Carlos Mortensen
| Carlos Mortensen | |
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 Mortensen at the $25,000 World Poker Tour No Limit Hold'em Championship |
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| Nickname(s) | El Matador[1] |
| Hometown | Madrid, Spain |
| Born | April 13, 1972 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 21 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
Winner, 2001 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 3 |
| Final table(s) | 5 |
| Money finish(es) | 15 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 1 |
| Information accurate as of 2010-09-13. | |
Juan Carlos Mortensen (born April 13, 1972 in Ambato, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian professional poker player of Danish descent and the only Hispanic Main Event winner of the World Series of Poker. Mortensen is known for his loose play, bluffing tactics, and interesting chip-stacking style.[1]
Mortensen moved from Spain to the United States in the late 1990s to play poker. He won $1,500,000 at the 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event. He also won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship in 2004 for $1,000,000. Mortensen won the Season Five World Poker Tour championship event, and its $3,970,415 first prize and his second WPT title, making him the first player to ever win the World Championship events at both the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. In 2010 Mortensen won the Season Eight WPT Hollywood Poker Open. With this win, he passed Daniel Negreanu for first on the all-time WPT money list, and tied Gus Hansen for most WPT titles with three.
Mortensen has also made the prize money in the World Heads-Up Poker Championship, and was a semi-finalist in the second season of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.
At the 2006 World Series of Poker Carlos made 3 final tables. He finished 9th in event #2 (NL Hold 'em) winning $71,617. He would once again finish 9th in event #6 (NL Hold 'em) earning him another $73,344. He came up just short of winning his 3rd bracelet in event #33 (Razz) where he finished runner-up to James Richburg earning him $94,908.
In 2006, he and his wife, fellow poker player Cecilia Reyes Mortensen, were divorced.
Mortensen also had a good run at the 2007 European Poker Tour Main Event in Monte Carlo finishing 11th, going out to Joshua Prager after making a straight on the turn, but defeated by a flush on the river.
As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $10,700,000.[2] His 21 cashes as the WSOP account for $2,427,777 of those winnings.[3]
[edit] World Series of Poker bracelets
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship | $1,500,000 |
| 2003 | $5,000 Limit Hold'em | $251,680 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Shulman, Allyn Jaffrey (2004-12-31). "Juan Carlos Mortensen: El Matador!". CardPlayer.com. http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/14433. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ Butt, Robert. "Carlos Mortensen - stats". The Hendon Mob. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=178. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com
[edit] External links
- GENEALOGY, family origins of Carlos Mortensen in the Mauricio Alvarado-Dávila's genealogical database for Ecuador.
- World Poker Tour - profile
- Hendon Mob tournament results
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