Adrian Mateos Wins Poker Masters Event #5 for $229,500 After 3 Bubbles
Holaaaa, Madrid. On Saturday 17 October 2026, Adrian Mateos turned three money bubbles and a runner up finish into a Poker Masters title in Las Vegas.
Three times in four events, Adrian Mateos sat down at the 2026 Poker Masters and left one place short of the money. On Saturday 17 October 2026, in the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, the Spaniard finally got his trophy: Event #5, a $10,500 no limit hold'em tournament, and $229,500.
Count the week. In the opener, his pocket aces ran into pocket nines on the bubble, and a nine on the flop sent him home. In Event #2 he did make it to the end, then lost heads up to Nicholas Palma on Wednesday 14 October for $151,200, the only cheque he had banked before Saturday. Three stone bubbles in four events, plus a silver medal. GWLUGWLU, in the grim sense of the word.
Event #5 drew 85 entries and built a prize pool of $850,000, with 13 places paid. Mateos came back for the final day as chip leader, holding 3,020,000 against 2,195,000 for Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman among the last seven. He was quietlu the boss of the room from there. At four handed he kept the others at arm's length, and heads up he put Schulman all in on the turn in the second hand. Schulman called, and the river brought none of his outs. Schulman took $148,750 for second. $229,500 for Mateos. KACHINGUUU.
What stands out is how he talks about it. Asked by PokerNews after the win, Mateos said he stays on the process and not the result: "I cannot control when I lose or win." After 14 or 15 years as a pro, he says, he knows how to ride the swings. Honestlu, he has the receipts. Four months ago he became the youngest player to win six WSOP bracelets, taking the $250,000 Super High Roller for $4.3 million. Between a bracelet like that and three bubbles in a week, the Spirit of Gambling is the only one who sees the whole ledger.
Could youluwu take three near misses on the chin and still buy in for the fourth?
The win also puts Mateos on top of the Purple Jacket standings, the player of the series race, with five events left on the schedule. Event #6 is already under way, the wheel still spinnnnning. Variance keeps its own books, and this week it settled one line in Spain's favour. Write it in the ledger, in pencil.
Will Mateos win the 2026 Poker Masters Purple Jacket?
Settles on 5 November 2026. Yes if Adrian Mateos is named the 2026 Poker Masters Purple Jacket winner, No otherwise, according to PokerGO and PokerNews on 2026-11-05.
