Adrián Mateos: Biography, Career and Poker Results

October 11, 2026

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Adrián Mateos is a Spanish professional poker player from Madrid, born in 1994, who specialises in high roller No-Limit Hold’em tournaments. He won the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in 2013 at 19, became the first Spanish European Poker Tour champion in 2015, and in June 2026 became the youngest player in history to win six WSOP bracelets, at the age of 31. ^{[1][3][5][14]}

Adrián Mateos, in a red Winamax jacket, during an interview at the World Series of Poker, 2019 — “Adrián Mateos 2019” by Alex Hernando, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Adrián Mateos: key facts

Full name	Adrián Mateos Díaz ^[4]
Country	Spain ^[1]
Born	1994 ^[9]
From / lives in	Madrid / London ^[1]
Known for	High roller No-Limit Hold’em tournaments; youngest player to win three and six WSOP bracelets
WSOP bracelets	6 (174 cashes, 30 final tables on WSOP.com) ^[2]
Major titles	WSOP Europe Main Event 2013; EPT Grand Final Main Event 2015; Triton $200,000 Invitational 2026 ^[3][5][12]
Awards	Card Player Player of the Year 2017 and 2024; GPI Player of the Year 2017 ^[7][8][10]
Sponsor	Winamax ^[1]
Live tournament earnings	$69,856,253 as of October 5, 2026 ^[1]

Early life and first results in Madrid

Mateos is from Madrid and now lives in London. ^[1] His first recorded live cashes came in Madrid in late 2012. ^[1] In January 2013 he won the Main Event of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour stop at Gran Casino Madrid, a €1,000 + €100 tournament that drew 632 players from 28 countries. After a three-way deal he took €103,000. ^[4] PokerNews later noted that he was 18 at the time. ^[5]

Breakthrough: WSOP Europe 2013 and EPT Grand Final 2015

Later in 2013, aged 19, Mateos won the WSOP Europe Main Event, the last bracelet event of that season. He beat Fabrice Soulier heads-up after a match of nearly five hours and won €1,000,000; Soulier received €610,000. ^[3] The event had 375 entries. ^[1] Because he was under 21, he could not yet play the WSOP in Las Vegas, which he mentioned after the win. ^[3]

In May 2015, aged 20, he won the EPT Grand Final Main Event in Monte Carlo for €1,082,000, beating Muhyedine Fares heads-up. He was the first Spanish winner after 11 seasons and 105 EPT events. On the way, during four-handed play, he moved all in on the river with no made hand and Johnny Lodden folded the better hand, one of the best-remembered moments of that final table. ^[5]

Playing style

Mateos plays almost exclusively No-Limit Hold’em tournaments, with a focus on high roller and super high roller events. In 2018 PokerNews wrote that he had a reputation as one of the hardest workers in the game when it comes to studying, and he has said that coaching friends made him study even harder. ^[17] He is known for his record in heads-up play: PokerNews counts him as 6-0 in WSOP heads-up matches for a bracelet. ^[15] In the same 2026 article, PokerNews editor Eliot Thomas wrote: “With respect to my colleagues, if you don’t have Mateos as the best tournament player in the world right now, you’re just wrong.” ^[15]

Online, he plays under the screen name “Amadi_017” and has won SCOOP and WCOOP titles on PokerStars. ^[1] On March 30, 2021 he won the 42nd edition of the GGPoker Super MILLION$, a $10,300 tournament, for $428,624. ^[16]

Greatest achievements

WSOP bracelets

Year	Event	Entries	Prize	Source
2026	$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	56	$4,334,411	[14]
2021	$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	33	$3,265,362	[9]
2013	WSOP Europe Main Event (€10,450)	375	€1,000,000	[3]
2016	$1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Solstice	1,840	$409,171	[9]
2017	$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship	129	$324,470	[6]
2025	WSOP Online $3,200 High Roller (hybrid online/live)	444	$253,080	[9]

The 2017 Heads-Up Championship made him, at 22, the youngest player ever to win three bracelets. On the way he beat Daniel Negreanu in the round of 128 and John Smith in the final. ^[6] His fifth bracelet, in June 2025, came ten days before his 31st birthday, and PokerNews reported that he had won every one of his five bracelet heads-up matches. ^[9] In June 2026 he won the $250,000 Super High Roller for a second time, beating Bryn Kenney heads-up at a final table that also included Phil Ivey, Jason Koon, Sean Winter and David Einhorn, and became the youngest player to win six bracelets. ^[14] His WSOP.com profile lists 174 cashes, 30 final tables and $26,070,499 in earnings, a total that also includes non-WSOP events shown on that profile. ^[2]

