Adrian Mateos has stormed up the leaderboard, and he currently sits with a stack of over 1.1 million.
On the most recent big pot he pulled in, the young Spaniard fired 80,000 on the final board of . His opponent, Sergey Sergeev, tanked for a bit before making the call for just about half of his remaining stack. Mateos tabled the for a straight, and Sergeev showed the losing .
Byron Kaverman and an opponent saw a flop of . Action checked to Kaverman on the button and he fired out a bet 12,000. His opponent came over the top with a check-raise to 28,500. Kaverman would not be pushed around, however, as he responded with a three-bet to 48,000. His opponent announced that he was all in and Kaverman instantly called for his own tournament life of 164,500.
Kaverman:
Opponent:
Both players had flopped a straight with Kaverman coming out on top. His opponent was drawing live, however with a heart draw and chop outs as well. Fortunately for Kaverman, the board finished with the and the . He scored the double up and now has about 355,000 to his name.
We arrived at the table in time to see Ryan Riess all in and at risk for his last roughly 105,000 against Govert Metaal. The hands were turned over to show that the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champion was in a commanding position.
Riess:
Metaal:
The board came down , keeping Riess' ace-king high out in front. He scored the double up and now sits on about 220,000. Metaal, on the other hand, has dropped to 150,000.
From the cutoff seat, Jason Mercier raised to 10,000. Martin Finger reraised to 23,000 on the button. Play folded back to Mercier, and he reraised to 49,000. Finger folded, and Mercier won the pot.
In a three-bet pot in which Christopher Frank reraised Fedor Holz in position, the two saw the flop come down . Holz checked as the first to act, and Frank checked behind.
The turn was the , and Holz checked again. Frank bet 22,000, and Holz check-raised to 56,500. Frank quickly folded, and Holz won the pot.