Tony Dunst raised to 175,000 from under the gun with A♠K♦ before Nikita Luther three-bet to 525,000 in middle position holding A♦Q♥. Henry Chan, in the hijack, also woke up with A♣K♠ and pushed all in for 2,005,000.
Dunst quickly folded, but Luther went into the tank for several minutes. "Probably a flip," she said as she pondered the call.
Luther eventually decided to fold. "Too expensive," she added as Chan took the pot.
Ping Liu has continued his hot start into the day when he notched up another knockout.
Robert Coakley got it in preflop with the A♣7♣ and Liu looked him up with the 9♥9♣.
The board ran out 10♦6♦5♦Q♣K♣ and that spelled the end for Coakley.
Robert Coakley opened to 175,000 from early position and called when Ping Liu three-bet to 440,000 from the button.
As the hand was talking place, Maurice Hawkins left his chair to have a little dance around the table as he seemed to be enjoying the music pumping through his headphones.
As the shapes were being cut away from the table, the dealer fanned the 8♠7♦2♦ flop, which Coakley checked. Liu fired out 425,000 and took down the pot uncontested.
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi bet 135,000 from under the gun on a flop of 4♣6♣K♠ before start-of-day chip leader Zachary Hall raised to 680,000 in the big blind.
Ohulchanskyi called and the 5♥ fell on the turn. Hall then announced he was all in.
"If you have ace-king you have to call," Hall told Ohulchanskyi, who had 1,700,000 remaining and tanked for a few minutes before sliding his cards into the muck as Hall increased his massive stack.
Hunter Barnett opened to 160,000 from early position and was called by Rene Lazaro in the cutoff as well as Manh Nguyen in the big blind.
Nguyen checked following the A♦10♥4♠ flop and Barnett continued for 225,000. Lazaro made the call while Nguyen chose to get out of the way.
The J♥ turn saw Barnett slow down, checking to Lazaro who slid a minimum bet of 80,000 into the middle. Barnett thought for quite some time but ultimately decided he could not withstand the pressure of even that bet and mucked to send an early pot over to Lazaro.
Hunter Frey opened to 175,000 in middle position and Harsheel Kothari called from the hijack before Christian Harder also came along from the big blind.
The flop of 8♥9♦5♠ checked through and Harder and Frey checked again on the 5♦ turn. Kothari bet 300,000 and Harder folded while Frey called.
Frey checked again on the 9♠ river and Kothari sized up to 600,000. Frey called. Kothari showed A♣Q♣ for ace-high as Frey also showed ace-high with A♠7♠ to chop up the pot.
The action folded to Sam Stein on the button who made it 175,000 to go. Bryan Obregon three-bet to 450,000 in the big blind and Stein four-bet to 1,225,000. Obregon thought for over a minute and then just opted to call.
The flop came Q♠7♣6♠ and Obregon check-called a bet of 750,000 from Stein. The turn was the J♣ and both players checked to the 8♦ on the river. Obregon checked once more and Stein slid out a bet of 1,950,000. Obregon flicked in a chip to call and Stein tabled 8♣7♠ for two pair to claim the pot.
A huge pile of chips were spotted being passed to Juan Maceiras Lapido at the expense of Aaron Speer.
Ludovic Geilich recapped the 10,000,000 chip pot to PokerNews.
Speer opened to 180,000 before Lapido made it 600,000 from the blinds. Speer four-bet to 1,500,000 and called off his 5,000,000 stack when Lapido moved all in as the slightly bigger stack.
Aaron Speer: A♥Kx
Juan Maceiras Lapido: QxQx
The 9♣8♥6♥ flop kept the queens ahead, while the 9♥ turn gave Speer a flush draw to go along with his overcards. The 7♠ river was a brick and Lapido collected the pot after it was confirmed he covered Speer.
Vitor Bengozi raised to 160,000 from early position and Liran Betito called before Mason Vieth, in middle position, moved all in for 1,265,000. Bengozi folded, but Betito called to put Vieth at risk.
Mason Vieth: 5♦5♥
Liran Betito: J♣J♥
Betito slammed down his jacks upon seeing Vieth's hand as Vieth was already standing up with his backpack on awaiting the 4♠J♠4♦ flop.
"Opa! Full house," Betito yelled out. Vieth watched the 8♠ and 8♣ fall on the turn and river, the last two cards he would see in the Main Event before he was sent to the rail.
Fabio Miranda opened to 160,000 from early position and only Raj Vohra made the call in the big blind.
The flop came J♠J♦3♥ and Vohra checked to Miranda who continued for 125,000. Vohra quickly let it go and the pot was sent to Miranda.
On the next hand Miranda opened from under the gun to 160,000 and the whole table folded, awarding another small pot to the Portuguese.
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