 His total live tournament winnings exceed $1.9 million


In his youth he excelled at Chess and played the World Youth Championship for Portugal as the sub 10 Portuguese Champion.In May 2006, he finished 3rd at the Worlds Heads Up Championship in Barcelona.At the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, he became known as the player who is seen receiving a series of bad beats at the Main Event, which resulted in increasing the stack of the then chip leader Dmitri Nobles.