Carlos Mortensen

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Carlos Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen (2007)
Carlos Mortensen (2007)
  Personal information  
Date of birth April 13, 1972
place of birth EcuadorEcuador Ambato
Nickname El Matador
place of residence SpainSpain Madrid
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 3,970,415
Total prize money $ 12,107,757
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 39
Best main event Victory ( 2001 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 3
Cashes 21st
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 5
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: January 9, 2020

Juan Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen (born April 13, 1972 in Ambato , Ecuador ) is a professional Spanish - American poker player .

Mortensen has earned more than twelve million US dollars with poker in live tournaments , making him the second most successful Spanish poker player after Adrián Mateos . Mortensen won in 2001 , the Main Event of the World Series of Poker and in 2003 one another bracelet in this tournament series. He is also a three-time champions of the World Poker Tour . Mortensen was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in October 2016 . As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , he was named one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Personal

Mortensen was born in Ecuador to a Dane and a Spaniard and lived there until 1987 when his family moved to Spain. He was married to Cecilia Reyes, also a professional poker player, from January 1990 to 2006.

Poker career

Career

Mortensen moved from Spain to the United States in the late 1990s to play poker professionally. In July 2001, he had his first major win by winning the World Series of Poker Main Event at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . He received US $ 1.5 million in prize money and a bracelet . In the 2003 WSOP Mortensen sat at a tournament of the variant Limit Hold'em by and secured his second bracelet and around $ 250,000. In 2004 he won his first title at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT). Mortensen secured the North American Poker Championship and a prize of one million dollars. In 2007 he won the WPT season finale at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas and received the grand prize of nearly four million dollars. In March 2010 Mortensen won the Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg , Indiana , his third WPT title and nearly $ 400,000. In late February 2011, he sat at the final table of the WPT Main Event in Los Angeles and finished third for around $ 640,000. At the 2013 WSOP Main Event , Mortensen narrowly missed the final table in tenth place and received over $ 570,000 in prize money.

Bracelets

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2001 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship 613 1,500,000
2003 0.5000 Limit Hold'em 143 0.251.680

literature

Web links

Commons : Carlos Mortensen  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Todd Brunson and Carlos Mortensen inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame ( October 28, 2016 memento on the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com October 14, 2016, accessed October 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed August 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Carlos Mortensen , pokerworld24.org, accessed July 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ Carlos Mortensen - Biography - Poker Player , internetpokerworld.com, accessed July 28, 2020.
  5. ↑ 32nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2001 ($ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 9, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ 34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003 ($ 5,000 Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 9, 2020.
  7. ↑ 2004 Festa al Lago III Poker Tournament ($ 10,000 + 200 The Doyle Brunson North American No Limit Hold'em Poker Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 9, 2020 (English).
  8. ↑ Fifth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 WPT - No Limit Hold'em Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ Hollywood Poker Open ($ 9,600 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 9, 2020 (English).
  10. ↑ 2011 LA Poker Classic ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 9, 2020.
  11. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 9, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Mortensen, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mortensen, Juan Carlos (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish-American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Ambato , Ecuador