Hands #95-100: Mateos Wins With Kings
Hand 95: With in the hijack, Maria Lampropulos asked how much big blind Oleg Titov was playing. She eventually folded, but Shawn Buchanan with in the cutoff did open, making it 160,000. Adrian Mateos on the button with , asked how much Buchanan was playing, and three-bet to 500,000. The blinds folded, as did Buchanan.
Hand 96: Buchanan opened in the hijack, making it 160,000. That resulted in all folds, blinds and antes to Buchanan.
Hand 97: Now with a big hand, Adrian Mateos opened in the hijack to 160,000. Koray Aldemir called in the big blind with and flopped top pair on . Aldemir checked and Mateos bet 250,000. Aldemir called.
With now 930,000 in the middle, Aldemir checked the on the turn. Mateos checked behind. The completed the board and Aldemir checked. Mateos bet almost pot with 925,000 slid to the middle. Aldemir called and got the bad news soon.
Hand 98: Mateos opened once more, this time under the gun plus one with . His 160,000 raise netted him the blinds and antes as everyone folded.
Hand 99: Daniel Coupal with shoved for 670,000 under the gun plus one. Everyone folded.
Hand 100: Mateos received a walk in the big blind with .