"Good Machine" Gifts Matteo Intiso a Double Knockout to Secure WSOP Bracelet

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Oct 02, 2025 6 min read

The star at the final table of Event #11: €777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s at King's Resort wasn’t the player going for back-to-back World Series of Poker Europe bracelets, the past online bracelet winner, or even any of the other players at the table — it was the automatic shuffler.

Players took turns claiming the shuffler as their own, but the one for whom it worked the most wonders was Matteo Intiso. The Genoa, Italy native was on the right side of a three-way all-in on his way to claiming his first WSOP gold bracelet and €82,350 top prize out of the €425,000 total prize pool.

#11: €777 NLH Lucky 7’s Final Table Results

*- includes €10,350 ticket into the Main Event

“Maybe I’m still not realizing it, because I was focused on playing the final table. But it’s a good feeling,” Intiso said after knocking out both Or Nezer and Catalin Diac in one blow to secure the victory. “When we turned over the cards, it was very satisfying. I was like, okay, let’s do it. I was the favorite. To finish in one hand is the best thing ever.”

It was a jovial, friendly, fun-loving final table battle, with the shuffler at the forefront of the table banter. “Good machine,” each player would say after winning a pot, starting with Algirdas Saveikis, who even offered tournament officials up to €10,000 to buy it. Once the field was reduced to five players and the pressure of securing a Main Event ticket was gone, the players loosened up and made the most of their experience.

“In the beginning, it was tight, but it was five tickets for the 10K. When we were five left, everyone started to gamble a bit,” Intiso said.

Intiso was fortunate even to find himself at the final table. Just before the three-table redraw, he lost a big all-in and was left with just one big blind. A few double-ups later, and he was right back in it. “I was literally with one big blind, one chip. I win the first all in, and I say, okay, one is done. Then I have five bigs. Then I win the second one, and I say, okay, back in the game with ten big blinds.”

Intiso came into the event a day after just missing a final table, finishing 13th in the €3,000 6-Max event yesterday. The Italian had around $190,000 in live earnings, with his biggest career score coming in a €590 event here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov in July, where he finished fourth for €117,350. (All stats courtesy of The Hendon Mob.)

Day 2 Action

Day 2 began with 84 players returning out of 553 entries. With the average stack barely 20 big blinds at the start, the pace of eliminations came at a frenzy from the time "Shuffle up and deal!" was announced. Among the first to bust were Dinesh Alt (67th), Alessandro Pichierri (63rd), Aaron Duczak (61st), Pawel Wojciechowski (48th), and Fabio Peluso (41st).

Shaun Deeb began the day second in chips, but his chair sat empty for more than an hour as his stack was blinded down. He finally showed up during the third level of the day and got his last 347,000 in with two queens against Saveikis’ ace-queen, but Saveikis flopped an ace to bust Deeb in 38th and end his pursuit of his eighth WSOP bracelet, at least for a few hours.

Start-of-day chip leader Milan Aloric (35th), Vivian Saliba (23rd), and WSOP bracelet winner and chess grandmaster Ivo Donev (18th) were also sent to the rail.

With 25 players remaining, Intiso lost with jacks against Sebastien Grax’s queens and was left with just 25,000, good for one big blind. He then doubled up on the river against Roman Isaienko, improving to five big blinds, and then doubled against Grax with ace-seven to king-seven. He was suddenly back up over ten big blinds in the span of two hands. By the time the nine-handed final table was set, he was in the middle of the pack with 1,800,000.

Diac led at the start of the final table with 3,800,000, while Nezer, a 2023 WSOP Online bracelet winner, was second with 2,850,000. Miguel Angel Alvarez was the first bustout, calling all in for 700,000 with king-nine. Nezer had ace-seven and made a wheel on the turn to bust Alvarez in ninth place.

Florin Bilan then jammed for 400,000 with ace-seven, but Tobias Peters woke up with ace-king in the big blind and the board offered no help to the Romanian as he fell in eighth. Peters, aiming for the unprecedented feat of winning WSOP bracelets on back-to-back days after taking down the 6-Max yesterday, then moved all in for 1,070,000 with ace-king against Diac’s ace-queen. Peters was in a good position to double up and keep his chase for history alive, but Diac spiked a queen on the flop and made trips on the river to end Peters’ run in seventh place.

With the top five players receiving a €10,350 Main Event ticket, Jose Puertas was the last to leave without one as he got his last 1,700,000 in on the flop with top pair, but Saveikis had flopped the nut straight. The Lithuanian gave the shuffle machine a thankful pat for his good fortune, while Puertas departed in sixth place.

It didn’t help Heinz Traut, however, who was all in for 1,600,000 with king-jack against Nezer’s ace-queen. Nezer hit a queen on the flop, but Traut spiked a king on the turn to take the lead. The river, however, was another queen, giving Nezer trips to score the knockout of Traut in fifth.

Nezer lost a few small pots to go from the chip lead to the bottom of the counts. Then he shoved for 2,465,000 with two jacks, and Saveikis called with ace-eight. The board ran out clean for Nezer, and he doubled up to 5,300,000 while claiming ownership of the shuffler. Saveikis was left short and soon after got his last 1,700,000 in with ace-seven against Intiso’s ace-king. Both players hit an ace on the flop, but Intiso’s king-kicker remained in the lead to send Saveikis to the rail in fourth place.

Intiso began to pull away from the field until Nezer turned a straight to double up off Intiso’s top pair. Intiso then raised to 600,000 on the button and Nezer called in the big blind. Intiso continued for 450,000 on the queen-high flop, and Nezer called. Intiso bet another 1,000,000 on the turn and Nezer called to the king river, where Intiso moved all in. Nezer shot up from his seat and went deep into the tank before folding, and Intiso showed eight-high for a bluff as he approached 10,000,000.

The final three players went on a 15-minute break with Intiso far ahead with 11,000,000. After a few back-and-forth shoves and preflop raises, Nezer had dwindled down to 925,000 when he moved all in on the button. Intiso shoved in the small blind, and Diac also called all in for 4,200,000. Nezer showed queen-five, Diac ace-six, while Intiso was ahead with ace-ten. No player connected with the board, and Intiso’s ace and ten-kicker played to earn him the victory.

Intiso, the bracelet firmly in his hands, looks forward to seeing where his poker career goes from here. “Just keep grinding. Let’s see what’s waiting for me,” he said.

He didn’t need heads-up play. All he needed was a literal chip-and-a-chair, and, of course, the lucky shuffler to become the newest WSOP champion.

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