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

Dhayal Mudgal commited his entire stack of 232,000 preflop and Yiannis Liperis called. Mudgal held A♦ 2♠ and Liperis held J♣ 6♣ . The board K♦ K♠ 5♠ 5♦ Q♦ left Mudgal's high-card to take the pot.

Kyle Bao Diep saw Yiannis Liperis raise 178,000 following his preflop raise of 50,000. Bao Diep hit back by going all-in with 568,000 and Liperis called. Bao Diep held 7♠ 7♣ and Liperis had A♣ J♥ . The board A♠ 5♣ 5♥ 7♥ K♦ gave Bao Diep a full house of sevens full of fives.

Tuan Hung Nguyen raised 32,000 preflop and Yiannis Liperis called. The flop, J♦ 6♦ 8♥ , made Liperis check-raise 87,000 after Hung Nguyen made a bet of 27,000. The turn gave K♣ . Liperis check-folded following Hung Nguyen's bet of 110,000 on the turn.

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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