His name is Carlos Mortensen, he is 33 years old and you probably don't know him. He is a professional player of poker and walks these days by Spain. Well, he is actually not a player: he is the best player of Poker in the world.
Champion of the world series of poker, more than 3,2 earned million dollars in his career, capable to be carried 9 million pesetas in a single night, Juan Carlos Mortensen, that began as a waiter in a club of Madrid, discovered in a late way his fondness: with 25 years became a fan of "Texas Hold´hem", a modality of poker in which he quickly he began to show great improvment.
They encouraged by his friends to be dedicated professionally to it, Mortensen travelled to US, where continued the "Tour" professional -something seemed al of golf or that of tennis and in which they participate old woman glories of the sport as the tennis player Yevgeni Kafelnikov- until in 2001 managed to be the largest one and to be carried the championship of the world, some 200 million pesetas and a bracelet of gold.
Now, the waiter lives in The fertile plain, surrounded by luxuries and he is an assiduous one to the large galas of the casinos of Atlantic City or Missouri. These days, he walks by Barcelona in a championship that is celebrated in the Great Casino, inside the "circuit" European. If they want to see him, already they know, of the 9 al 18 of September.
Now you know that your son can be something more than football player...
Champion of the world series of poker, more than 3,2 earned million dollars in his career, capable to be carried 9 million pesetas in a single night, Juan Carlos Mortensen, that began as a waiter in a club of Madrid, discovered in a late way his fondness: with 25 years became a fan of "Texas Hold´hem", a modality of poker in which he quickly he began to show great improvment.
They encouraged by his friends to be dedicated professionally to it, Mortensen travelled to US, where continued the "Tour" professional -something seemed al of golf or that of tennis and in which they participate old woman glories of the sport as the tennis player Yevgeni Kafelnikov- until in 2001 managed to be the largest one and to be carried the championship of the world, some 200 million pesetas and a bracelet of gold.
Now, the waiter lives in The fertile plain, surrounded by luxuries and he is an assiduous one to the large galas of the casinos of Atlantic City or Missouri. These days, he walks by Barcelona in a championship that is celebrated in the Great Casino, inside the "circuit" European. If they want to see him, already they know, of the 9 al 18 of September.
Now you know that your son can be something more than football player...
