Being the chipleader with 38 players remaining in a Super XL Main Event does come with a few liberties, but "bertaaa" of Urguay is not letting the former WSOPE and EPT Grand Final winner, Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos, get away with too much.
Mateos opened the action with a raise to 44,444 before "bertaaa" reraised to 96,000 total from the big blind. Mateos called, and called an additional 54,000 on the flop. The on the turn prompted a bet of 102,000 from "bertaaa", and once again Mateos called.
The third bullet after the river was, however, too much for Mateos, who finally let it go.
8 hours and 32 minutes after this Main Event kicked off, the field has been reduced to 45 players. With this being a nine-handed tournament only five tables remains.
Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos is still the chipleader, and is so far the only player to get above 2 million chips.
Natalie "888natalieH" Hof is out of the Super XL Main Event, and thus no 888Poker Ambassadors made it into the top-50 this time around. A short stacked Hof put her remaining chips at risk with a pair of nines, but they wouldn't hold up against the of her opponent, and Hof will need to be content with a placement as number 51 and $4,350.
Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos opened from the cutoff to 32,000 and called a raise to 116,555 total from "brolleater" in the big blind.
The flop came down , and Mateos called again, this time a bet of 76,788. Turn prompted two checks before the river rolled off . "brolleater" checked yet again, but Mateos bet a hefty 253,333 that send his opponent into the tank. Eventually "brolleater" called and was shown the bad news as Mateos' had turned into trips by the turn.
Mateos is now back in the chiplead and closing in on the two million mark.
Action folded around to Andreas "r4ndomr4gs" Berggren in middle position, and he virtually pushed all-in for 95,000 leaving less than a tenth of a small blind behind. "LABOMBA1961" called in the big blind, and put Berggren all-in for his remaining chips on a flop of . Berggren called, and the hands were instantly revealed.
"LABOMBA1961":
Berggren:
The turn and the river wouldn't make Berggren the winner, and he exited in 59th.
Natalie "888natalieH" Hof has had a great showing in the Super XL Series Main Event, but right before the break her stack was decimated after running into the of opponent "jlmcnevin". She is left with less than five big blinds.
Better off is Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos now in second place with more than 1,3 million chips. Chipleader is "overthetop43".
Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos have already had a great Super XL Series as he won Event #13 Mega Deep for $34,524. Now he's looking to add another massive score to his booming resume of poker results, and so far it's looking good for the Spanish 2013 WSOP Europe champion now living in the United Kingdom.
Mateos is the new chip leader of the tournament having surpassed 1,2 million chips. The only contender also in seven digits is Germany's "overthetop43".
flop. The 
on the turn prompted a bet of 102,000 from "bertaaa", and once again Mateos called.
river was, however, too much for Mateos, who finally let it go.
of her opponent, and Hof will need to be content with a placement as number 51 and $4,350.
, and Mateos called again, this time a bet of 76,788. Turn 
prompted two checks before the river rolled off 
. "brolleater" checked yet again, but Mateos bet a hefty 253,333 that send his opponent into the tank. Eventually "brolleater" called and was shown the bad news as Mateos' 
had turned into trips by the turn.
and the river 
wouldn't make Berggren the winner, and he exited in 59th.
into the 
of opponent "jlmcnevin". She is left with less than five big blinds.