Carlos Mortensen
Mortensen at the $25,000 World Poker Tour No Limit Hold'em Championship
Nickname(s)	El Matador
Hometown	Madrid, Spain
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	2
Money finishes	14
Highest ITM main event finish	Winner, 2001
World Poker Tour
Titles	2
Final tables	3
Money finishes	11
European Poker Tour
Titles	None
Final tables	None
Money finishes	1

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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. Carlos is also currently the all-time money leader on the World Poker Tour, with over $5 million in career earnings. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Below are the results of season five of the World Poker Tour (2006–2007). ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...

Carlos finished 4th, winning $32,125, on Poker Royale: the WPPA Championship. Poker Royale is a television series that focuses on No Limit Texas hold em Poker that airs on GSN. The first series began on December 7, 2004. ...

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. The World Heads-Up Poker Championship (WHUPC) is an annual elimination-format poker tournament of one-on-one no limit texas holdem matches. ... The Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament is a series of no limit Texas hold em poker tournaments. ...

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. The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. ...

In 2006, he and his wife, fellow poker player Cecilia Reyes Mortensen, were divorced. Cecilia Reyes Mortensen is a top ranked female professional poker player. ...

Mortensen is also considered the last poker professional to win the World Series of Poker Main Event.

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. Category: ... The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity. ... Monte Carlo is a very wealthy section of the city-state of Monaco known for its casino, gambling, beaches, glamour, and sightings of famous people. ...

In January 2007, he appeared on the Poker After Dark television program. Poker After Dark is an hour-long late night poker television program on NBC, which debuted January 2007 in its NBC All Night programming lineup, airing six nights a week. ...

As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $8,400,000.

World Series of Poker bracelets

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References

• Shulman, Allyn Jaffrey (Dec. 31, 2004). Juan Carlos Mortensen: El Matador!. Cardplayer.

External links

• World Poker Tour profile
• Hendon Mob tournament results