NAGAWORLD Kickoff ($500)

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.

Oleksandr Humeiuk opens from under the gun for 12,000 and big blind Xiangshun Li won't let him by without a challenge. After the call, the flop runs K♥ 8♣ 7♠ where Humeiuk bets 8000 that Li calls again. However on the turn J♠ , Humeiuk's heavier 17,000 but is rejected by Li.