NAGAWORLD Kickoff ($500)

After the board ran 7♦ A♣ 7♥ K♥ 8♠ , Jang plunged to 15,000. Three hands later, Jang tossed it in with J♠ T♠ and was flipping against caller Adam Lydford's 2♣ 2♦ . But with no help on the board 4♦ A♥ 6♣ 3♠ 5♣ , he exited in 9th place.

The Final Table of the NagaWorld Kickoff is set! One of the nine remaining players will be the first big winner of the festival and collect the $18,203 top prize along with the big spadie on display.

Action folds to the button Jongbea Jang who raises 35,000 but is denied the blinds by folding to big blind Hoseong Ha's 215,000 reraise.

Just before the table broke, Xinhong Chen paid a costly double up to Van Xuan Nguyen to bring his stack down to just 12,000. Moved to a new table, he went all in with A♠ 8♦ and got called by the blinds who both checked down the board A♥ 7♥ 8♣ Q♥ 2♠ . Chen's had won for a triple up.

Two hands after, Chen was on the big blind and got raised to 26,000 by Jongbea Jang. Chen defended leaving 10,000 behind which he pushed on the flop with 6♠ 7♠ flush draw but missed at the runout to fall to overcards.

Catching the action only as Jongbea Jang is shipping it and Oleksandr Humeiuk headed out. While Humeuik's hand had already been mucked, Jang showed a straight to boost his stack to a healthy 50 bigs.