Players in Day 1D of the MILLIONS North America Main Event are heading out for their second break of the day, and have 4 more levels to complete before bagging their chips onto Day 2.

Photographs taken during levels 3 and 4:

Players that had a ordinary start are actively trying to build back up. Some of them do, while others have their last few green chips taken away.

Hagop Ketendjian is one of them. His last 400K went in against Reza K., who was drawing to a good portion of the deck:

Ketendjian:
Kamali:

Board:

The least expected out came in, but a win is win. Kamali passes the average. Meanwhile, on another table, Malik King found a way to get it in pre-flop against Thomas Paul Ruel. This time, the leading hand held:

King:
Ruel:

Board:

Fortunately, players can re-enter once today. They can also try again in tonight’s last of the flights, the turbo starting at 8pm. They can also shoot, in each Day 2, a qualified stack plus two money entries.

With the blinds at 7K/14K in level 4, Jeffrey Kostyniuk found himself in a dream spot.

The action was opened by Christopher Annouza, immediately to his right, with a raise to 42K. Kostyniuk made it 110K to go and the action folded around to David Sorgente, in the small blind, who made the cold call. When the action made it back to Annouza, he moved all-in for roughly 600k. Annouza’s raise drew an immediate re-shove for significantly more from Kostyniuk, which forced Sorgente out of the pot.

Annouza:

Kostyniuk:

Board:

The aces stood, sending Annouza to the rail and helping build an imposing stack for Kostyniuk.

Flopping the nuts is nice, but cracking it is nicer. When we got to the table, Nicholas Alan Maimone had bet 150K on the turn, and was getting check raised to 325K by Roberto Alberro. Maimone, having scored a seemingly dreamy turn, went all-in for a total turn bet of 759K. Alberro snap called, all too happy to get it in with the nuts.

Maimone:
Alberro:

Board:

A serious run out. Alberro got crippled, while Maimone, from a desperate situation on the flop, got an unlikely double-up.

Jeremy White open raised to 32K, and after Jonathan G. decided to tag along, Nipun Java, sitting in the blinds, turned it up to 155K. White reflected on his options, and finally 4bet to 532K, or about half his stack, which instantly sent Jon’s cards into the muck.

Java was in the tank. He knew that he was facing a very strong hand, but was trying to determine his opponent’s range and figure out where he stood. After some deliberation that included a lot of eye-balling, he announced all-in, and was quickly called.

White:
Java:

Board:

Java faded a jack, and is now enjoying a top 10 stack.

There is a huge field here for Day 1D of the Main Event, with more than 500 entries so far. The players have just returned from their first break of the day, and there are already some big stacks in play. The action appears to be more loose and aggressive than the previous flights, as indicated by the 60 eliminations at this early stage.

Here are the current chip leaders: