Carlos Mortensen

Name: Carlos Mortensen
Nickname: El Matador
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: April 13, 1972
Birth Place: Ambato, Ecuador
Poker Room: Full Tilt Poker

Ask anyone on the poker circuit about El Matador and you'll get an earful: Aggressive! Wild! Unpredictable! It's an image Carlos Mortensen has worked hard to build and one he continues to cultivate. And, when you glance over his poker resume, it's not very hard to see why.

The first player in history to take down the WSOP Main Event and a WPT Championship table, Carlos Mortensen is one of the most highly respected and feared...

Trivia

Legal name is Juan Carlos Mortensen but became known as Carlos when he moved to the United States
Loves to bowl and rip around on ATVs
Was married to fellow pro Cecilia Reyes-Mortensen for more than a decade
First person to win both the WSOP and WPT Championships
Is the 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champion
Is most comfortable speaking in his native tongue of Spanish
Fights green-felt boredom by building pyramid-like structures with his chips, listening to his iPod, and playing chess or sudoku on his PSP

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 54 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	129th	$3,615
2009 WSOP, Event 25 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo	3rd	$89,342
2009 WSOP, Event 9 - $1500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	92nd	$3,305
2008 WSOP, Event 25, World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit...	64th	$14,438
WPT Season 6, WPT World Championship	38th	$65,955
2007 WSOP, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	217th	$51,398
WPT Season 5, WPT World Championship	1st	$3,970,415
EPT Season 3, EPT3 Monte Carlo Grand Final	11th	€66,360
2006 WSOP, Event 33, Seven-Card Razz	2nd	$94,908
2006 WSOP, Event 23, Limit Hold'em	17th	$7,529
2006 WSOP, Event 17, No-Limit Hold'em	10th	$38,936
2006 WSOP, Event 6, No-Limit Hold'em	9th	$73,344
2006 WSOP, Event 2, No-Limit Hold'em	9th	$71,617
2005 WSOP, Event 21, $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	33rd	$3,305
2005 WSOP, Event 17, $2,500 Limit Hold'em	19th	$5,145
2005 WSOP, Event 5, $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	13th	$8,680
WPT Season 3, Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship	1st	$1,000,000
WPT Season 2, Borgata Poker Open	4th	$70,500
2003 WSOP, Event 12, Limit Hold'em	12th	$7,220
2001 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2001	1st	$1,500,000
2003 WSOP, Event 34, Limit Hold'em	1st	$251,680
2002 WSOP, Event 19, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	4th	$40,940
2000 WSOP, Event 20, No-Limit Hold'em	7th	$22,575