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Carlos Mortensen

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...

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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
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
2001 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2001 1st $1,500,000

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Player Statistics

Cashes16
Total Winnings$7,042,530
First Place Finishes3
WSOP Bracelets1

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