Anton Poliakov Bags Flight B Chip Lead

That's it! NagaWorld Kick Off entry flights are a wrap! Flight B drew 75 entries with 12 advancing to the ITM round. At the helm was Anton Poliakov with 393,000 (49 bb). This earned Poliakov second in the overall Final Day lineup below the big chip leader Li Qi.
The players return on Saturday, November 16 at 11:30am for the final race to the title and the USD 17,700 top prize.
End of Flight B - 12 Players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
393,000(49 BB) | |
FL Frank Lillis | 315,000(39 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 232,000(29 BB) |
KA Konstantin Anokhin | 199,000(25 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 190,000(24 BB) |
CL Chi Ling Tsang | 150,000(19 BB) |
WK Wooseok Kim | 144,000(18 BB) |
DD Dorian Debals | 139,000(17 BB) |
AB Andrei Budykin | 126,000(16 BB) |
MT Maxime Tantaro | 123,000(15 BB) |
MS Manabu Sato | 122,000(15 BB) |
109,000(14 BB) |
Cheng Zhang Bubbles!

Cheng Zhang three-bets all in for his last 8 bb and gets the harsh boot on the bubble against Frank Lillis's big pair.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
FL Frank Lillis | K♠K♥ | 315,000(39 BB) |
CZ Cheng Zhang (4) | 8♦8♠ | busted |
Double Up For Andrei Budykin

Preflop betting war begins with Itsuki Homma raising 12,000, Andrei Budykin three-bets 40,000, Homma four-bets it all and covers Budykin who risks it anyway.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AB Andrei Budykin | Q♠Q♦ | 163,000(27 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | A♠J♣ | 159,000(27 BB) |
Rindra Norodom Jams Into Aces

Rindra Norodom three-bets his last 6 bb into initial raiser Dorian Debals pocket aces. No help comes to fall three spots to the money
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
DD Dorian Debals | A♣A♦ | 143,000(24 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | K♠Q♣ | busted |
No Luck For The Short Stack

Short stacked Youngjo Cheong goes all in for his last 7 bb and falls to Maxime Tantaro's better kicker.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MT Maxime Tantaro | A♠8♠ BB | 131,000(22 BB) |
YC Youngjo Cheong | A♥7♥ UTG+1 | busted |
Chip Counts - 16 Remain

16 players remaining, 12 to ITM
Player | Chips |
---|---|
310,000(52 BB) | |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 227,000(38 BB) |
FL Frank Lillis | 210,000(35 BB) |
KA Konstantin Anokhin | 175,000(29 BB) |
WK Wooseok Kim | 170,000(28 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 166,000(28 BB) |
CL Chi Ling Tsang | 138,000(23 BB) |
MS Manabu Sato | 137,000(23 BB) |
135,000(23 BB) | |
DD Dorian Debals | 97,000(16 BB) |
AB Andrei Budykin | 93,000(16 BB) |
MT Maxime Tantaro | 86,000(14 BB) |
CZ Cheng Zhang (4) | 80,000(13 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 57,000(10 BB) |
BM Bruno Moyse | 45,000(8 BB) |
YC Youngjo Cheon | 40,000(7 BB) |
New Blinds, Only 4 Busts to ITM
Players have now entered Level 17. Only 16 players remain on the hunt for a spot in the ITM round with only 12 players guaranteed a spot.
Small Pair Holds For Manabu Sato

Konstantin Anokhin starts off with a 10,000 raise only to get repopped all in for 105,000 but Bruno Moyse. Big blind Manabu Sato risks his remaining 60,000, back to Anokhin who opts to step away.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MS Manabu Sato | 5♥5♦ BB | 137,000(27 BB) |
BM Bruno Moyse | A♠K♥ UTG | 45,000(9 BB) |
KA Konstantin Anokhin | UTG | 175,000(35 BB) |
Xiaosheng Zheng Takes It On a Four-Bet

Xiaosheng Zheng opens 10,000, Maxime Tantaro brings it up to 30,000, Zheng answers with a four-bet jam of 200,000, Tantaro gives it up.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 246,000(49 BB) |
MT Maxime Tantaro | 96,000(19 BB) |
Kay Fahrmann's Kicker Plays

