same process got repeated.

Nguyen showed and beat Ivey's . Ivey and Nguyen are now almost even while Cassidy is well ahead.