After the deal both players go on a raising spree. Itsuki Homma wins the first hand to take the lead. Next hand, Park four-bets all in with 3♦ J♠ , Homma calls with T♦ 9♣ , the board runs J♦ 8♣ 7♠ 3♥ Q♦ . Homma burns top pair on the river with a straight to lift his first ever PokerStars spadie. This was also Homma's career first live title and high score of US$ 14,3500.

Runner up Sejun Park missed out on the trophy but earned a healthy payout as well.

The final two players quickly reach a deal guaranteeing each player the same amount of US$ 14,350 each. Game will continue for the coveted PokerStars spadie.

From the small blind, Xiaosheng Zheng looks down at 5♦ 6♦ and raises 500,000. Big blind Itsuki Homma calls then calls Zheng's remaining 35,000 on the flop J♦ 8♥ 7♣ . Zheng has an open ended and is up against Homma's A♥ K♠ . Zheng's window of hopes thins on the turn K♣ and with the river 7♥ , Zheng falls in 3rd place.

Xiaosheng Zheng raises 200,000, Itsuki Homma calls from the small blind, Zheng then c-bets the flop K♦ 3♠ K♥ . Homma check-calls to see the turn A♣ . Both players tap the green and the river is dealt 6♦ . Homma checks once more, Zheng bets 350,000, Homma calls to see. Zheng flips open Q♣ J♠ queen high, Homma drags in the pot with Q♦ Q♥ as Zheng drops to 7 bb.

Itsuki Homma defends the big blind then calls Xiaosheng Zheng's 150,000 c-bet on a flop 2♥ 5♦ Q♦ . No action on the turn Q♠ to bring the river 9♥ . Following a check, Homma jams 1,195,000 and wins the pot uncontested.

From button position, Xiaosheng Zheng min-raises and big blind Sejun Park defends then both check the flop 7♣ 6♣ 6♦ . Betting resumes on the turn 2♦ with Zheng laying out 250,000, Park check-raises 500,000, Zheng tanks for one time bank then calls for the river K♥ . Following another check from Park, Zheng bets 700,000, this time it's Park that tanks then soon lets it go.

Sejun Park min-raises from small blind and goes to the flop with big blind caller Xiaosheng Zheng. Both check to the turn 3♥ A♣ 4♥ Q♦ , Park bets 225,000, Zheng calls. On the river A♦ it is back to checking. Park shows K♠ 4♦ two pair which is good for the win.

Jean Testa goes all in for his last 705,000 with a strong A♥ K♣ , Xiaosheng Zheng calls with A♦ T♥ . When the board runs T♠ 7♥ 7♠ 8♠ 8♣ , Testa is outdrawn to settle for 4th place.

Down to 6 bb, Li Qi tosses it in with K♣ J♦ to battle with and goes bust against caller Xiaosheng Zheng whose A♠ Q♠ stays ahead on a board 7♥ Q♦ 8♦ T♣ 6♣ .

Li finishes in 5th place.

Facing a three-bet shove, short stacked Itsuki Homma takes the risk, and after initial raiser Sejun Park folds, the cards are flipped.

Li Qi: K♠ Q♠

Itsuki Homma: 4♣ 4♠

The board lands T♠ 2♠ T♦ 3♦ T♣ earning Homma a double up.

On a raised pot preflop, Sejun Park leads out 125,000 on a flop 2♣ 2♠ 5♣ , aggressor Li Qi jams 2,400,000 and covers Park who makes the call with less behind.

Sejun Park: Q♥ Q♦

Li Qi: Q♣ 9♣

With the turn 2♦ and river 5♦ , Li misses the flush to pay up and drop below 11 bb. Park, on the other, soars to the top of the counts

Xiaosheng Zheng bumps it up to 150,000 and Sejun Park takes interest from the big blind. Zheng continues 125,000 at the flop T♦ 2♥ 5♥ and Park joins to the turn T♣ . Both players check it and the river comes 8♠ . Park leads out 250,000, Zheng snap-calls,

Park shows 2♦ 9♦ that is way behind Zheng's K♣ K♥.

After a failed push that cost Romain Bailleul half of his stack, he shoves with K♣ J♠ and falls to Sejun Park's A♥ T♥ with the board running 2♠ J♣ A♠ 7♠ 2♥ .

Zheng is ahead all the way to claim a full reload.

Three players in a limped pot check to the turn Q♠ 8♠ 5♣ 2♦ . Action is checked to button player Li Qi who bets 145,000, only big blind Romain Bailleul calls and does the same on the river 7♠ calling Li's 250,000 bet. Li flips open T♠ 9♠ flush and wins a good pot.

