NAGAWORLD Kickoff ($500)

After sixteen levels and around 13 minutes into Level 17, Flight A of the APPT Cambodia opener - NagaWorld Kickoff - wrapped up with the final 18 players established. Up top was Hong Kong's Cheuk Wing Wong with a commanding stack of 646,000 (107 bb).

Wong was already leading the pack at the end of registration and continued the momentum, to never be at risk of elimination. To emphasize the enormity of his stack, Wong's closes challenger was Adam Lydford with 350,000 (58 bb) and in third rank was Avneesh Munjal with 314,000 (52 bb).

Also advancing were PokerStars regulars Christian Lortie Cloutier (301,000 - 50 bb) and Joseph Magnotti (138,000 - 23 bb) who delivered the bubble.

Flight A drew 117 entries with 18 headed to Day 2's ITM round. Among the players that missed the mark were Lei Zhang, Adrien Berger, Kyle Bao Diep, and Amir Abbas. They still have a chance with Flight B registration still open.

With just 42,000 behind, Van Tien Dinh goes all with A♥ 7♥ in the hole. Action folds around to the small blind Adam Lydford who well covers Dinh and has J♥ J♦ . Lydford fast-calls.

With the board running 8♦ 7♣ A♦ , Dinh quickly improves to two pair and is in fine shape for a double but that hope quickly vanished on the turn J♠ as Lydford jumped ahead with a set that held on the river 5♥ .