Adrian Mateos Wins Two EPT Side Events in One Day
Most poker players dream about the day they win one European Poker Tour (EPT) event. It is almost unfathomable that a poker player can win two EPT side events in just one day, but that is just what Spain's Adrian Mateos accomplished on Feb. 7 when he not only won the €5,250 buy-in EPT Event #42 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Cash - 6 Max, but also the €2,250 buy-in EPT Event #44 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Cash - 6 Max during the EPT Deauville festival.
Mateos first won €36,290 ($41,448) in the EPT Deauville Event #42 when he beat out a small 18-player field, including fellow countryman Vicente Delgado, Ukraine's Eugene Katchalov, and Poland's Piotr Franczak.
€5,250 EPT Event #42 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Cash - 6 Max Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize EUR | Prize USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €36,290 | $41,448 |
| 2 | Vicente Delgado | Spain | €24,190 | $27,628 |
| 3 | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | €15,550 | $17,760 |
| 4 | Piotr Franczak | Poland | €10,370 | $11,844 |
Later in the day, Mateos won another €31,450 ($35,920) when he bested a 52-player field in the EPT Deauville Event #44 which included Dominik Nitsche, Artem Litinov, Ibrahim Ghassan, Marc Delimal, and David Vamplew on the final table.
€2,150 EPT Event #44 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Cash - 6 Max Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize EUR | Prize USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €31,450 | $35,920 |
| 2 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | €22,710 | $25,938 |
| 3 | Artem Litvinov | Russia | €14,480 | $16,538 |
| 4 | Ibrahim Ghassan | Lebanon | €10,980 | $12,541 |
| 5 | Marc Delimal | France | €8,490 | $9,697 |
| 6 | David Vamplew | Scotland | €6,490 | $7,412 |
| 7 | Claude Mirval | France | €5,240 | $5,985 |
While the PokerStars blog titled EPT Deauville: Mateos wins two tournaments in a day points out that Mateos should consider only playing turbo tournaments, we respectfully disagree despite his amazing double-duty achievement on Saturday.
According to The Hendon Mob, where Mateos is ranked No. 1 on Spain's all-time money list with $2,183,922 in live tournament cashes. Mateos' biggest win came at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event where he bested a 375 player field for a €1,000,000 ($1,351,661) payday.
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