It’s a feat so uncommon that solely a handful of poker legends have pulled it off and now Adrián Mateos has added his title to the record.
Along with his fifth World Collection of Poker bracelet secured 10 days earlier than turning 31, Mateos turns into solely the fifth participant in historical past to win 5 WSOP titles by age 30, becoming a member of the elite firm of Phil Ivey (28), Phil Hellmuth (29), Allen Cunningham (30), and Daniel Alaei (30).
Mateos’ newest WSOP triumph got here within the Hybrid On-line/Stay Occasion – Occasion #11: $3,200 NLH Excessive Curler — which started on-line earlier than concluding with the stay ultimate desk on the Horseshoe Occasions Middle on Saturday. He defeated rising Bulgarian expertise Alex Kulev heads-up to assert the $253,080 prime prize to surpass $54 million in stay earnings based on The Hendon Mob.
The event attracted 444 entries, with Mateos coming into the ultimate desk second in chips.
Alan Sternberg was the primary to fall in eighth place, adopted by Jonathan Dokler, Georgios Sotiropoulos, Anthony Hu, and Jeffrey Fritz, earlier than Rohan Sanganeria bowed out in third to arrange a heads-up duel.
Mateos confronted a frightening activity in opposition to Kulev, who held greater than a 4:1 chip benefit when heads-up play started. However the Spanish star chipped away on the deficit, flipping the script and ultimately closing it out in dominant vogue.
Remarkably, as identified by Winamax’s media crew, Mateos stays undefeated in WSOP heads-up matches, having received each considered one of his 5 bracelet battles.
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Mateos’ Bracelet Journey
Mateos’ path to 5 bracelets started in 2013, when he stormed onto the scene as a 19-year-old and took down the WSOP Europe Fundamental Occasion for €1,000,000. It was an indication of issues to return. The Spaniard had a built-in benefit that many American hopefuls didn’t as he may legally play WSOP occasions in Europe from the age of 18, giving him a three-year head begin on most of his Las Vegas-bound competitors.
His first Vegas WSOP victory got here in 2016 when he shipped his second bracelet in Occasion #33: $1,500 Summer time Solstice No-Restrict Maintain’em, outlasting an enormous discipline of 1,840 to earn $409,171. Only a 12 months later, he made historical past once more. By profitable the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship in 2017, Mateos grew to become the youngest participant ever to win three bracelets and was simply 22 on the time.
His fourth got here in 2021. Mateos topped a stacked 33-entry discipline within the $250,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler for $3,265,362, outlasting a desk of elite crushers to additional solidify his standing among the many sport’s high-stakes elite.
Now, in 2025, he’s joined the five-time bracelet membership after profitable the hybrid WSOP On-line/Stay occasion.
Along with his thirty first birthday across the nook, Mateos has already achieved greater than most poker gamers dream of and there’s little doubt he’s removed from carried out.
Calum Grant
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