On the flop of , Phil Ivey checked on the button and Rui Cao bet 200,000. Ivey check-raised to 900,000 and Cao reraised to 2 million, then called the shove of Ivey.

Rui Cao:
Phil Ivey:

Cao needed an ace or seven, and picked up some more outs on the turn. However, a blank on the river sent the Main Event runner-up to the rail in 5th place for HKD6,299,000 ($802,430).