We just said goodbye to Mike Matusow who got knocked out in seventh place. The action started with Matusow who raised all in for his final 15,000 chips from the under the gun +1 position. Meng La raised it up from the hijack and both Phil Ivey and Scotty Nguyen called from the blinds.
The flop came down and Ivey checked to Nguyen who put out a bet. Both La and Ivey called giving us three-way side pot action on the turn.
The turn was the and now it was Ivey who lead out for 40,000. Nguyen put in a raise to 80,000 and Lad threw his hand into the muck. At this point Ivey put in the third bet making it 120,000 to go. Nguyen called.
The river was the and Nguyen called another one of Ivey's bets. The agressor showed for the nut low while Nguyen turned over for the high. Matusow turned over his and that was no good to get hold of any part of the pot. That's it for Matusow and we are down to seven players.
Scotty Nguyen started off the action with a raise and Meng La three-bet from the button. Nguyen called and the flop came down . Nguyen check-called and did the same thing when the turn was the .
On the river the showed up and both players checked. La showed and took down the pot.
On the last hand before dinner Mike Matusow raised from middle position and he got called by Meng La and Phil Ivey.
The flop came down and the action got checked to La who bet. Both players called and the turn was the . Ivey lead out and Matusow folded after which La made the call.
On the river the showed up and La called another one of Ivey's bets. Ivey showed for the low while La had for a straight to take down the high.
Phil Ivey was on quite the dry spell since the final table started, but he just won a nice pot off his friend Joe Cassidy.
Cassidy raised from middle position and Ivey called from the hijack giving us heads up action on the flop. The flop came down and Ivey called Cassidy's bet.
On the turn the showed up and Cassidy went for the check-raise. Ivey called and the river was the . Cassidy put in another bet and Ivey called.
After just having found a double up Bart Hanson just got himself back into trouble. From the hijack it was Joe Cassidy who raised and Hanson opted to three-bet from the small blind. Cassidy called and the flop was .
Hanson bet the flop, and Cassidy raised it up to 30,000. Hanson called and the turn was the . Hanson check-folded and his stack is down to just 44,000 chips.
and Ivey checked to Nguyen who put out a bet. Both La and Ivey called giving us three-way side pot action on the turn.
and now it was Ivey who lead out for 40,000. Nguyen put in a raise to 80,000 and Lad threw his hand into the muck. At this point Ivey put in the third bet making it 120,000 to go. Nguyen called.
and Nguyen called another one of Ivey's bets. The agressor showed 
for the nut low while Nguyen turned over 
for the high. Matusow turned over his 
and that was no good to get hold of any part of the pot. That's it for Matusow and we are down to seven players.
. Nguyen check-called and did the same thing when the turn was the 
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showed up and both players checked. La showed 
and took down the pot.
and Matusow got his final 28,000 chips into the pot. Doft called and we got to see the following showdown.
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