Matthew Ashton

Matthew Ashton
Personal information
Date of birth	June 8, 1988
Nickname	MUSTAFABETPokerStars
place of residence	Liverpool
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	$ 1,774,089
Total prize money	$ 2,817,798
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	16
Best main event	406th ( 2016 )
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: May 19, 2020

Matthew Ashton (born June 8, 1988 ) is a professional British poker player from England .

Poker career

Ashton started playing poker in 2003 and focuses on playing cash games . He plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname MUSTAFABET and achieved a profit of around 1.3 million US dollars with cash games until March 2018 . In addition, Ashton won four tournaments on the platform of the Spring Championship of Online Poker , and in 2009 a title at the World Championship of Online Poker . Since 2010 he has also occasionally taken part in renowned live tournaments .

Ashton received his first live tournament prize money at side events of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures , which were played in the mixed variant 8-game . In June 2011 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and reached the final table at the HORSE Championship , which he finished in sixth for around 100,000 US dollars. At the EPT in Monte-Carlo in mid-May 2013 he won an 8-game tournament and received the main prize of 43,600 euros . At the 2013 WSOP , Ashton reached three final tables within two weeks, earning him just under $ 270,000 in prize money. He then prevailed at the US $ 50,000 Poker Player's Championship and secured a bracelet and a prize of almost US $ 1.8 million. He took the lead in the race for the WSOP Player of the Year Award , but was pushed to second place by Daniel Negreanu during the World Series of Poker Europe in October 2013 . At the end of May 2014, Ashton finished third at the WSOP National Championship in Atlantic City, worth almost 160,000 US dollars. At the 2017 WSOP , he finished eighth in the Poker Player's Championship for around $ 165,000. Since then, it has not had another live cash placement to date.

In total, Ashton has earned more than $ 2.5 million in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

• Matthew Ashton in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Matthew Ashton in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Matthew Ashton in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Matthew Ashton in the World Series of Poker database, accessed May 19, 2020.
2. ↑ MUSTAFABET on Pokerstars at highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 19, 2020 (English).
3. ↑ SCOOP 2020: Matthew “MUSTAFABET” Ashton talks Limit Hold 'em after winning Event # 19-H on pokerstarsblog.com on May 6, 2020, accessed on May 19, 2020 (English).
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Matthew Ashton in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 19, 2020.
5. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2011 ($ 10,000 HORSE - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 19, 2020.
6. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final (€ 5,000 + 300 8 Game) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 19, 2020 (English).
7. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2013 ($ 50,000 The Poker Players Championship (Event # 55)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 19, 2020.
8. ↑ Daniel Negreanu Wins the 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Award on pokernews.com from October 24, 2013, accessed on May 19, 2020
9. ↑ World Series of Poker - WSOP National Championship 2014 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - 2014 WSOP National Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 19, 2020 (English).
10. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2017 ($ 50,000 Poker Players Championship - 6 Handed (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 19, 2020 (English).