WSOP review: Bracelet wins for Mateos; Racener, Marquez & Singer

Another brief round-up from the 48th Annual World Series of Poker including bracelets wins for Adrian Mateos, John Racener, and David Singer.

US media types write a lot about the virtues of Fedor Holz, and rightly so, but that means less space for Adrian Mateos, and the young Spaniard is doing something about that.

At 22-years of age, Mateos has earned $9.1m playing live tournaments, and recently became the youngest player to win three World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelets after beating seven players en route to the top prize of $335,656 in Event #15: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship.

It’s quite a remarkable feat when you factor in the age regulations in Nevada meaning Mateos had to watch from the sidelines for many years until he turned 21. It seems titles and money stick to Mateos like crude oil on the wings of a seagull.