Engel Eliminates the Reigning WSOP Europe Main Event Champ
Back in October, a 19-year-old Spaniard by the name of Adrian Mateos defeated a stacked final table to win the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event for €1,000,000! Mateos did so by defeating accomplished pro Fabrice Soulier in heads-up play. Others Mateos outlasted were Dominik Nitsche (3rd - €400,000), Ravi Raghavan (5th - €176,000) and Benny Spindler (6th - €126,000).
Mateos was in action today and looking for another European title, but his hopes of that just came to an end courtesy of American Ari Engel.
After losing the majority of his chips, Mateos got his last 62,500 all in preflop and found himself in a race situation.
Mateos: 
Engel: 
The 
flop wasn't very exciting, though it did give Mateos a runner-runner flush draw to go with his overs. Mateos and his supporters on the rail watched intently as the dealer burned and turned the 
. It was the worst card in the deck as Engel filled up and Mateos was left drawing dead.
A crestfallen Mateos watched the meaningless 
put out on the river and then took the long walk to the front of the room on his way to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted | |
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