Wheeler Rebounds from 4 BBs; Mateos Hits the Rail

"I had four bigs six minutes ago," Jason Wheeler said with a big smile. He had good reason to celebrate as he had just received back-to-back doubles.

The first, which saw him get his last 65,000 all in, came when his held against the of Byron Kaverman after the board ran out .

In the next hand, Adrian Mateos raised to 32,000 from the hijack, Wheeler moved all in for 164,000 from the cutoff, and Mateos called with the , which was dominated by the of Wheeler. The board ran out and Wheeler doubled again while Mateos was left with just 100,000.

In the next hand, Mateos committed his stack under the gun and Wheeler moved all in over the top for 362,000 from the hijack. Christopher Frank, who had the biggest stack, moved all in from the small blind, which drove out the big.

Frank:
Wheeler:
Mateos:

The flop was great for Mateos as he took the lead with top pair. The gave him a flush draw for protection, but then disaster struck when the spiked on the river. Mateos was sent to the rail in 25th place, while the other two players chopped up his chips.