Adrian Mateos Wins Sixth Bracelet in the WSOP 2026 $250,000 Super High Roller

Adrian Mateos won Event #41, the $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em, at WSOP 2026 on June 15, 2026. The Spaniard banked $4,334,411 and his sixth WSOP bracelet, beating Bryn Kenney heads-up from a 56-entry field and a $13,720,000 prize pool at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

This was not Mateos’ first time conquering the most expensive event on the schedule. He also won the inaugural $250,000 Super High Roller at the 2021 WSOP, and now stands as the only two-time champion in the event’s history.

The win was the second-largest score of his career and made him the youngest player to win six bracelets, at just 31.

It capped a stunning month. Weeks earlier he banked $6,370,000 for the Triton Montenegro Main Event, and the title lifted Spain’s all-time earnings leader Adrian Mateos past $67 million in live cashes, fifth on the all-time money list.

He earned it the hard way. Phil Ivey and Jason Koon both fell at the final table, while Sean Winter came up short in fourth before Bryn Kenney fell heads-up.

The biggest buy-in of the summer ran across three days from June 13, with a single re-entry and deep 1,500,000 starting stacks. The slow structure is exactly what keeps drawing Mateos back to this event year after year.

Day-by-Day Progression

Austria’s Samuel Mullur set the early pace, bagging the Day 1 chip lead at 4,315,000 from 41 entries. Late registration on Day 2 carried the field to its final count of 56 and locked the prize pool at $13,720,000.

Day 2 was brutal on the big names. Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu busted before the money after an early clash with Martin Kabrhel, and Kristen Foxen exited when Mullur spiked a runner-runner full house against her flopped straight.

Also out before the money were 2024 champion Santhosh Suvarna and high-stakes regular Stephen Chidwick.

Alex Foxen busted too, then crossed the floor to win a different bracelet in the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty the same night.

Artur Martirosian also fell short, a week on from his fourth bracelet in the $25K Six-Handed.

Nick Petrangelo bubbled in 10th when David Einhorn flopped a set of tens, locking the final nine at $518,518. Bryn Kenney bagged the overnight lead on 19,350,000, with Mateos second on 16,900,000.

Nine players returned on Monday, each locked up for at least $518,518, with the $4,334,411 top prize and the gold bracelet still in play.

9th: Michael Moncek ($518,518)

Jason Koon started the day on 15 big blinds and wasted no time. Two hands in, Mateos opened, Koon called, and Moncek jammed the small blind for 2,650,000.

Michael Moncek: 8♥ 8♦
Jason Koon: A♠ J♦

Koon caught Broadway on the K♥ 4♦ 10♦ Q♠ 9♦ board to score the first knockout and double back into contention.

8th: Phil Ivey ($553,270)

Ivey doubled through Kenney early to briefly steady his short stack. His deepest run of the summer ended when he three-bet jammed pocket jacks into the pocket queens of Kenney.

Phil Ivey: J♠ J♥
Bryn Kenney: Q♠ Q♣

Both players hit two pair on the 4♥ 10♦ 2♣ 9♣ 9♠ runout, but the queens held. The bustout was the first of the official eight-handed final table, ending the deepest run of the summer for 11-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey.

7th: Brandon Wilson ($629,397)

Down to two big blinds, Wilson survived one all-in before Koon finished the job. He committed the last of it on the 5♥ 10♠ 4♠ flop.

Brandon Wilson: 10♣ 8♣
Jason Koon: J♣ 10♦

Both players held a pair of tens, and Koon’s jack kicker played through the 2♠ turn and 3♣ river.

6th: Samuel Mullur ($760,417)

Day 1 chip leader Mullur open-shoved the small blind with ten-nine and Mateos called with ace-eight.

Samuel Mullur: 10♣ 9♦
Adrian Mateos: A♣ 8♠

Mullur flopped a pair on 9♣ Q♣ 4♣ and turned trips with the 9♠, but Mateos held the nut flush draw and got there on the 5♣ river to bust the early pacesetter.

5th: Jason Koon ($972,375)

Koon opened under the gun and moved in over a Mateos three-bet, his ace-king flipping against pocket tens.

Jason Koon: A♠ K♥
Adrian Mateos: 10♠ 10♣

The 9♥ 2♠ 3♣ J♣ 4♣ board never paired an overcard, and the tens held to bust the high-roller specialist Jason Koon in fifth.

4th: Sean Winter ($1,312,037)

Winter five-bet jammed ace-nine suited from the big blind, and Mateos instantly called with the best hand in poker.

Sean Winter: A♣ 9♣
Adrian Mateos: A♠ A♦

A nine on the river of the 6♦ 4♥ J♥ 2♥ 9♦ runout came far too late, and the pocket aces denied one of the best players still without a bracelet in fourth.

3rd: David Einhorn ($1,862,941)

Three-handed, Einhorn moved all in with a straight draw against the small blind of Kenney.

David Einhorn: J♣ 6♦
Bryn Kenney: 7♣ 6♠

Kenney had already flopped the straight on 4♥ 3♠ 5♣ and improved on the 8♦ turn, with the 6♣ river offering no chop. The pot carried Kenney into heads-up play with 50,575,000 to Mateos’ 33,325,000.

Heads-Up: Mateos vs Kenney

Kenney carried the chip lead into the duel, but the advantage did not last long. Mateos turned a straight in an early pot to swing the counts, then claimed the lead outright and never gave it back.

From there the Spaniard ground his opponent down pot by pot, mixing limps and small raises to keep all-time money leader Bryn Kenney off balance. By the time the decisive hand arrived, Mateos held a comfortable edge.

Kenney raised the button and Mateos defended. On the 2♥ 10♠ 4♣ flop Mateos check-raised, Kenney three-bet, and Mateos four-bet all in with the bigger stack. Kenney called off 28,300,000.

Mateos had flopped two pair, tens and deuces. Kenney was drawing thin with top pair.

Flop: 2♥ 10♠ 4♣

Two pair for Mateos, top pair for Kenney.

Turn: 8♦

A blank that changed nothing.

River: 3♦

The board bricked out, and a $250,000 buy-in turned into $4,334,411 and a sixth gold bracelet.

“Of course, I ran good. I had a few coolers go my way and won the big pots. I think I played great today. When those two things happen, it’s easier to win.”
Adrian Mateos

“Before the Triton trip, I was on a downswing for a year or so, losing every live trip I went on. But I kept working really hard. I trusted the process and kept showing up.”
Adrian Mateos

The $250,000 Super High Roller has crowned a champion every summer since 2021, with fields holding between 33 and 75 entries. No player had ever won it twice, until now.

The 2024 edition under Santhosh Suvarna remains the high-water mark for both field size and prize pool. The 2026 count of 56 matched 2022 exactly, the year Alex Foxen went wire-to-wire for his first bracelet.

Foxen is the only other name to appear twice in the results, as the 2022 champion and the 2025 runner-up. Five of the six winners arrived with bracelets already in hand, and Mateos is the only one to return and win it a second time.

Just nine of the 56 entries reached the money, each guaranteed $518,518. Kenney collected $2,776,634 as runner-up, another seven-figure cash for the man who already tops poker’s all-time earnings list.

As the most prestigious bracelet event of the summer, the win delivered a major points haul toward the WSOP 2026 Player of the Year race on top of the cash and the gold.

Mateos’ triumph landed just over a week after Kristen Foxen’s record sixth bracelet in the $25,000 High Roller, two of the standout storylines in a stacked Las Vegas summer. Foxen herself fired this event but fell before the money.

With the series running through July 15, the biggest prizes are still to come, led by the $10,000 Main Event.

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