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.

After a raised pot preflop and a checked flop, on the turn board 5♦ 8♣ A♥ 6♥ , Chang Hyeon Kim shoves with T♦ T♥ and chip leader Cheuk Wai Wong shows the goods A♠ 2♠ . Needing to connect to survive, Kim watches the river 9♥ crush his hopes as he falls two spots to the money.

We have now reached the bubble round.

Cheuk Wai Wong calls a raise from Chang Hyeon Kim then bets 12,000 on the flop 9♦ 5♠ 2♦ to take it down without a fight at all.

Still 21 players left. Three busts to the money.