Xuan Nguyen had Joe Le down to a short stack after Nguyen's set of fives were good against Le's middle pair.
However Le was able to turn things around winning a race a few hands later with . Once again Nguyen held pocket fives, but the board ran out to give Le a double up to reclaim the lead once again!
These two are playing some high quality, intense heads-up poker and are not willing to give an inch to their opponent!
Alexey Popov and Justin Schwartz had been waiting for a big hand to collide with, and after Schwartz moved his short stack into the middle, Popov looked down at and made an easy call. Schwartz flipped over and would need some help.
However the board arrived and Popov wins the match 2-1 to advance to tomorrow's quarter finals!
Xuan Nguyen and Joe Le are enjoying the deeper stacks that round three has given them and are playing plenty of small ball poker. At the moment they are still tied at 0-0.