NAGAWORLD Kickoff ($500)

The NagaWorld Kickoff flights are done and dusted with 13 Flight B survivors out of the 89 runners booking their ticket to the money round. Turkey's Salih Kaya came out on top with 394,000 (49 bb) followed by Vietnamese heavy-hitter Van Tien Dinh with 324,000 (40 bb). The game resumes on Saturday, May 3 with 31 players returning. We will have the official prize pool and payouts posted once it has been released.

Following Pham Bao's 16,000 raise, small blind Kotaro Uchida three-bets 35,000. Pham calls to take the battle to the flop 5♦ 3♦ Q♠ . Both players check to the turn J♥ . No more checking for Uchida who slides out 33,000 and wins the pot with Pham giving up his hand.

With Chen holding an ace, his hand was ahead though Zhou had live cards. When the board ran out 5♠ A♣ T♠ 6♣ 2♦ , Chen stayed ahead throughout to clean out Zhou.

With only folds before him, cutoff player Jussi Rintalahati raises to 4500 and gets action from button player Kotaro Uchida. Both players check down a ten-high flop T♦ 9♠ 2♦ then go at it on the turn 3♦ with Rintalahati betting 6000 and Uchida raising to 15,000. Rintalahati flats and the dealer flips open the river Q♥ . Rintalahati slides out 10,000, Uchida pays to see his hand, Rintalahati shows K♥ J♦ straight and claims the pot.