The $10,000 heads-up championship concluded last Friday night with 22-year-old Spaniard Adrian Mateos as the champion after defeating highway contractor John Smith, 70, from California in the final round!
Mateos got off to an early lead in the final, however, Smith overtook the lead a few times over the course of the two hour and 15-minute match. In the final hand, Mateos bet 300k and Smith calle[...] Read more » 2017 WSOP: Adrian Mateos Becomes Youngest 3-Time Bracelet Winner In WSOP History!
Joined: May '08
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well what can i say, huge congratulations to adrian mateos, whoever you happen to be, like you self say winning three bracelets is not an easy thing to achieve unless bracelets are being given away for a heads up sng...
In 22 years to get three bracelets is of course very cool .... there was a very good player who I think will dominate in the coming years in the game of poker .... of course it's possible that this is just a successful streak of victories and then everything will be much worse. .. let's see more
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Many congratulations to Adrian Mateos on winning this event and the first prize of $324,470. It is truly remarkable that this guy has won three bracelets at such a young age.
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Thats´s amazing to win the 3rd bracelet with 22 years! And the cash prize over 300k was enough to have some side bets It seems, that he can start a great poke pro career when he played serious in the future. And it give a good motivation for other young players to try a poker career.
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yeah its great for somebody who have only 22 years,to be on such a good strike and to win big amounts!if he continue to play like this,he will have great poker career and he will win some great tournaments!for sure we will read about him in future!
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That is a good record so far. It seems he has a great future in front of him, but then again maybe not Maybe he is, where he is now, being bold so far, like the call he did with 52, chasing s bad flush But it worked out good for him. If you are lucky.....
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Massive well done to Spanish professional poker player Adrián Mateos Díaz who captured his third WSOP bracelet. Life has been treating him very well. He is only 22 years old. His future looks very promising.
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Congratulations Adrian Mateos for winning that event and taking a nice sum of money ... The truth is enviable that there won 3 bracelets, I do not know if it will be a distant dream for some but I think we would all like to enjoy a tournament or Event like this and have the possibility to win hehe
When I was 22 I did not even know what Texas Hold'em is)) .... it was 1994 and then in my country and probably the whole world has not yet been developed online poker ..... and the Internet I have appeared in 2008 and only then I started playing poker online ... now of course another time
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