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Carlos Mortensen

Name: Carlos Mortensen
Nickname: El Matador
Country: Spain
City: Madrid
Total winnings: $ 10,765,799
Cashes: 102
First place Finishes: 24

Biography

Known for his elaborate chip towers and aggressive play, Juan Carlos Mortensen (Carlos Mortensen for short) was born in Ecuador before making the move to the United States in the 1990s to play poker. It didn’t take long for Mortensen to make a name for himself. Not only did other top players begin to know who Carlos Mortensen was; they respected and feared him on the tables.

After taking his shots in tournaments while grinding away at the cash tables, Mortensen finally broke through in 2000 when he cashed in a WSOP event for over $20,000. A few smaller cashes followed and then in February of 2001, Carlos outlasted the entire field in an event at the L.A. Poker Classic to win over $116,000. Shortly thereafter, he took down the Shooting Star Tournament for another $44,550 and an entry into the WSOP Main Event.

Playing his best poker ever and feeling more and more confident with each hand that he was dealt, Carlos put the seat he had won to good use. In fact, he profited the maximum amount when he bested a field of 613 entrants to win the 2001 WSOP Main Event. His win earned him a big $1.5 million payday and title of the world’s best.

Carlos was able to secure himself another bracelet in 2003 in the $5,000 Limit Hold’em event. As the first and only ever Hispanic player to win the Main Event, Mortensen completed another first in the poker world when he won the WPT Championship in 2004. This win made him the first player to win both the WSOP Main Event and the WPT Championship.

With over $8.5 million in tournament winnings, most consider Mortensen to be the last true professional to win the WSOP Main Event. The following years after his win have all seen amateur players take home the most coveted gold bracelet of them all.

