NAGAWORLD Kickoff ($500)

After the three-way deal, Van Xuan Nguyen went all in with Q♥ 2♣ and fell to Cheuk Wai Wong's A♥ K♥ on a board of T♣ 2♠ A♣ 9♦ 7♣ .

After Adam Lydford's fall, the fina three players agreed on an ICM deal with the Main Event ticket and PS trophy left to play for. Listed below are the guaranteed payouts.

Cheuk Wai Wong - $13,879

Anh Tuan Ho - $13,642

Van Xuan Nguyen - $10,185

Cheng Zhang picked up a couple of pots to rise back to a million. First hand, he raised 120,000 and chip leader Anh Tuan Ho defended his big blind. At the flop 2♦ 5♠ K♣ , Zhang slid out 60,000 that Anh called. Another 200,000 bet on the turn 5♣ by Zhang was rejected by Anh.

On the next winning hand, Zhang defended his big blind by calling Van Xuan Nguyen's 125,000 raise then went aggro on the flop. Nguyen bet 90,000, Zhang check-raised 325,000, Nguyen folded.

With action now moving faster, Cheuk Wai Wong watched his stack drain out by losing his blinds. Back on the big blind again, he shoved his last 620,000 on top of Van Xuan Nguyen's 150,000 raise and won the pot.

Van Xuan Nguyen raises 125,000 from utg then folds to Anh Tuan Ho's 300,000 raise. Nguyen shows A♥ before folding.

Another pot for the leader Anh who three-bet again to 250,000. Initial raiser Cheuk Wai Wong called then folded to the 150,000 c-bet at the flop 4♠ 8♥ 5♣ .

Dinh Van Tien raises 100,000 and gets to see a flop with the blinds tossing in the call. Dinh continues fro 150,000 on a board of 2♣ 7♣ A♦ and only small blind Van Xuan Nguyen wants to see the turn which comes Q♦ . Liking what he sees, Nguyen leads out 165,000 and Dinh calls. With the river 5♦ , both check it then Nguyen wins with A♠ 5♠ .

Down to 250,000 (6 bb), Dinh Van Tien found a spot to send it all in and got called by big blind Van Xuan Nguyen. Dinh showed T♦ T♣ , Nguyen with J♦ 9♦ , the board ran K♥ T♦ 3♥ J♠ 6♠ .

Two hands after, DVT shoved again and Nguyen called again. It was a flip with DVT ahead 9♥ 9♠ against Nguyen's A♦ Q♦ . The board ran out KsKd 8♣ 5♥ 8♥ and DVT shipped another.

The "win all showdowns" player Van Xuan Nguyen picked up a couple of pots and this time there all the chips didn't go in. The first hand was up against Anh Tuan Ho who raised 60,000 then called Nguyen's 150,000 three-bet. When the flop landed Q♠ 2♦ T♦ , Nguyen's 100,000 c-bet was called again by Anh to head to the turn Q♦ . Another barrel from Nguyen for 200,000 this time and it was good enough to rake in the pot.

Immediately following that hand, Nguyen raised 70,000 preflop and won the blinds and ante.

Dinh Van Tien went head to head against Van Xuan Nguyen, both highly aggressive at this six handed table. Dinh raised 50,000 on Nguyen's big blind who defended. At the flop 3♠ 9♦ J♠ , Nguyen check-called a 150,000 continuation bet from Dinh to see the turn 3♥ pair the board. Dinh fired 135,000, this time Nguyen check-raised all in and after a time-bank, Dinh let Nguyen have the pot, saving his last 7 bb.

Next hand Dinh shoves 175,000 and Cheng Zhang isolates. Dinh opens A♥ 5♠ , Zhang is ahead with A♣ Q♣ . The poker gods saved Dinh on a board A♦ 3♦ 5♥ 2♥ 9♠ to sit back down and collect a double up.

With the board running 2♥ 9♥ 5♦ 5♠ 2♣ , the aces hold for another double up to Nguyen.

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.

Van Xuan Nguyen moves nearly all in with a raise of 215,000 leaving just 5000 behind. No one took the challenge to win the blinds and ante. Nguyen showed his A♣ K♣ .

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.

Christian Cloutier has T♥ T♠ and raises to 32,000. Big blind Van Xuan Nguyen calls with J♥ 7♠ and both see a flop 5♠ 6♥ 7♦ . Nguyen checks, Cloutier shoves, Nguyen tank-calls.

Looking bleak for Nguyen with the turn 4♣ but luck finds the river with J♦ showing up and Nguyen celebrates his nth double up as Cloutier gets rivered again.

Banking on momentum, Anh Tuan Ho three-bet Van Xuan Nguyen's cutoff raise of 35,000 making it 126,000 to continue. At the flop A♣ 5♥ 2♠ , Anh fired 50,000, Nguyen opted out. Anh showed A♠ A♦ .

The turn 7♠ and river 5♠ keep Nguyen ahead to collect a double up.

Van Xuan Nguyen has been very active causing his stack to swing. Another winning hand saw him on the button call Salih Kaya's 18,000 raise. At the flop 5♦ Q♣ 6♦ , Kaya's 13,000 continuation bet was met with a 32,000 raise from Nguyen which was good to win the pot.

Stephen Rosenthal opened for 18,000 with T♥ T♠ on hand then calls Van Xuan Nguyen's last 58,000 shove. Nguyen flips over Q♥ T♣ . The flop 9♥ J♥ T♦ improves Rosenthal to a set while Nguyen is given hope with an open-ended that connects on the turn 8♥ . With the river 6♠ , Nguyen breathed a big sigh of relief for surviving.