Day 1B is coming to a close as the final hands are being completed. A recap will be posted shortly, along with the top counts from this second flight of the MILLIONS North America Main Event. Below is a collection of photographs taken during levels 6-7-8.

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.

This pot was limped by Frank Koopman before Matthew Salsberg completed his small blind with no more than a few chips to his name. Griffin Benger raised from the big blind to 180K. Koopman called, and Salsberg went all-in for less.

The flop saw no action, but Benger bet 350K on the turn, and Koopman called. On the river, Benger check folded to Koopman’s 750K bet. Was he following his instincts or was it that he couldn’t wait to go back to the Maple Leafs/Bruins game 7 on the big screen?

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In any case, the fold was sound, for Koopman showed . Canadian pro Matt Salsberg will have to wait another day to send a stack to Day 2.

Darryll Fish and Jeffrey Cormier had a major feud pre-flop. Russell Thomas opened a pot to 55K, and Fish flat called the bet. Cormier, however, wanted to juice up the stakes a little bit, and raised it up to 185K. Thomas stepped out, and Fish did something unexpected: he 4-bet!

Cormier was now facing a 550K bet, coming from a pro who had previously flatted the initial raiser. Not the most comfortable situation to be in, but he finally decided that his hand was good enough to contest the WPT winner. All-in. Call!

Cormier:
Fish:

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Was that a top set against a nut flush draw? Cormier almost found out how to win the hard way, but as it is, that’s 5M chips to Fish!

Darren Elias was invested in a pot with Kathryn Lindsay. On the river, he put out a 625K bet, which was a slight over bet.

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Kathryn tanked for while, and called. Elias showed . The river brought him the nut straight, and he did what the greatest poker players do, which is maximize value! He is now pushing 3 million in chips.