Kick off

NagaWorld Kickoff Final Day

Buy in: US$ 350 Guarantee: US$ 50,000 Entries: 346 Prize pool: US$ 105,720 ITM: 53 players

Day 1A: 133 entries / 20 advanced (ITM) Day 1B: 157 entries / 24 advanced (ITM) Day 1C: 56 entries / 9 advanced (ITM)

Day 2 starting blinds: 2,000-5,000, 5,000 ante Starting stack: 30,000 Chips in play: 10,380,000

100,000 ante

Heads up between William Bolton and Guiyang Wang. Up for grabs is the US$ 20,615 champion’s purse and of course one of the coolest trophies, the PokerStars Spade. Bolton is ahead with 5,900,000, Guiyang Wang with 4,400,000.

80,000 ante

All in preflop, Daoxing Chen with K♠ 9♦ and is at risk against Guiyang Wang’s A♦ T♣ . The board runs A♦ 6♠ T♠ T♥ 4♥ . Chen is eliminated.

40,000 ante

First hand of the final table, Choong Hwang falls to Armon Van Wijk with J♠ J♦ standing solid against A♠ T♥ . The board was K♠ Q♣ T♣ 5♣ 7♦ .

40,000 ante

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19:55: Xinan Zou eliminated in 10th place - US$ 1,670 Level 25: 20,000-40,000, 40,000 ante

Xinan Zou all in preflop with A♥ T♠ , Guiyang Wang calls with T♥ T♣ . With the board running 4♣ 8♠ 5♥ 4♠ 6♦ , no hits for Zou to miss the final table by one spot.

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19:40: Another good pot for Hwang Level 24: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante

With 200,000 in the middle and a flop T♣ {9h] T♥ , Choong Hwang bets the pot and utg Eric Wasylenko tank-calls. On the turn 3♦ , no brakes for Hwang who jams, Wasylenko quickly folds. Hwang shows T♦ trips.

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19:20: Choong Hwang shoves everyone out Level 24: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante

Under the gun Xinshuo Xu limps, Yuwei Pan raises to 90,000, button Armon Van Wijk three-bets to 215,000, big blind Choong Hwang shoves, no callers.

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19:15: Guiyang Wang four-bets shoves Chen Level 24: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante

Big stacks Guiyang Wan and Daoxing Chen battle for pot that grew to 175,000 before the flop 8♣ A♠ 7♣ . Wan bets, Chen raises to 500,000, Wan shoves, Chen has a big stack but is covered. He opts to fold.

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19:00: Pheeratham Lerdthammatavee eliminated in 12th place - US$ 1,448 Level 24: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante

Chip leader Guiyang Wang soars to 2,000,000 after railing Pheeratham Lerdthammatavee in 12th place. He is the overwhelming chip leader with 11 remaining.

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18:45: Jin Bo eliminated in 14th place - US$ 1,279 Level 24: 15,000-30,000, 30,000 ante

Jin Bo pushes all in with Ace-Four and runs into a player’s Ace-King to bust in 14th place. He earns US$ 1,279.

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18:00: Xixiang Luo eliminated in 16th place - - US$ 1,152 Level 22: 10,000-20,000, 20,000 ante

End of the road for Chinese pro Xixiang Luo who shoves with A♠ Q♠ then misses the board 3♥ 9♦ 3♣ 5♣ K♥ for Guiyang Wan’s {10d T♥ to hold and ship it.

20,000 ante

Vietnam’s Bien Mai will not be bringing home a back to back here at the NagaWorld Kickoff having just busted in 17th place to Armon Van Wijk. His final hand was all in on a flop 4♦ K♠ T♥ with Q♠ J♥ open ended, Van Wijk had K♣ 3♠ top pair. The turn 8♥ and river 7♦ were no help to Mai.

12,000 ante

6,000 ante

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China’s Guiyang Wang overcame the swings at heads up against William Bolton to capture the NagaWorld Kickoff Event title and PokerStars Spade Trophy! Impressively, Wang turned his US$ 350 buy in into a hefty US$ 20,615.

From the start, Wang was a force to reckon. He bagged the chip lead at Day 1A, entered Day 2 running third in chips, then held the top rank for nearly the entire stretch. Out of the numerous heads he claimed was Chinese pro Xixiang Luo in 16th place. Congratulations to the newest APPT champion!

120,000 ante

William Bolton picks up a few pots to jump ahead in the counts. His first pot saw Guiyang Wang raise to 260,000, Bolton calls. On the flop Q♦ 9♥ A♣ , Bolton check-called 350,000. On the turn, Wang bet 800,000, Bolton check-raised all in for a total of 2,260,000, Wang folded.

Another big pot was built of around 1,300,000 on a board of Q♦ Q♥ 6♦ T♣ 4♠ . Wang bet 600,000, Bolton called. Wang showed T♥ 3♥ two pair, Bolton had A♣ A♥ for a higher two pair.

120,000 ante

The final hand has been dealt. William Bolton all in with A♠ 9♥ , Guiyang Wang ahead in chips and in hand with A♥ J♠ , the board runs T♣ 6♣ T♥ 8♠ 2♦ . Bolton is out in 2nd place.

100,000 ante

The pot built up to 925,000 and the board was 9♥ 2♦ 8♠ 2♠ . Guiyang Wan bet 700,000, William Bolton check-called. On the river 4♥ , both players checked. Bolton had K♥ 9♣ top pair, Wan shipped it with T♠ T♥ .

100,000 ante

Guiyang Wangis clearly the aggressor, entering nearly every hand with a raise. He grinds to retake the lead and is up 6,300,000 to Bolton’s 4,000,000.

120,000 ante

On a board 6♦ Q♦ 5♦ 3♣ and 700,000 in the pot, Guiyang Wang bet 625,000, William Bolton check-called. On the river 9♥ both checked. Bolton had Q♥ 8♥ top pair, Wang shipped it with Q♣ Q♠ set.