JCM born in Ambato, Ecuador, the 13 of April of 1972. On Spanish mother and Danish father, he lived in Ecuador during 15 years, is 5º of 6 brothers. Her family lived on the farms in Ecuador until they decided to change itself to Madrid.Hardly his bachelor in Physics finished and Mathematics, left house of their parents to live with their Cecilia wife, carried out diverse works, in some opportunity had 3 simultaneously. First house to the 19 years of age bought his. It sold leather articles, it worked in restaurants, pizzerías and bars, thus during 6 years; until it knew the poker.It does not make a methodical physical training for the game, but it claims to be in favor of “mens san in corpore sano”, it is fed suitably, it has let smoke since it began to play poker in the U.S.A., since there it is not allowed to do it, and ahor carries out something of golf, that allows to distract itself him of so many hours of confinement in the casinos, besides to help its physical training.Enthusiastic player of chess and pool, from boy; also it competes to the Gin Rummy by money, and it likes the solitaires, specially spider.Juan Carlos accurately remembers the first day that played Texas Hold’em, “fué the 15 of April of 1995” he says smiling. “Montera” was barman in a denominated bar; where pool played generally and chess. That day was waiting for its wife and began to play a strange modality of poker, brought from the U.S.A. by Gonzalo Garci'a Pelayo, then it was said, “quiero to do intento”, it disbursed $100 and it lost them completely.It tells that that night could not sleep thinking about which it had done badly.It returned on the following day and it duplicated his money, and thus during 4 days but, soon after was dedicated to play poker, being won every day during 25 days to the month.After a short time there were already no games for him in Spain, tell that lately, as soon as they found out that Mortensen entered the enclosure where gambled, the games were suspended, no player was seated.It is then when it decides to make a raid to the U.S.A., all his personal fortune went up to around the $15.000. It decided to travel to the U.S.A. with $2,800, it generally began to play with $500 and it did not need but that eso.Llegado to Atlantic City, in October of 1997, did not know to speak a single word in English, in his first day of game it lost $1,400, it began playing $5-$10 and $10-$20, as the things were not well had to lower to $2-$4, until it gained $1.000. At the end of his estadía, 3 months - to the victory of its visa -, had recovered its money and increased its fortune in $10.000.
When it returned to Spain, it returned to play poker, obtaining the respect of all the best players of Madrid, so is so they decided to pay the inscription to them to which first participation in the WSOP of year 1999 would be his, he would only take 30% from which it obtained in prizes, with all the expenses payments.It was able to surpass first half of players, but not to enter the prizes.It had taken $1,000 additional ones, that lost in the lateral tables, as consolation it had left a coupon for a match of $100 in The Mirage Hotel, as were fraction, decided to play it, miraculously finished in 3º place, taking $4,000 in prizes. With that money it began to play $10-$20 and in just a short time it had gained $10.000.With his Cecilia wife (known as Bonnie and Clyde in the world of the poker) it was transferred to California, where it was dedicated to play $15-$30 and $20-40 in The Comerce Casino. In two months there, it ended up gaining $45.000. Again by visa problems, it had to return to Spain.In 2000 Mortensen plays the WSOP for the first time with its money. One stayed of leader of the match by enough time until it finished in position 69 of 512 players.Also $3,000 NL Texas Hold’em participated in the event, finishing in 7º place and taking a prize of $22.575.
In year 2,001, in the month of Mortensen February it gained Match L.A. Classic Poker of the Commerce Casino. Buy-in it had been of $330 with re-buys, with which its victory allowed him to pocket nothing less than $116.772.A month later his Leandro friend Alvarez, made all the adjustments and tournament AT Bay 101 convinced it to play the Shooting Star, again Mortensen takes the triumph with premi of $44,500 and a seat for the greater event in the World-wide Series of that year. The champion decided qeu his friend would take 5% of his gains to have made all the adjustments by his aprticipación and not only that, also those of the world-wide series, since the seat had gained there, the accountant of I read, by the way, will not be unconformed with this percentage.In this match “El Matador” it eliminated players of the stature of Scotty Nguyen and Brad Daugherty.In that hand, Brad took AA and did bet enough stop, Mortensen and their aggressiveness moved all-in with QJ, for the short joy of Daugherty, flop gave to a Q and river a J. -World-wide series of year 2,001 (WSOP).
“The Killer” it counted in that then on 29 years of age, were in this match 612 new recruits. The first day had $28,000 in cards, $56,000 the second and $87,500 third. It wanted to enter the prizes and that meant to be within the 45 first players, near them it made a preservative performance until entering there and later day was decided by its better final juego.Al of 4º took $875,000 in cards.Slowly fué taking the control from the table as it was understanding the style of each player, and making contrajuego.Se remembers the anecdote of Mike Matusow, who shared the table at those moments, the previous day Mike had done raise without play and had made foldear the hand of Mortensen, as it is his Matusow style showed his letters, but somebody took note here from this.
