A massive pile of chips was already in the middle as Adam Kipnis and Drew Scott went heads-up after the draw. Scott slid forward a tower of red 5,000 chips for a bet of 100,000.
That sent Kipnis into the tank for several minutes as he pondered the decision for most of his remaining stack. He eventually decided to call as Scott showed 
to win the pot and claim the enormous pot.
Mike Lang raised to 20,000 under the gun and was jammed on by Jake Schwartz for 112,000. Lang made the call and each player took one card, drawing to monsters.
Lang held 
, while last year's runner-up in this event held 
"You first, Mike", said Schwartz.
Lang then turned up a , pairing his six, and virtually locking the hand for Schwartz, barring a seven. He then rolled over another deuce, making a smaller pair which ended up being the winner.
Action folded to Timothy Wong in the cutoff and he raised all in for his last 135,000.
"I'm all in too," small blind Yosif Nawabi announced as the big blind got out of the way.
Both players stood pat, and Nawabi's nine-eight beat Wong's ten-nine to send him to the payout desk.
The last of Christopher Grzadziel's chip were just pushed to Ilkka Heikkila, who was kind enough to inform PokerNews that after Grzadziel jammed for less than 100,000 from the button, he called in the big blind with 
and patted.
Grzadziel was drawing to a better ten, but paired up, ending his run in the tournament.
Christina Hill raised pre-draw and Mike Lang called on the button before Jake Schwartz re-raised all in from the big blind. Hill pushed her stack forward and Lang quickly got out of the way.
Both players took one, with Schwartz showing and Hill . Schwartz pulled a king and Hill needed to improve.
"This is the one I've been hiding," Hill said as her last card slid under the rail of the table. She turned over a queen and secured the double-up for 160,000, leaving last year's runner-up on a short stack. Schwartz later said he broke a ten and would've won the pot if he stood pat.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 12,000
The 41 remaining players are back in their seats and play is underway.
The final 41 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.
They will return to Level 17 at approximately 9:35 p.m. local time.
Adam Pritchett raised to 15,000 from early position before Kenneth Po re-raised to 50,000 next to act.
Action folded around to Kane Kalas in the big blind, and he announced he was all in for around 250,000.
Pritchett quickly folded, but Po went into the tank for about a minute, anguishing over the decision for most of the rest of his stack before eventually folding as players prepared to go off on dinner break.
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