On the tail end of a 8♠5♥4♦6♦J♠ board, Aliaksandr Shylko checked and reluctantly paid off a bet worth 550,000 by Biao Ding. The former chip leader earlier on Day 5 tabled the 8♣8♥ for a flopped set and gained back some chips.
Ryan Sang raised from a middle position to 100,000 with K♥Q♦ and got three calls from Aleksejs Ponakovs in the hijack with 9♦9♣, Manuel Machado in the cutoff with 4♠4♦ and Britton Barclay in the big blind with K♦J♦.
The flop came A♠5♥J♠. Barclay and Sang checked. Ponakovs raised to 155,000 which got a quick fold from Machado. Barclay also folded and Sang made the call with a straight draw.
The turn came 2♥ and Sang checked. Ponakovs bet 280,000 and Sang folded.
John Ciccarelli raised to 100,000 in early position before Hongru Zhang three-bet to 265,000 in the cutoff. Gabriel Moura four-bet to 450,000 on the button and Ciccarelli folded.
Zhang, though, checked the tournament clock to ensure he had made a pay jump before moving all in for 900,000 more. Moura snap-called.
Hongru Zhang: K♥K♠ 
Gabriel Moura: J♣J♦
Zhang was far ahead and poised for a double up with his kings as the flop came 8♥10♠7♦. The 9♥ turn, though, gave Moura a straight, and he secured the knockout once the 10♥ completed the board on the river.
"I felt like it was coming after that flop," tablemate Adam Kharman said as Zhang made his unfortunate exit.
Francis Anderson was eliminated from this table a few hands earlier.
Picking up the action on the river, Leonard Maue in the cutoff was involved in a hand with Malcolm Franchi in the big blind.
With the board reading 8♥J♣10♥3♦A♠ and around 1,600,000 in the pot, Franchi checked. Maue went for almost all of it, pushing 2,100,000 across the betting line to leave himself with just 5,000 behind. That send Franchi deep into the tank as he considered a decision for most of his chips. After a couple of minutes, Matt Stout called the clock and, after using most of his thirty second allotment, Franchi folded to give Maue a big boost to his stack.
David Miscikowski opened from early position with a min-raise to 100,000 and [Removed:496] shoved from the next seat for 865,000. The action folded back to Miscikowski who stuck in the call, which put Sopotnytskyi at risk.
[Removed:496]: J♦J♠
David Miscikowski: A♠Q♠
Sopotnytskyi was in front and extended his lead when he improved to a set on the J♥5♥K♥ flop. Miscikowski did have outs to Broadway but the 5♣ turn gave Sopotnytskyi an unbeatable full house, and the 4♥ filled out the board.
Brian Rast raised to 115,000 with A♥4♥ from under the gun. Manuel Machado three-bet to 500,000 and Rast called A♦5♦.
The flop came J♦J♠8♥ and Machado checked. Rast also checked behind, taking the players to a 3♠ turn.
Both players check to the 10♠ river and Machado checked again. Rast bet 325,000 and got the fold from Machado to scoop the pot.
Tomoki Matsuda opened to 120,000 and was called by Stephen Song in the big blind.
Song checked to Matsuda on the 10♥5♠Q♥ flop and he continued for 115,000. Song then check-raised to 375,000 and Matsuda called.
Matsuda called a 650,000 bet from Song on the 2♦ turn and Song announced he was all in on the 6♦ river, which was enough to put Matsuda all in for his last 1,700,000.
Matsuda went deep into the tank and the clock was called after about eight minutes.
The floor counted Matsuda down from five seconds and Matsuda stuck in a call at the last moment.
Song turned over Q♦10♠ for top two pair and Matsuda showed he called with A♦K♠ for just ace-high — eliminating him from the tournament and sending the massive pot Song's way.
In a massive preflop showdown, Iaron Lightbourne was the player at risk for 2,385,000 against Luigi Curcio to unleash the following coin flip.
Iaron Lightbourne: A♥K♣
Luigi Curcio: Q♥Q♠
The A♦9♠8♠ flop vaulted Lightbourne into the lead, but he had a sweat to endure on the J♣ turn, as Curcio picked up a gutshot. No ten or queen came on the 8♣ river, and the Brit doubled to join the bigger stacks in the penultimate level of the night.
Brian Rast raised to 115,000 from an early position with A♦2♦ and Manuel Machado defended A♣10♣ in the big blind.
The 4♠8♦10♦ flop gave Machado top pair and Rast was looking at a nut flush draw. Machado checked and Rast bet 155,000, Machado made the call.
The 6♣ turn got another check from Machado and Rast raised to 440,000. Machado called, taking the players to the river.
The diamond came in on the river for Rast, with the 6♦ completing the board. Machado checked and Rast bet 1,000,000. After just over a minute of tanking, Machado called with the pair of tens, giving the stack to Rast.
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