Hironori Yamada is down again, this time with just 9 bb. He sends it in holding A♦ 9♥ only to run into Jean Testa's A♥ K♥ . With the board running Q♠ K♣ 6♥ 4♣ 6♦ , Yamada goes down in 7th place.

After losing a majority of his stack to Li Qi, Anton Poliakov three-bets all in with 7♣ 7♦ and initial raiser Sejun Park calls with Q♥ T♥ . With the board running 3♦ 2♠ T♣ 2♣ 3♣ , Park spikes a higher pair to dust Poliakov in 8th place.

Four players in a limped pot see a board 2♦ 9♠ J♥ . From utg, Li Qi bets 60,000 and only loses one player to the turn 5♦ . Li fires again for 110,000, only Anton Poliakov calls, and the river comes K♥ . Following Li's check, Poliakov jams it, Li calls with less. Poliakov flips open K♠ J♠ two pair , Li has 5♥ 5♣ trips for the double up.

With Bailleul on fire, landing trips Kings, Zhang goes bust in 9th place

Three players in a raised pot see a flop 8♥ Q♣ 6♦ . Anton Poliakov c-bets 85,000 and the two players stick with him then they all check the turn T♣ . On the river 2♠ , Bailleul leads out 200,000, Poliakov folds while Hironori Yamada decides to call after tanking for a minute.

Yamada shows K♠ Q♠ top pair, Bailleul flips open 7♦ 9♠ straight to take it down.

From the big blind, Romain Bailleul defends by calling Xiaosheng Zheng's 60,000 raise. Both players check to the turn A♠ 6♣ J♥ 6♥ . Zheng bets 65,000, Bailleul calls it again to bring the river 4♥ . Zheng checks, Bailleul sends out 100,000, Zheng makes the call then mucks to Q♥ T♥ flush.

Anton Poliakov opens 60,000 then calls Emad Zarghami's shove for 175,000. Zarghami is ahead A♣ T♦ against Poliakov's A♠ 3♦ , but with the board running 5♦ 5♣ 2♣ 4♥ 7♣ , Poliakov has the straight to bounce out Zarghami.

Hironori Yamada opens from utg, Xiaosheng Zheng calls, then both check to the turn 6♣ Q♣ A♣ A♦ . Yamada resumes sending out 35,000, Zheng check-raises 75,000, Yamada calls. The river T♣ Zheng takes control and fires 100,000 which is enough to win it uncontested.

Ailing Ari Kumpumaki goes all in with 3♣ 4♣ and falls to Romain Bailleul's K♥ 7♥ on a board J♥ 7♠ 3♦ A♣ 2♠ . Kumpumaki finishes in 11th place.

Hironori Yamada opens from utg, Xiaosheng Zheng calls, then both check to the turn 6♣ Q♣ A♣ A♦ . Yamada resumes sending out 35,000, Zheng check-raises 75,000, Yamada calls. The river T♣ Zheng takes control and fires 100,000 which is enough to win it uncontested.

He Zhou finds help with her last 5 bb winning a full boost with J♥ 8♥ landing a boat against Emad Zarghami's 9♦ 9♥ on a board 6♥ J♦ 6♠ J♠ 7♠ .

The next showdown though, her A♠ 6♣ push is called by Hironori Yamada with 9♦ 9♥ and this time the pocket pair prevails on a board 4♥ 6♦ 7♦ 4♣ 3♦ . Zhou finishes in 12th place.

On a raised pot preflop, Emad Zarghami calls Anton Poliakov's 25,000 c-bet on the flop T♠ 2♠ T♦ . Both tap felt on the turn J♥ then Poliakov resumes with 50,000, Zarghami raises it to 100,000, Poliakov calls it then shows 7♦ 2♥ two pair. Zarghami's J♦ 9♣ higher two pair collects the pot.

David Mendez three-bets all in for his last 12 bb with 3♦ 3♥ up against caller Sejun Park's A♥ K♥ . When the board runs T♣ 4♠ 4♦ T♥ Q♣ , Mendez hand is counterfeit to go bust in 13th place.

Li Qi finds two customers to join to the flop K♦ 3♥ 4♥ then c-bets 70,000. Only Sejun Park calls then both check the turn 5♣ . The rive 6♥ sees Li bang out 75,000, Park calls then mucks to 2♣ 2♠ .

With the turn Q♦ and river 7♦ , Saito falls flat in 15th place.