Kay Fahrmann bumps it up to 8000 then calls Wipat Udomkanjanan's 30,500 all in. Fahrmann has the better kicker and holds for the win and the boot.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
A♦Q♥ HJ | 145,000(36 BB) | |
WU Wipat Udomkanjananan | A♠6♦ SB | busted |
Cheng Zhang's Ducks Prevail

Cheng Zhang unloads it all from utg for 62,000 and small blind Li Qinglin joins in with 39,500. At the runout, ducks stay afloat to send one of the running.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
CZ Cheng Zhang (4) | 2♥2♦ UTG | 109,500(27 BB) |
LQ Li Qinglin | A♦Q♠ SB | busted |
Top 5 Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DD Dorian Debals | 110,000(73 BB) |
MT Maxime Tantaro | 95,000(63 BB) |
90,000(60 BB) | |
MS Manabu Sato | 90,000(60 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 87,000(58 BB) |
YC Yuyuan Chen | 85,000(57 BB) |
Azizjon Rakhimov Wins The Flip
Azizjon Rakhimov open shoves his last 12,000 with a pocket pair and Wooseok Kim calls with overcards. At the runout, Kim pays for missing the board completely.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | T♣T♦ | 26,500(18 BB) |
WK Wooseok Kim | A♦J♠ | 50,000(33 BB) |
Hieu Ngo Busts To Konstantin Anokhin

Hieu Ngo calls the all in to his doom with Konstantin Anokhin ahead by a point.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KA Konstantin Anokhin | A♦K♦ | 88,000(59 BB) |
HN Hieu Ngo | A♠Q♠ | busted |
Flight B Closes At 75 Entries
That's it! Registration for the NagaWorld Kick Off has closed. Flight B drew 75 entries with 12 players advancing to the ITM round. We will have the official prize pool as it is definitely well beyond the USD 50,000 guarantee.
Adrien Berger Cleans Up With Aces
Adrien Berger three-bet all in and Chaiksu Deep Raina calls. Berger's aces hold to collect all of Raina's chips.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
CD Chakshu Deep Raina | A♣K♦ | busted |
AB Adrien Berger | A♦A♣ | 60,000(60 BB) |
Dorian Debals Outkicks And Kicks Out One

Catching the action on the turn with 14,000 in the pot and a board Q♥ 7♦ A♣ 4♣ . Dorian Deblas pushes with A♦ K♥ and his challenger risks it with less chips and lower kicker A♥ 9♠ . The river T♠ changes nothing for Debals to ship it and boot one.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DD Dorian Debals | 80,000(80 BB) |
Chung Ik Lee Sends Ron Tate Tanking
On a raise pot pre flop, three players stare down a flop 3♥ Q♣ K♠ . Big blind Ron Tate jumps out with 2000 bet that's called by Chung Ik Lee while Aleksei Ignatev folds. Tate pumps up the pot some more on the turn K♦ with a 2200 bet, Lee calls to bring the river T♠ . Tate backs down and checks, Tate has the chips but tanks for a couple of minutes then folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CI Chung Ik Lee | 28,000(28 BB) |
RT Ronald Tate | 23,000(23 BB) |
Top Stacks At The End Of Level 5

Player | Chips |
---|---|
BM Bruno Moyse | 68,000(113 BB) |
AB Andrei Budykin | 66,700(111 BB) |
JS Jigme Shepra | 57,300(96 BB) |
55,000(92 BB) | |
HT Honghai Tran | 53,000(88 BB) |
47,000(78 BB) | |
MS Manabu Sato | 44,500(74 BB) |
SN Stefan Nagl | 38,000(63 BB) |
37,400(62 BB) | |
37,300(62 BB) |
Andrei Budykin Betting In Position

Four players in a raised pot see the cards land A♠ 8♠ 5♠ . Action checks around to the button Andrei Budykin and he bets 500. This gets a call from two players to the turn Q♠ . Budykin bets 800 and this time wins the pot uncontested.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Andrei Budykin | 73,000(183 BB) |
AV Anzhela Vasylenko | 30,000(75 BB) |
Flight B Is Underway
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Andrei Budykin | 30,000(100 BB) |
AV Anzhela Vasylenko | 30,000(100 BB) |
HK Hyunseo Koo | 30,000(100 BB) |
30,000(100 BB) | |
LS Lim Soo Ghee | 30,000(100 BB) |
SN Stefan Nagl | 30,000(100 BB) |
RJ Rintalahti Jussi | 30,000(100 BB) |