NAGAWORLD Kickoff ($400)

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.

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.

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.