Tournaments and Winnings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011
$ 10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship	15^th	$24,060
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Triple Chance	40^th	$7,453
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em	17^th	$33,540
2011 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event	3^rd	$640,680
2011 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
A$ 10,000 Australian Heads-Up Championship	1^st	130,000 AUD
A$ 25,000 Full Tilt Poker Invitational Shootout - Heat 1	8^th
EPT Barcelona
€ 5,000 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	90^th	€9,000
Full Tilt Poker Late Night Poker 2010
Final	3^rd	$65,000
$ 10,000 Heat 2	1^st
FullTiltPoker.com - Doubles Poker Championship
$ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Qualifying Match 7	1^st	$5,000
FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX
Heat 4	4^th
41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010
$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed	17^th	$58,699
$ 10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	6^th	$102,237
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	23^rd	$16,644
Hollywood Poker Open
$ 9,600 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Championship Event	1^st	$393,820
2010 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event	9^th	$100,130
$ 3,085 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed	9^th	$9,450
$ 1,065 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$273,500
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championships	7^th	$17,460
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event	106^th	$23,500
2009 World Poker Finals
$ 4,800 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$152,857
40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	129^th	$3,615
$ 2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo	3^rd	$89,342
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed	92^nd	$3,305
Champions Invitational	5^th
Seventh Annual Five Star World Poker Classic
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	11^th	$2,250
2008 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em	5^th	$36,745
39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008
$ 10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em	64^th	$14,438
Sixth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic - WPT World Championship
$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event	38^th	$65,955
38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007
$ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em	217^th	$51,398
Fifth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic
$ 25,000 WPT - No Limit Hold'em Championship	1^st	$3,970,415
EPT Grand Final
€ 10,000 EPT Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em	11^th	€66,360
Poker After Dark
$ 20,000 Week 3	6^th
Festa Al Lago V Poker Tournament
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event	14^th	$41,745
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	16^th	$3,730
Johnny Chan TCI Invitational Poker Tournament
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$139,195
37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006
$ 1,500 7 Card Razz	2^nd	$94,908
$ 3,000 Limit Hold'em	17^th	$7,529
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	10^th	$38,936
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	9^th	$73,344
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	9^th	$71,617
Intercontinental Poker Championship
Round 2 - Group A	2^nd
Round 1 - Group A	6^th
Mandalay Bay Poker Championship
$ 10,000 WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em	12^th	$33,600
World Headsup Poker Championships 2006
€ 2,500 World Heads Up Poker Championship	9^th	€5,000
2006 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Las Vegas
$ 5,000 H.O.S.E.	5^th	$17,500
Fourth Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em	14^th	$6,730
World Poker Challenge 2006
$ 5,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em	25^th	$17,075
Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament Season 3
Poker Superstars III Championship	3^rd
Quarter Finals - Group A - Match 2	3^rd
Quarter Finals - Group A - Match 1	4^th
Final 16 - Group D - Match 2	1^st	$15,000
Final 16 - Group D - Match 1	3^rd
Heat 18	3^rd
Heat 13	4^th
Heat 11	2^nd
Heat 7	4^th
Heat 1	4^th
2006 Borgata Winter Open - WPT
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em	27^th	$4,575
Jack Binion WSOP Circuit Event
$ 3,000 Limit H.O.R.S.E.	1^st	$53,105
FullTilt.net Poker Global Poker Challenge
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout	9^th	$5,000
Fourth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	5^th	$31,330
2005 Monte Carlo Millions
$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em	78^th
Barcelona Open 2005
€ 2,500 Heads Up Poker Circuit - No Limit Hold'em	3^rd	€15,000
2005 Legends of Poker
$ 5,000 WPT Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	36^th	$14,595
36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005
$ 2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo	33^rd	$3,305
$ 2,500 Limit Hold'em	19^th	$5,145
2005 Mirage Poker Showdown
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$72,844
Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament Season 2
Quarter Finalists Invitational Freeroll	3^rd
Semi Final 2	2^nd	$30,000
Quarter Final 2	2^nd	$15,000
Final 16 - Group A - Match 2	2^nd
Final 16 - Group A - Match 1	1^st	$15,000
Heat 23	2^nd
Heat 18	1^st	$10,000
Heat 13	1^st	$10,000
Heat 10	1^st	$10,000
Heat 7	1^st	$10,000
Heat 3	6^th
2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em	9^th	$25,000
2004 Monte Carlo Millions
Consolation Tournament	50^th	$1,000
2004 Festa al Lago III Poker Tournament
$ 10,000 The Doyle Brunson North American No Limit Hold'em Poker Championship	1^st	$1,000,000
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day	15^th	$3,305
WPPA Championship of Poker
$ 4,900 WPPA Championship of Poker No Limit Hold'em Championship - Final Day	4^th	$32,125
$ 1,455 No Limit Hold'em Shootout	1^st	$16,780
2004 Borgata Poker Open - WPT
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day	21^st	$18,120
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	13^th	$3,480
The Gaming Club World Poker Championship (Pot Limit Hold'em)
Final	16^th	€12,022
Semi-Final	8^th	€12,022
€ 5,710 Episode 1	2^nd
2004 Legends of Poker
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Final Day - WPT	55^th	$5,000
2004 World Heads Up Poker Championships
€ 2,000 World Heads Up Poker Championships - No Limit Hold'em	3^rd	€20,000
2004 - WPT Invitational
Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	9^th	$2,000
2004 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	1^st	$117,650
2003 Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em	16^th	$3,623
2003 Four Queens Poker Classic
$ 200 Tag Team - Half Hold'em/Half Omaha Hi	7^th	$142
2003 Borgata Poker Open - WPT
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Final Table	4^th	$70,500
Festa al Lago
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	17^th	$1,716
Austrian Masters 2003
€ 1,000 World Heads Up Poker Championships 2003	65^th
34th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2003
$ 5,000 Limit Hold'em	1^st	$251,680
$ 2,500 Limit Hold'em	12^th	$7,220
$ 2,000 H.O.R.S.E.	11^th	$3,160
2003 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic WPT Championship
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em	9^th	$7,820
2003 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship - WPT	10^th	$21,355
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	7^th	$4,950
Bellagio Five Diamond Poker Classic - 2002
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event	8^th	$10,145
2002 World Poker Finals
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$53,280
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	17^th	$1,050
2002 Legends of Poker
$ 300 No Limit Hold'em	6^th	$3,810
California State Poker Championship 2002
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em Championchip	22^nd	$1,515
$ 500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split	14^th	$855
$ 500 Stud Hi/Lo Split	3^rd	$5,050
$ 300 Omaha Hi/Lo Split	1^st	$25,191
$ 300 7 Card Stud	7^th	$1,620
33rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2002
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em	4^th	$40,940
2002 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 500 Omaha Hi/Lo	14^th	$1,150
32nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2001
$ 10,000 Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$1,500,000
2001 Shooting Stars
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em	1^st	$44,550
2001 L.A. Poker Classic
$ 300 Limit Hold'em	1^st	$116,722
2000 World Poker Finals
Final Table No Limit Hold'em	9^th	$13,260
2000 Heavenly Hold'em
$ 200 No Limit Hold'em	7^th	$1,365
$ 200 Pot Limit Hold'em	6^th	$909
$ 100 Pot Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$4,047
31st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2000
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em	7^th	$22,575
1999 Holiday Bonus Tournament
$ 200 Pot Limit Hold'em	6^th	$1,161

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