Adrian Mateos Wins $200K Triton Invitational for $6,370,000

Adrian Mateos crushed it on the ultimate desk of the $200k Triton Invitational on Thursday to win the occasion for $6,370,000.

The event, which started with 137 entrants, had simply 12 remaining gamers when Day 2 started. Maher Nouira held a large chip lead, with Anatoly Zlotnikov, who received a Triton occasion earlier within the Montenegro sequence, in second place. Each gamers reached the ultimate desk, however neither would come out victorious, though they did take dwelling some massive paydays.

Remaining Desk Motion

Isaac Haxton reached the ultimate desk with an opportunity to change into the fourth participant in historical past to document $70 million in The Hendon Mob stay event cashes, To succeed in that milestone, he would have wanted to win the event. As a substitute, he was out in ninth place for $635,000.

Eelis Parssinen was the following out the door in eighth place for $797,000, adopted by Kiat Lee in seventh place for $1,085,000, simply in time for the pay jumps to change into large.

Remaining Desk Outcomes

Nouira, who began the day with the chip lead, ran Jx9x into Ax9x and virtually acquired fortunate when a Jx landed on the flip. However the Ax on the river despatched him dwelling in sixth place for $1,466,000. Zlotnikov’s possibilities of a second Triton title in Montenegro had been erased when he busted in fifth place for $1,890,000.

Andre Berg then moved all in preflop with 6x6x however bumped into Ben Heath’s JxJx. Berg, whose earlier largest stay event money went for simply $34,000, acquired a little bit of a sweat on the flip when he picked up a straight draw. However he bricked the river to bust in fourth place for $2,357,000.

Alexey Lozuyk, nevertheless, was the chip chief when three-handed play started, however the common stack was simply 23 massive blinds. Heath, the smallest stack, would quickly get his chips in towards Mateos in a race, one which went the latter’s method, sending Heath to the rails in third place for $2,877,000.

Lozuyk held the chip lead when heads-up play started, however by the slimmest of margins. Mateos would shortly take a large chip lead earlier than transferring all in with A♦6♦ solely to be properly behind Lozuyk’s A♣J♥.

With the chip lead on the road — and the event for Lozuyk — the board ran out 6♣9♦A♥Q♦3♣, which ended the Invitational on a foul beat. Lozuyk needed to accept second place and $4,316,000, whereas Mateos collected $6,370,000 and added to his future Poker Corridor of Fame resume.

Mateos now has over $62 million in stay event cashes. which incorporates 4 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelets. The Spanish poker legend practically doubled his earlier event excessive rating, and he jumps from tenth to seventh place on Hendon Mob’s all-time cash record.

*Photographs courtesy of Triton Poker.