Other major tournament results

Year	Event	Result	Prize	Source
2026	Triton Montenegro $200,000 Invitational (137 entries)	1st	$6,370,000	[12]
2024	Triton Montenegro $200,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max (93 entries)	2nd	$3,292,000	[10]
2023	Triton Monte Carlo $125,000 event	2nd	$3,120,739	[1]
2024	Triton Montenegro $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max (159 entries)	1st	$1,761,000	[10]
2022	EPT Monte Carlo €100,000 No-Limit Hold’em	1st	$1,461,609	[1]
2024	Triton Jeju $30,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max (185 entries)	1st	$1,175,000	[10]
2015	EPT Grand Final Main Event, Monte Carlo	1st	€1,082,000	[5]
2019	partypoker MILLIONS World Bahamas	1st	$1.1 million	[1]
2013	Estrellas Poker Tour Madrid Main Event	1st (three-way deal)	€103,000	[4]
2018	Winamax SISMIX Main Event, Marrakech	1st	1,000,000 MAD ($106,849)	[17]

The 2026 Triton Invitational drew a record 137 entries and a $27,400,000 prize pool. Mateos beat Alexey Lozuyk heads-up for $6,370,000, the largest score of his career, and won his third Triton title. ^[12][13] With the WSOP Super High Roller a month later, PokerNews counted $10.7 million in winnings in 28 days. ^[15]

Awards and rankings

2017 Card Player Player of the Year: the first European to win the award, after taking first place only in the final 14 days of the year. ^[7]
2017 GPI Player of the Year: won by less than a single cash over Bryn Kenney, with 37 cashes for $5,881,228 that year. ^[8]
2024 Card Player Player of the Year: 21 final tables and three titles; only the third player to win the award more than once in the post-Moneymaker era, after Daniel Negreanu and Stephen Chidwick. ^[10]
October 2024: finished the month as world number one in the Global Poker Index and became the eighth player to pass $50 million in live tournament earnings. ^[11]
2024 earnings: the highest live tournament earnings of any player that year, over $13 million. ^[15]

In his own words

“It’s insane that I have three bracelets. It’s really difficult to win three bracelets and I’m 22.” After the 2017 Heads-Up Championship. ^[6]
“I love the game, so studying doesn’t really take that much of an effort.” May 2018. ^[17]
“In poker, consistency is one of the most important skills and the key to success.” On his second Card Player Player of the Year award, 2025. ^[10]
“One of my biggest goals, which I know will be pretty difficult to achieve, but I will try, is to be number one on the all-time money list.” 2025. ^[10]
“I don’t feel the money or the pressure when I’m playing in these tournaments.” After his sixth bracelet, June 2026. ^[14]

Iconic hands and moments

The river bluff against Johnny Lodden, EPT Grand Final 2015

Sixth bracelet: WSOP $250,000 Super High Roller final table, 2026

FAQ about Adrián Mateos

How old is Adrián Mateos?

He was born in 1994. PokerNews reported that his fifth WSOP bracelet, won in June 2025, came ten days before his 31st birthday. ^[9]

Where is Adrián Mateos from?

He is from Madrid, Spain, and lives in London. ^[1]

What is Adrián Mateos’s real name?

His full name is Adrián Mateos Díaz. Online he plays as “Amadi_017”. ^[1][4]

What is Adrián Mateos’s net worth?

There is no reliable public figure for his net worth. What can be verified is his live tournament record: $69,856,253 in earnings as of October 5, 2026, according to PokerNews, with data from The Hendon Mob. That figure does not account for buy-ins, staking or online results. ^[1]

How many WSOP bracelets does Adrián Mateos have?

Six: the WSOP Europe Main Event in 2013, and bracelets in 2016, 2017, 2021, 2025 and 2026. ^[2][14]

Is Adrián Mateos the youngest WSOP bracelet winner?

No. He is the youngest player to win three bracelets, at 22 in 2017, and the youngest to win six, at 31 in 2026. ^[6][14]

What is Adrián Mateos’s biggest tournament win?

The $200,000 Triton Invitational in Montenegro in May 2026, worth $6,370,000. ^[12]

Has Adrián Mateos won the WSOP Main Event?

He has not won the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas. He won the WSOP Europe Main Event in 2013 for €1,000,000. ^[2][3]

Related Poker Legends

Read more about Bryn Kenney, his rival in the 2017 Player of the Year races and his heads-up opponent for the sixth bracelet, and about Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey, whom he faced on his way to bracelets in 2017 and 2026.