8 Max Survivor 2K Bounty to ITM ($1,000)

Coming off of a victory in the previous hand, Abhishek Paul three bets 90,000 as a response to Yakiv Syzghanov's 32,000 preflop raise. Seeing Paul's three-bet, Syzghanov four-bet all-in, 341,000 and Paul snap-calls. In the showdown Syzghanov had T♣ T♠ while Paul had Q♣ Q♦ . The board, 9♣ 8♣ 7♣ 9♣ Q♠ gave Paul a full house knocking Syzghanov out.

Abhishek Paul on the button, called Yakiv Syzghanov's preflop raise and Dhaval Mudgal on small-blind called as well. The flop revealed 3♦ J♦ 2♥ . Mudgal check-folded after Syzghanov made a bet of 47,000. Abhishek called to see the turn, 7♥ . Paul raised all-in following Syzghanov's bet of 145,000. Syzghanov folded immediately after Paul goes all-in.

Robert Kiss on the button raised all-in preflop and Yakiv Syzghanov, big-blind, called. The payers faced off with Kiss holding 6♦ 6♠ and Syzghanov holding A♣ T♦ . The board, 3♠ J♠ 2♥ K♦ 4♦ , giving Robert Kiss's pocket sixes the upper hand.

Yakiv Syzghanov on the button three-bets 90,000 following a 32,000 raise by Robert Kiss in high-jack. Kiss calls and the flop brings, 7♥ 4♦ 3♠ . Syzghanov takes the opportunity to pressure Kiss after he checks. Kiss folds handing the pot to Syzghanov

With the turn Q♣ , Syzghanov lands his flush and goes on to win after the river 8♥ doesn't improve Mao.

8 Max Survivor 2K Bounty US$ 200K guarantee in WPT Cambodia saw a grand total of 482 entries. The bustling turnout increased the prize pool to US$ 227,513. Day 2 of the 8 Max Survivor 2K Bounty kicks off at 11:30, local time today, February 13, 2025. 61 players have secured their spot and will be battling it out to be crowned champion. While the top prize is a hefty US$ 46,188, the hunters will be gunning to scalp heads with each bounty earning US$ 2K.

Leading the battle with a chip count of 970,000 is Ankit Wadhawan of India from the Day 1A flight. He had a winning streak in the last hour of the play. Wadhawan sets the bar high with a staggering 970,000 chip count. Wadhawan has already secured three bounty tokens. Wadhawan’s biggest boost of the day came after delivering Karan Sitlani's bubble elimination with pocket kings. 17 survivors from Day 1A out of a total of 136 entries moved on to Day2

Coming in second in chips is Portugal's Manuel Carvalho, who is the chip leader of Day 1C. Carvalho had back-to-back pots go to him towards the bubble time, giving him a comfortable lead towards the end of Day1C. In third and fourth rank of the pecking order are Jordy Vleugels of Germany with 593,000 chips and Yannis Liperis of Cyprus with 586,000 chips. 20 survivors from Day1C out of a total of 154 entries moved on to Day2.

China’s Xin Tang ranked fifth in the overall order with 573,000 chips from Day1B. Tang took the lead after delivering Marc Joseph’s bubble elimination. Three other runners of Day 1B come close having surpassed the 500,000 mark. Ukraine’s Yakiv Syzghanov coming in at a close second with 573,000, China’s Xiaosheng Zheng with 528,000 and David Copeland of Australia with 527,000. 24 survivors from Day1B out of a total of 192 entries moved on to Day 2. Other players to keep an eye on include Amit Kaushik (493,000), Kyle Bao Diep (316,000), Martin Sedlak (147,000), and Ilya Firstov (91,000).

8 Max Survivor 2K Bounty

Date/s: February 11-13, 2025

Buy-in: $1,000

Prize pool: $230,813

Day 1A: 136 entries, 17 qualified

Day 1B: 192 entries, 24 qualified

Day 1C: 154 entries, 20 qualified

Day 2: 61 players

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