Blind level
Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Entries
13/89
Total Chips
2,670,000
Average
205,385

Flight B

TriciaTricia
5/2/2025, 6:50:36 PM

Salih Kaya Bags The Lead At Flight B

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Salih Kaya

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.

PlayerChips
SK
394,000(49 BB)
VT
324,000(41 BB)
305,000(38 BB)
GF
291,000(36 BB)
280,000(35 BB)
JJ
Jongbea JangKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
267,000(33 BB)
219,000(27 BB)
SJ
172,000(22 BB)
HJ
Hyungtaek JoKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
124,000(16 BB)
94,000(12 BB)
JP
Jinseong ParkKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
78,000(10 BB)
67,000(8 BB)
56,000(7 BB)
TriciaTricia
5/2/2025, 6:14:23 PM

Kotaro Uchida Pumps Out Big Bets

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Kotaro Uchida

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.

PlayerChips
306,000(38 BB)
190,000(24 BB)
TriciaTricia
5/2/2025, 5:22:09 PM

Double KO For Pham Bao

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Pham Bao

Two players went all in preflop - Itsuki Chiba for 14,500 and Felix Von Rahden for 18,500. Big stacked Pham Bao defended his big blind and spiked a pair for double boot.

PlayerHandChips
A8
CO
busted
A8
SB
busted
QT
BB
354,000(71 BB)
Board:3Q243
TriciaTricia
5/2/2025, 4:39:27 PM

Anzhela Vasylenko Denied The Pot

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
Anzhela Vasylenko

Anzhela Vasylenko defended her big blind by calling Pham Bao's 6000 raise. At the flop 8 9 6 , Vasylenko jammed her last 16,500 and was on the ropes when Bao called.

PlayerHandChips
K6
BB
24,500(10 BB)
KJ
CO
256,000(102 BB)

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.