WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

Short stacked Akash Malik kicks off the hand with a shove of 51,000, Manuel Carvalho calls, then several spots over his nemesis Michael Gathy shoves his big stack that covers both. Carvalho doesn't hesitate to snap-off his big stack as well.

Akash Malik: A♦ T♦

Manuel Carvalho: A♣ Q♥

Michael Gathy: Q♣ Q♠

When the board lands 5♦ 4♦ J♥ 7♥ 3♣ , Carvalho and Malik go bust as Gathy scoops it up.

Manuel Carvalho opens 8500, Juyeol Lee calls, then cutoff Michael Gathy three-bets for 32,000. Action back on Carvalho, he tanks then sends out a four-bet of 75,000. This gets a fold from Lee while Gathy tanks. After a minute or so, Gathy five-bets 138,000 and this time Carvalho tanks. He takes a couple of minutes before giving up his hand and near 19 bigs.

Next hand, Yoon Kang opens 8000 from under the gun and is called by both Gathy and Carvalho. They all check to the turn 9♣ K♦ 7♣ 6♥ . Carvalho leads out 18,000, Kang folds, Gathy calls. The river J♣ sees a larger 53,000 bet from Carvalho, Gathy folds.

On a board showing 2♥ A♣ 8♠ and a huge three-bet pot of 48,000, cutoff player Adrian Garcia bets 6000, lojack Manuel Carvalho check-raises 31,500, Garcia tosses the rest of his chips in.

Garcia is ahead A♥ K♠ with a higher kicker than Carvalho's A♦ 9♥ , however with the turn 9♠ Carvalho improves to two pair that holds to the blank river.

Egidijus Digrys is all-in for a mere 1,700 from under the gun and he is looked up by Georgios Skarparis as well as Georgios Skarparis, which create a larger side pot. Carvalho leads the K♠ 9♥ 3♠ flop for 3,200 and he calls a raise to 10,500 by Skarparis.

After the Q♥ turn, Carvalho jams for 21,700 and Skarparis folds.

Digrys shows A♥ 3♥ and has some outs to beat the K♥ J♥ of Carvalho, but the T♠ river is not among them.

Three players call Manuel Carvalho's raise for a flop 4♣ 9♦ 4♠ . Carvalho continues for 1600, only Georgios Skarparis and Shankui Li call. At the turn J♦ , Carvalho fires 7100, Skarparis makes it 18,500, Li folds and Carvalho quickly gets rid of his cards. Skarparis says "I know you are bluffing."