The remaining 224 players have gone on their final 20-minute break of the evening. Play will resume at 9:11 pm local time.
Players will be returning to 15,000/25,000, with a 25,000 big blind ante with players bagging up at the end of the level.
Here's a look at some of the highlights of the past two hours.
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Andrew Yeh raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Lucas Jumalon called on the button. Lauri Saaskilahti also came along from the small blind before Ibrahim Naim squeezed to 1,300,000 from the big blind, leaving himself around 600,000 behind.
Yeh folded, and Naim then ripped it in over the top, covering both players. Saaskilahti got out of the way, and Jumalon made the call after securing the pay jump.
Lucas Jumalon: A♠J♠ 
Ibrahim Naim: A♦K♣
Jumalon was in rough shape and needed a jack or some spades to keep his Main Event hopes alive.
The 6♦5♣7♣ flop provided no help, but the J♥ on the turn was exactly what Jumalon was looking for as he paired his jack to take the lead.
The 7♠ river changed nothing, and Jumalon's Main Event run continued.
Sinan Shathaya raised to 80,000 from middle position and Marc Goldman defended his big blind.
Goldman check-called a 100,000 bet from Shathaya on the 9♠Q♠J♥ flop and a 275,000 barrel from Shathaya on the 7♠ turn.
The 6♦ filled out the board and Goldman checked a final time. Shathaya announced he was all-in for approximately 900,000 total and Goldman let his hand go.
"I had a good queen," Goldman said as Shathaya collected the pot. "I think you missed out on some [chips]."
Kenneth Asher raised to 80,000 in early position, and Sergio Aido three-bet to 240,000 on the button. When the action folded back to Asher, he responded with a four-bet to 780,000. Aido requested a count of the raise, but as soon as he had the number confirmed, he folded.
One table over, Frederic Normand put the last of his chips into the pot but didn't survive, and his Main Event was over for another year.
Curtis Nare was sat under the gun and had already battled heads up in a hand that reached showdown with DJ Sharma who was in the cutoff.
The board had ran out 9♣10♥5♠A♥9♥ and Nare had put his entire 870,000 stack at risk with king-queen. Sharma had him covered and was sitting with his ace-nine face up to take down the pot with the set of nines.
Curtis Nare: K♥Q♣
DJ Sharma: A♠9♠
Nare left the tournament with just 230 players remaining and locked up a $50,000 payout.
Ihar Soika made it 80,000 to go from the hijack, and Jeff Weiss three-bet to 180,000 from the cutoff. Soika called.
Both players checked the 6♦2♥10♥ flop before the 5♥ landed on the turn. Soika bet 225,000, and Weiss came along with a call.
The 4♥ completed the board, and Soika checked. Weiss fired 350,000, and after a lengthy tank, Soika folded.
Greg Mueller raised to 80,000 from under the gun and called a three-bet of 200,000 from Shawn Daniels, who was directly behind him.
Mueller check-called a 120,000 bet from Daniels on the A♦7♠2♥ flop and then both players checked on the 5♦ turn.
Mueller led out for 300,000 after the J♥ completed the board and Daniels quickly let his hand go.
Action was picked up on the flop in a pot between Xingyu Liu in the hijack and Vy Nguyen on the button.
With a board reading J♠9♦5♦, Liu bet 95,000 and Nguyen raised to 300,000 to see Liu call.
Both players checked the A♠ turn to the Q♠ river and Liu checked over to Nguyen who bet 700,000.
Liu raised to 2,000,000 to see Nguyen go into the tank before opting to call.
Nguyen mucked after Liu showed 10♠8♠ for an ace-high flush and he climbed high up the overall tournament leaderboard.
Will Givens raised to 100,000 under the gun and Sam Snead called in the hijack. "Will you please slow down, Sam?" Givens told him.
Action then folded around to DJ Sharma in the small blind. "Are you coming in, big dog?" Givens asked him.
"Sure. You can't win if you don't have a ticket," Sharma said as he called. Loai Elayday, though, then three-bet to 650,000 in the big blind.
"I love this guy. Know why I love him? Because he's cold. You can't feel his energy," Givens said. He folded, as did Snead.
"What will you do if I push?" Sharma asked Elayday before the dealer reminded him not to talk about the hand with action pending. Sharma then turned over 8♥2♦ and tossed it into the muck.
Elayday responded by flashing the 2♥ as he took the pot. "Thanks for the 500," he told the rest of the table.
"This guy's a gangster!" Givens said.
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