When the blind people were in $10.000-$20.000, the champion relates who Mike watched and raised it the blind people to $70,000, “supe that he did not have a good hand, had decided qeu would raise to $200,000 without mattering what tuviese”. Then Matusow says “raissssse” slowly; and it raises to $380.000. Mortensen says “all-in”. Moments later its adeversario foldeaba the hand and Juan Carlos showed Q8. “Sabía that did not have a hand in which it wanted to invest all his fichas”.Although this time was mistaken, thinking that the moved one of Matusow was a light, because this it took AQ, Mortensen affirms: single “esto test that the confidence and the aggression do to ganador”The crucial momentTheir final adversary fué Dewey Tomko, runner-up of year 1982, at the time of distributing to the last hand stacks was the following ones: Mortensen = 3.500.000 cards - Tomko = 1.700.000 cardsThe killing one spoke first e did raise up to $100,000, Tomko call. Now the champion has project of open stairs and color with 15 outs to obtain them and a 54% of possibilities of making it in proximas two letters. And in the assumption case in that his adversary took a play like AJ, still he added 6 outs but.Mortensen did bet of $100,000 and Dewey I raise up to $400,000, without thinking it much Juan Carlos was put all-in, “todo or nada” it said smiling while it watched the overwhelmed Tomko. There Dewey paid the bet and could be decided the luck of a champion.Like in the match in which it had obtained his classification for this world-wide series, defeating to Daugherty with QJ versus AA, now in the end of the greater event of the World-wide Series of Poker, history defeating to Dewey Tomko with KQs versus AA repeated.The prize here fué of $1.500.000, a gold bracelet and the title of world-wide champion of poker.
Some thoughts of the champion: “Creo that the poker is a game of people a carried out with letters and not letter game carried out by personas”“Pienso that all the players have limits or situations where discomforts feel, is there where I put them to prueba”“Soy difficult to read, I disorder the game, once I am matching of mathematics, again a chance game, again I am bluffeando and taking pote to me. I can carry out many different forms by my imagen.”“Todo the world receives the same number of good letters and bad, to win in NL bluff” makes lack;to “Jugar poker is like composing music, card on card, are doing trabajo”“El failure does not exist until the person does not occur by won. Although it does not go to you well, if you continue trying it, you will not be failing. The failed one is that that throws toalla”“Cuando the fear enters to you to lose, is when but you are going to lose, because nontakings decisions correctas”Friday 23 November 2007
JUAN CARLOS MORTENSEN
JCM born in Ambato, Ecuador, the 13 of April of 1972. On Spanish mother and Danish father, he lived in Ecuador during 15 years, is 5º of 6 brothers. Her family lived on the farms in Ecuador until they decided to change itself to Madrid.Hardly his bachelor in Physics finished and Mathematics, left house of their parents to live with their Cecilia wife, carried out diverse works, in some opportunity had 3 simultaneously. First house to the 19 years of age bought his. It sold leather articles, it worked in restaurants, pizzerías and bars, thus during 6 years; until it knew the poker.It does not make a methodical physical training for the game, but it claims to be in favor of “mens san in corpore sano”, it is fed suitably, it has let smoke since it began to play poker in the U.S.A., since there it is not allowed to do it, and ahor carries out something of golf, that allows to distract itself him of so many hours of confinement in the casinos, besides to help its physical training.Enthusiastic player of chess and pool, from boy; also it competes to the Gin Rummy by money, and it likes the solitaires, specially spider.Juan Carlos accurately remembers the first day that played Texas Hold’em, “fué the 15 of April of 1995” he says smiling. “Montera” was barman in a denominated bar; where pool played generally and chess. That day was waiting for its wife and began to play a strange modality of poker, brought from the U.S.A. by Gonzalo Garci'a Pelayo, then it was said, “quiero to do intento”, it disbursed $100 and it lost them completely.It tells that that night could not sleep thinking about which it had done badly.It returned on the following day and it duplicated his money, and thus during 4 days but, soon after was dedicated to play poker, being won every day during 25 days to the month.After a short time there were already no games for him in Spain, tell that lately, as soon as they found out that Mortensen entered the enclosure where gambled, the games were suspended, no player was seated.It is then when it decides to make a raid to the U.S.A., all his personal fortune went up to around the $15.000. It decided to travel to the U.S.A. with $2,800, it generally began to play with $500 and it did not need but that eso.Llegado to Atlantic City, in October of 1997, did not know to speak a single word in English, in his first day of game it lost $1,400, it began playing $5-$10 and $10-$20, as the things were not well had to lower to $2-$4, until it gained $1.000. At the end of his estadía, 3 months - to the victory of its visa -, had recovered its money and increased its fortune in $10.000.
