Joey is nearly even with Bandit Keith but Keith gets the upperhand with a powerful monster that can attack 3 times. Luckily for Joey, he gets his famed two-card combo to weaken it enough to take it down. Unfortunately, Keith strikes back by reviving that monster just as it was before, then plays a guessing game with one of his monsters. Joey then evolves an old favorite before Keith decides to pull a fast one from inside his wristband to power up one of his machines. Furthermore, Keith adds a special monster onto Joey's strongest monster with the intent of destroying it but Joey counters with an Equip Spell to save his monster and deal Keith the difference in ATK. Keith then decides to take a card from Joey and it's one that Joey had no use for anyway but it's a potent one that swaps the ATK and DEF of all monsters in play.

Just when it looks like Joey is going to lose, he takes a page from Keith's strategy by taking a card from his Grave and gets his ace monster back to win the Duel. Keith is very angry at the result, especailly when he's been caught cheating during the Duel. As a result, he's ejected from the arena and ends up in the ocean below the castle. Now Joey and Yami will truly face each other and it'll be a tough match for both of them, given the stakes.