Half a Million Short?
Hand #169: Fares found on the button, and limped in. Mateos checked his option with . on the flop and Mateos bet 100,000. Fares called with his flopped monster. The fell on the turn and Mateos checked. Fares bet 375,000 and Mateos quickly folded.
Hand #170: Mateos made it 200,000 with on the button. Fares called with . on the flop and Fares checked. Mateos bet 225,000 and Fares folded.
Hand #171: Fares raised to 200,000 with . Mateos made it 500,000 with and Fares called.
The on the flop hit Mateos pretty hard, and the Spaniard bet 500,000. Fares made the call with his 16% hand. The hit the turn and Mateos bet 1,200,000 into the 2,020,000 pot. Fares folded.
Hand #172: Mateos raised to 200,000 with , Fares called with . The flop came and Fares checked. Mateos bet 225,000 and Fares called with his gutshot. The hit the turn and both players checked. The hit the river and again two checks. Mateos took it down.
After this hand, a short segment with Jason Mercier was shown. In the meantime, floor Luca Vivaldi came over to check the chip counts. A mistake was made we heard during a chip race, and Fares was short half a million. That mistake was corrected, and the chip stacks were corrected.