When it returned to Spain, it returned to play poker, obtaining the respect of all the best players of Madrid, so is so they decided to pay the inscription to them to which first participation in the WSOP of year 1999 would be his, he would only take 30% from which it obtained in prizes, with all the expenses payments.It was able to surpass first half of players, but not to enter the prizes.It had taken $1,000 additional ones, that lost in the lateral tables, as consolation it had left a coupon for a match of $100 in The Mirage Hotel, as were fraction, decided to play it, miraculously finished in 3º place, taking $4,000 in prizes. With that money it began to play $10-$20 and in just a short time it had gained $10.000.With his Cecilia wife (known as Bonnie and Clyde in the world of the poker) it was transferred to California, where it was dedicated to play $15-$30 and $20-40 in The Comerce Casino. In two months there, it ended up gaining $45.000. Again by visa problems, it had to return to Spain.In 2000 Mortensen plays the WSOP for the first time with its money. One stayed of leader of the match by enough time until it finished in position 69 of 512 players.Also $3,000 NL Texas Hold’em participated in the event, finishing in 7º place and taking a prize of $22.575.
In year 2,001, in the month of Mortensen February it gained Match L.A. Classic Poker of the Commerce Casino. Buy-in it had been of $330 with re-buys, with which its victory allowed him to pocket nothing less than $116.772.A month later his Leandro friend Alvarez, made all the adjustments and tournament AT Bay 101 convinced it to play the Shooting Star, again Mortensen takes the triumph with premi of $44,500 and a seat for the greater event in the World-wide Series of that year. The champion decided qeu his friend would take 5% of his gains to have made all the adjustments by his aprticipación and not only that, also those of the world-wide series, since the seat had gained there, the accountant of I read, by the way, will not be unconformed with this percentage.In this match “El Matador” it eliminated players of the stature of Scotty Nguyen and Brad Daugherty.In that hand, Brad took AA and did bet enough stop, Mortensen and their aggressiveness moved all-in with QJ, for the short joy of Daugherty, flop gave to a Q and river a J. -World-wide series of year 2,001 (WSOP).
“The Killer” it counted in that then on 29 years of age, were in this match 612 new recruits. The first day had $28,000 in cards, $56,000 the second and $87,500 third. It wanted to enter the prizes and that meant to be within the 45 first players, near them it made a preservative performance until entering there and later day was decided by its better final juego.Al of 4º took $875,000 in cards.Slowly fué taking the control from the table as it was understanding the style of each player, and making contrajuego.Se remembers the anecdote of Mike Matusow, who shared the table at those moments, the previous day Mike had done raise without play and had made foldear the hand of Mortensen, as it is his Matusow style showed his letters, but somebody took note here from this.
When the blind people were in $10.000-$20.000, the champion relates who Mike watched and raised it the blind people to $70,000, “supe that he did not have a good hand, had decided qeu would raise to $200,000 without mattering what tuviese”. Then Matusow says “raissssse” slowly; and it raises to $380.000. Mortensen says “all-in”. Moments later its adeversario foldeaba the hand and Juan Carlos showed Q8. “Sabía that did not have a hand in which it wanted to invest all his fichas”.Although this time was mistaken, thinking that the moved one of Matusow was a light, because this it took AQ, Mortensen affirms: single “esto test that the confidence and the aggression do to ganador”The crucial momentTheir final adversary fué Dewey Tomko, runner-up of year 1982, at the time of distributing to the last hand stacks was the following ones: Mortensen = 3.500.000 cards - Tomko = 1.700.000 cardsThe killing one spoke first e did raise up to $100,000, Tomko call. Now the champion has project of open stairs and color with 15 outs to obtain them and a 54% of possibilities of making it in proximas two letters. And in the assumption case in that his adversary took a play like AJ, still he added 6 outs but.Mortensen did bet of $100,000 and Dewey I raise up to $400,000, without thinking it much Juan Carlos was put all-in, “todo or nada” it said smiling while it watched the overwhelmed Tomko. There Dewey paid the bet and could be decided the luck of a champion.Like in the match in which it had obtained his classification for this world-wide series, defeating to Daugherty with QJ versus AA, now in the end of the greater event of the World-wide Series of Poker, history defeating to Dewey Tomko with KQs versus AA repeated.The prize here fué of $1.500.000, a gold bracelet and the title of world-wide champion of poker.
Some thoughts of the champion: “Creo that the poker is a game of people a carried out with letters and not letter game carried out by personas”“Pienso that all the players have limits or situations where discomforts feel, is there where I put them to prueba”“Soy difficult to read, I disorder the game, once I am matching of mathematics, again a chance game, again I am bluffeando and taking pote to me. I can carry out many different forms by my imagen.”“Todo the world receives the same number of good letters and bad, to win in NL bluff” makes lack;to “Jugar poker is like composing music, card on card, are doing trabajo”“El failure does not exist until the person does not occur by won. Although it does not go to you well, if you continue trying it, you will not be failing. The failed one is that that throws toalla”“Cuando the fear enters to you to lose, is when but you are going to lose, because nontakings decisions correctas”