As the timer ticked down on the final level of Day 1B, Faizal Khan got a timely double through Niall Farrell.
With the blinds at 15K/30K, Khan opened the action from under the gun to 65K. His bet drew a call from Frank Koopman before Niall Farrell put in a raise to 175K. Farrell’s raised chased everyone but Khan and Koopman out of the pot, who each made the call, and the three players saw a flop of
. Khan and Koopman checked to the aggressor, who continued with a bet of 225K. After only a brief moment in the tank, Khan moved all in for slightly more than 700K. The check-raise forced Koopman out of the way before Farrell made the call. Hands were tabled to reveal that both players flopped top pair, but Farrell’s
was in a tough spot against Khan’s
. The
turn and
river were irrelevant blanks, and Khan got himself a timely double up.