NAGAWORLD Kickoff ($400)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.