Poker Player Profile: Carlos Mortensen

Juan Carlos Mortensen, AKA ‘the Matador’, is Latin America’s top ranked poker player. Famous for his complex chip sculptures and loose play, Mortensen is the all-time top money winner on the World Poker Tour.

Carlos Mortensen Stats:

Birth Date: 13/04/1972

WSOP Bracelets: 2

Tournament wins: 12

Money finishes: 65

Total prize money: $8,339,895

Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada

Carlos Mortensen Bio:

Carlos Mortensen was born in Ecuador, but grew up in Spain. Mortensen first came into contact with poker while working as a bartender in a nightclub in Spain. Having been invited to join a game between some patrons of the club, Mortensen won with ease, and was hooked from that moment on.

Carlos Mortensen Poker Career:

By the end of the 1990s Carlos Mortensen had outgrown the tiny Spanish poker scene, and made the decision to move to Las Vegas to join the professional poker circuit. In 2000 Carlos Mortensen was sponsored by a group of Spanish players to play in his first World Series of Poker, in which he finished 7th in a No Limit Hold ‘em event.

A year later he was back at the World Series of Poker. With more experience beneath his belt, and three tournament titles to his name, Carlos Mortensen had become a force to be reckoned with. Mortensen bought into the main event of the World Series of Poker and eventually claimed the $1,5 million first prize.

Since claiming the 2001 World Series of Poker, Carlos Mortensen has claimed several other major tournament wins, including the $4 million 2007 World Poker Tour World Championship and the $1 million North American Poker Championship. Carlos Mortensen claimed his second WSOP bracelet in 2003 when he won the World Series of Poker Limit Hold ‘em event.

Carlos Mortensen Playing Style

Carlos Mortensen is considered to be one of the most intimidating players on the circuit by his opponents. Mortensen disdains the tight aggressive game favoured by many pros, and instead prefers to dominate tables with loose play and an exceptional ability to read his opponents’ reactions to their hands.

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