Naixuan Shi on the button raised to 200,000. Zdenek Zizka in the small blind three-bet to 375,000, Shi four-bet all-in and Zizka called with the 45,000 he had behind.
Zdenek Zizka: 7♥7♦ 
Naixuan Shi: A♠10♣
After a flop of 9♠K♦3♦, Shi hit the 10♥ turn. The 9♦ river gave him two pair and Zizka was eliminated.
Francisco Fragoso raised to 200,000 on the button and Ralph Perry three-bet jammed in the big blind. Fragoso shrugged and called with a stack of around 2,500,000.
Francisco Fragoso: Q♥9♥
Ralph Perry: A♥9♦
Fragoso was dominated and got not help as the board ran out 2♥9♣6♣5♠K♠ to mark his elimination.
Not long after Jacob Thibodeau doubled through Xingyu Liu by cracking aces, they were heads-up on a flop of 4♥J♠2♠.
Thibodeau checked to Liu, who bet 225,000. Thibodeau then check-raised to 600,000 and Liu called.
Both players checked on the J♦ turn, but Thibodeau announced he was all-in after the 3♣ completed the board.
Liu re-checked his cards and committed his last 1,800,000 into the middle. Thibodeau turned over 6♠5♣ for a rivered straight and Liu showed he held Q♣J♣ for trip jacks to be eliminated.
"Unlucky," Liu said as he exited the tournament area.
Xingyu Liu opened to 205,000 from early position and Jacob Thibodeau shoved for 1,750,000 total from the hijack. Action folded back to Liu, who quickly put in a single chip to indicate a call to put Thibodeau at risk.
Jacob Thibodeau: K♠Q♠
Xingyu Liu: A♣A♦
Liu had Thibodeau crushed with aces, but the 5♥K♥6♠ flop gave Liu a sweat against Thibodeau's pair of kings.
The K♣ turn vaulted Thibodeau into the lead with trips, and the Q♣ river needlessly improved him further to a full house.
"Let's fu**ing go! C'mon now!" Thibodeau said as he shot up from his seat.
Liu, who started the day third in chips with 9,025,000, is now down to just 2,450,000.
Will Givens raised to 350,000 from the small blind. Brock Wilson called from the big blind.
Givens fired a continuation-bet of 400,000 on the 2♠J♥3♠ flop, and Wilson called.
After the 2♣ landed on the turn, Givens carved out a second barrel of 720,000. Wilson took a little more time before deciding to call.
The A♦ completed the board, and Givens jammed, covering Wilson. With 1,800,000 behind, Wilson leaned back in his chair, ran a hand through his hair, then slammed in the call, all within about ten seconds.
Brock Wilson: A♥5♣
Will Givens: 10♠8♦
It was music to Wilson's ears when Givens instantly said, "nice call," as he tabled a bluff. Wilson revealed a pair of aces to earn the double-up.
Wesley Fei opened to 200,000 from under the gun and action folded to Bahar Musa, who three-bet to 850,000 from the cutoff, leaving himself just 25,000 behind. Carlos Chadha Villamarin announced he was all-in from the small blind, which got a quick fold from Fei and a call from Musa.
Bahar Musa: 7♣7♦
Carlos Chadha Villamarin: Q♠Q♦
The 4♦10♥2♣ flop had Musa one step out the door, but the 7♠ turn got a collective, "Ooooh!" from everyone at the table as it had improved Musa a set of sevens.
The 6♥ filled out the board and Musa scored a fortunate double-up to keep his Main Event run alive.
Ralph Perry has not been happy with short stack Farid Jattin, accusing him of unnecessarily tanking and being quick to call the clock.
"He's taking five minutes every hand," Perry said, though others at the table disputed that he had taken that long.
Perry raised to 200,000 in early position and action folded to Jattin a few seats over. He shuffled his remaining chips for about a minute before Perry called the clock.
"Buddy, why are you in such a bad mood? You're playing fantastic, you have all these chips," Jattin said before folding.
"I don't know why the rest of you are okay with this," Perry grumbled.
Tianle Wang then called in the big blind and, ironically, ended up playing a five-minute hand against the anti-tanker.
Wang checked on the flop of 3♥4♠2♦ and Perry continued for 150,000. Wang check-raised to 425,000 and Perry called. Wang then sized up to 750,000 on the A♣ turn and Perry called.
Wang bet 750,000 again on the A♥ river and Perry took his time before raising to 3,000,000. Wang laid it down. Jattin stayed silent after the hand, but Benjamin Morgan stood up for him.
"Now you can be happy," said Morgan.
With one spot to go before a pay jump, Wesley Fei took his time to act preflop. "You're too rich for that," Zhao Liu said.
"That's why he's rich," Patrick Leonard added.
The tournament clock then clicked down to 98 players, guaranteeing everyone an additional $10,000, as the table began celebrating. Fei then raised to 200,000 in middle position, and Lauri Saaskilahti called in the hijack.
Both players checked the A♠10♣8♦ flop. Fei then bet 225,000 on the 10♦ turn, and Saaskilahti called.
The river was the 5♥ and Fei bet another 950,000. Saaskilahti again called, and Fei showed K♥10♠ for trips to win the pot.
"If I win the $10 million first place, I'll be even on my poker career," Fei told his tablemates.
"You're only down that little? I thought it was a lot more," Liu countered.
Hendrik Terner raised to 225,000 in middle position. Kyle Mart three-bet to 600,000 on the button, and Junjie Tang placed a small four-bet from the small blind after a while in the tank.
Terner also got out of the way, but Mart committed his stack of 3,000,000 to the middle. Tang snapped him off to put Mart at risk.
Kyle Mart: A♠K♣
Junjie Tang: A♦A♣
"I folded queens," Terner immediately said.
"Why?" he lamented once the 6♠3♣Q♣ flop was dealt, which would have given him top set. Meanwhile, Mart could not perform a miracle on the 7♣10♥ runout, and he said his goodbyes as he departed the Main Event.
Gonzalo Almada moved all in for 1,580,000 from the button and Bryn Larkman put him at risk in the hijack.
Gonzalo Almada: A♥10♠
Bryn Larkman: 8♣8♥
Almada was racing for his tournament life but remained behind on the 5♥4♠2♣J♠ board. The river, though, was the A♦ to give Almada top pair and the double-up.
"Poker is crazy. One card, either he's out or has 3.5 million," tablemate Greg Mueller said.
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