Strong Start by The Defending Champ

Last season Adrian Mateos beat a field of 564 players to capture the first-place prize of €1,082,000, and he's off to a strong start again today with 58,000 chips in front of him right now.

Mateos - who's just 21 years old - has $4.3 million in live tournament earnings already, including a WSOPE Main Event title from 2013 for €1,000,000. Two weeks ago - in the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock - Mateos came close to completing the Triple Crown as the youngest ever, but he busted out in fourth place for $200,510.

Ever since bursting onto the live tournament scene with a victory in the Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event for €103,053 in 2013, Mateos has been unstoppable and he's looking to carry that into this event.

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