Lei Zhang defends the big blind by calling Hironori Yamada's 40,000 raise. Zhang check-calls 25,000 c-bet on a flop 8♦ T♠ K♦ then check-raises all in on the turn 4♣ . Yamada tanks then folds after a time-bank giving up the additional 100,000 bet.

Short stacked Ari Kumpumaki is down to 14 bb and found a spot to send it all in when he dealt A♠ K♦ . However, he isn't out of the woods yet as Romain Bailleul makes the call with K♥ J♥ . With the board running 6♠ K♣ 6♥ 9♣ 2♠ , Kumpumaki gets the double.

Unfortunately we missed the hand that eliminated Methavee Taveekitvatee with all of her chips sent to Sejun Park. Park is now the chip leader with over a million in chips.

Methavee Taveekitvatee is out in 16th place for US$ 1,190.

Sejun Park bumps it up to 32,000 and big blind Li Qi defends. On the flop 7♥ J♦ 8♠ , Li takes control with a 29,000 bet but folds up when Park drops a 70,000 raise.

Qi Dong three-bet shoves 233,000 and initial raiser Romain Bailleul snap-calls. Qi is behind A♣ Q♥ against Bailleul's A♥ K♠ , however that changes on the flop T♠ Q♦ A♠ for an instant top two for Qi The turn 5♥ keeps it the same then the river J♥ isn't what Qi wanted to see to bust to Bailleul's straight.

Itsuki Homma brings it up to 42,000, big blind David Mendez defends. At the flop 3♣ 7♣ 6♥ , Mendez check-calls 33,000 and they head to the turn 5♠ that's checked and checked on the river J♥ as well. Mendez shows 2♠ 2♦ and it's good to win the pot.

Facing a raise from Jean Testa, small blind Frank Lillis three-bets all in for 257,000 with J♠ 9♠ . Testa does not hesitate to call and shows a dominating K♥ K♣ . The board runs flat for Lillis 6♥ 3♦ 2♠ 7♦ A♣ to exit the tournament.

Li is completely bluffing and fails as the turn A♦ and river 8♥ complete the board.

Anton Poliakov has three callers to his 32,000 raise then all check to the turn 6♥ 8♠ 6♣ 8♦ . Small blind Itsuki Homma leads out 44,000, only Poliakov calls for the river 8♣ . Homma checks it then folds to Poliakov's 200,000 bet.

Jean Testa opens 30,000 then c-bets 43,000 on the flop 2♠ T♦ 3♥ . Caller Methavee Taveekitvatee check-folds.

Sejun Park opens 25,000, Li Qi calls, then Jean Testa three-bets it all for 179,000 to continue. No takers.

Action folds to the blinds, Steffen Endres limps in and gets to see the flop cheap with big blind Emad Zarghami checking. The cards land 6♣ J♠ K♥ , Endres leads out 14,000 and is called. Same action the turn 6♦ with Endres's 35,000 bet called by Zarghami.

However on the river 6♥ , with Endres laying out 105,000, Zarghami shoves his massive stack, sending Endres deep in the tank. After using three time banks, Endres lets it go.

Zarghami distances himself from the field with 1,000,000 in chips.

With the river 7♣ , Dedinas is eliminated.

Shuffle up and deal! Cards are now flying at the final day of the NagaWorld Kick Off with 39 players on the hunt for the title and the US$ 17,700 top prize. Stick with us here as we bring you updates from start to finish.

The Grand Ballroom of NagaWorld will once again be buzzing with poker chips shuffling around the felt as the final 39 players return for APPT Cambodia's opening event - NagaWorld Kick Off.

Attracting 254 entries across two flights, the $50K guarantee was easily exceeded. The remaining players are now looking to rake in the largest piece of the USD 86,726 prize pool.

Leading the way is Flight A leader Li Qi with 599,000 (75 bb). He has a sizable 26 bb advantage over second ranked Anton Poliakov 393,000 (49 bb) who bagged the Flight B chip lead.

Also returning is Armon Van Wijk, though with just 69,000 (9 bb). Van Wijk placed 5th in this event last year. Another returnee is Xiaosheng Zheng with 232,000 (29 bb) looking to better his past result of 19th place. Zheng has been had plenty of success in the Asian circuit this year and even secured his career second six figure payout in Cambodia last July.

The final day gets underway at 11:30am. Players are guaranteed a minimum USD 590 while waiting up top for the eventual champion is USD 17,700.

SMP will bring you live updates from start to finish.

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