Day 1
Chang Flops a Set, Claims One Elimination

Nevan Chang raised to 20,000 from under the gun and Kyosuke Nagami defended from the big blind.
Both saw a flop fill out K♦ 8♦ 5♥ , and Nagami checked the action to Chang, who bet 25,000, which Nagami put in a raise to 60,000. However, this didn’t deter Chang from making a three-bet to 125,000 after a long time. Nagami dropped in a call.
The T♣ fell on the turn, where Nagami checked over, and Chang fired out 250,000. Nagami then shoved all in and got snap-called by Chang.
Kyosuke Nagami: Q♥ 8♠
Nevan Chang: 5♠ 5♣
Nagami flopped a pair of eights but he didn’t expect a flopped set of fives from Chang, who picked up the lead. Soon, the dealer delivered the bricky 4♥ on the river, announcing the elimination of Nagami.
Player | Chips |
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NC Nevan Chang | 1,020,000(102 BB) |
KN Kyosuke Nagami | busted |
Ankit Ahjuya Gets Paid on the River

Ankit Ahjuya opened from the button and Nagami defended his big-blind. On K♣ J♦ 7♠ Ahjuya continued with a small bet. Nagami called and the turn brought the 6♣ . Nagami checked and Ahjuya put out a hefty bet of 60,000. Nagami called once more.
On the river appeared the 9♠ , Nagami checked and Ahjuya bet a third time for an amount of 150,000, almost putting Nagami all-in. After using a time bank, Nagami decided to throw in a call and was shown the bad news as he could not beat Ahjuya K♠ J♦ .
Player | Chips |
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620,000(89 BB) | |
KN Kyosuke Nagami | 30,000(4 BB) |
Kyosuke Nagami Gets One Through Against Andersson

From the early-position, Japanese Kyosuke Nagami opened up the action and only got called by Mikael Andersson on the button. The Japanese player checked his option on J♥ 8♦ 3♦ , but when Andersson put out a 12,000 bet, the preflop opener raised to 42,000. Andersson called and both players saw the board pairing 8♣ on the turn. Nagami pushed all-in for 113,000 which was enough to make the Swedish player fold.
Player | Chips |
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MA Mikael Andersson | 280,000(40 BB) |
KN Kyosuke Nagami | 234,000(33 BB) |
Nagami Forced to Fold
Justin Tsui opened the hijack to 7,000 and Kyosuke Nagami called from the button to take it into the streets.
Both read the flop of 5♥ K♦ 4♦ and checked through to see the Q♦ turn, where Tsui bet 15,000. This was enough to make Nagami fold his hand.
Player | Chips |
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KN Kyosuke Nagami | 309,000(103 BB) |
JT Justin Tsui | 272,500(91 BB) |