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.

Vasylenko was ahead with a pair but Pham had a flush draw. The turn 8♣ paired the board and with the river 9♦ , Vasylenko's pair was canceled out for a split pot.