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.

Catching the action on a board showing K♦ 8♦ 4♣ 8♣ T♥ and a big pot in the middle, Xinhong Chen checks then faces a bet of 65,000 from Van Tien Dinh. Chen tanks for some time then finally calls. Dinh flips open A♣ 9♣ and it's good with Chen mucking. Needless to say, the table was shocked. DVT later told SMP that Chen may have had Queen-high.

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.