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2025.02.11 - 2025.02.13Add to Calendar

World Poker Tour

Manuel Carvalho

Portugal

Blind level

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Entries

20/153

Total Chips

6,120,000

Average

306,000

D1C

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/12/2025, 6:57:45 PM

Manuel Carvalho Tops 8 Max Survivor D1C

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Manuel Carvalho

Fresh off a runner up finish in the SHR Warm Up, Manuel Carvalho used the remaining afternoon to jump in the 8 Max Survivor $2K Bounty final heat, and come out with the lead, with a massive 830,000 stack onto Day 2.

Day 1C brought in an additional 154 entries, bringing the total attendance to 482 and the prize pool past its guarantee at $227,513. Twenty more survivors advanced to the next round, and are bound to join the 41 qualifiers already on the hunt. Carvalho ranks just below Day 1A chip leader Ankit Wadhawan across the overall order, followed by both Jordy Vleugels with 593,000, and Yiannis Liperis with 586,000, to round up the flight's top three counts.

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).

Final Day action kicks off this Thursday, February 13th, 11:30, local time, with all Day 1 survivors returning to the felt already guaranteed a payday. Stay tuned for updates as SMP brings you all the latest directly off the floor!

8 Max Survivor 2K Bounty

Date/s: February 11-13, 2025

Buy-in: $1,000

Guarantee: $200,000

Entries: 482

Prize pool: $227,513

ITM: 61 places

Day 1A: 136 entries, 17 qualified

Day 1B: 192 entries, 24 qualified

Day 1C: 154 entries, 20 ITM

Day 2 /Final: Thursday, February 13

SMPSMP

2/12/2025, 6:56:48 PM

Day1C Ends - 20 Survivors

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Player	Chips
MC Manuel CarvalhoPortugal	830,000(69 BB)
JV Jordy VleugelsBelgium	593,000(49 BB)
YL Yiannis LiperisCyprus	586,000(49 BB)
AK Amit KaushikIndia	493,000(41 BB)
ST Sertac TurkerTurkey	411,000(34 BB)
YS Yunsheng SunChina	401,000(33 BB)
TM Thor Morstoel	397,000(33 BB)
AV Armon Van WijkAustralia	373,000(31 BB)
NG Nikolai Guliaev	350,000(29 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	316,000(26 BB)
AP Abhishek PaulIndia	242,000(20 BB)
PJ Philip JoyceUnited Kingdom	232,000(19 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	218,000(18 BB)
FB Fernando BorgesBrazil	206,000(17 BB)
MS Martin SedlakGermany	147,000(12 BB)
MH Mostafa HaidaryAustralia	104,000(9 BB)
IF Ilya FirstovKazakhstan	91,000(8 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	42,000(4 BB)
GT Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom	40,000(3 BB)
PH Paul HoferAustria	32,000(3 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/12/2025, 6:43:36 PM

Mostafa Haidary Continues to Hang On

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Mostafa Haidary

Mostafa Haidary flicked in his last 40,000 (3 BB) utg+1 and was called by Manuel Carvalho on the small blind.

In for a race, Haidary remained in his seat, having ran a straight on board K♠ 2♦ 5♦ 4♠ 3♣ to bank the win.

Player	Hand	Chips
MH Mostafa HaidaryAustralia	A♣6♣ UTG+1	104,000(9 BB)
MC Manuel CarvalhoUnited States of America	T♥8♦ SB	714,000(60 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/12/2025, 5:49:43 PM

Manuel Carvalho Extends Lead Further

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Manuel Carvalho

Back to back pots went in Manuel Carvalho's way, keeping him in the current lead with a healthy 69 big blind chip count.

Two more eliminations are due before the flight wraps up with 20 survivors advancing to the final battle.

Player	Chips
MC Manuel CarvalhoUnited States of America	686,000(69 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/12/2025, 5:43:17 PM

Chip Count Update

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Player	Chips
MC Manuel CarvalhoUnited States of America	565,000(57 BB)
YS Yunsheng SunChina	540,000(54 BB)
YL Yiannis LiperisCyprus	460,000(46 BB)
NG Nikolai Guliaev	453,000(45 BB)
TM Thor Morstoel	414,000(41 BB)
AV Armon Van WijkAustralia	408,000(41 BB)
ST Satac Turker	408,000(41 BB)
MS Martin SedlakGermany	330,000(33 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	260,000(26 BB)
AP Abhishek PaulIndia	230,000(23 BB)
AK Amit KaushikIndia	228,000(23 BB)
SR Shmuel Rechor	225,000(23 BB)
MH Mostafa HaidaryAustralia	192,000(19 BB)
FB Fernando BorgesBrazil	190,000(19 BB)
IF Ilya FirstovKazakhstan	186,000(19 BB)
RK Ran KollerIsrael	170,000(17 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	157,000(16 BB)
PJ Philip JoyceUnited Kingdom	153,000(15 BB)
JV Jordy VleugelsBelgium	153,000(15 BB)
PH Paul Hofer	131,000(13 BB)
GT Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom	96,000(10 BB)
ZZ Ziad ZebibUnited States of America	91,000(9 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/12/2025, 4:40:25 PM

Top Pair Good for Manuel Carvalho

Level 15: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Abhishek Paul opened 12,000 utg and was joined by Manuel Carvalho two seats behind.

On board 5♦ Q♦ K♥ 9♠ , Paul check called two streets - 17,000 and 55,000, and arrived at showdown after Carvalho checked back river 2♣ .

Paul showed busted draw 8♦ 6♦ , leaving Carvalho's top pair K♣ 7♣ good for the win.

Player	Chips
MC Manuel CarvalhoUnited States of America	258,000(52 BB)
AP Abhishek PaulIndia	114,000(23 BB)