Carlos Mortensen Wins WPT Poker Championship
Poker star Carlos Mortensen won the 2007 WPT Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas collecting almost $4 million for first place and made history by shattering a few records and setting new ones. WPT host Mike Sexton calls his accomplishment “an impossible feat that might never be matched.”
With this achievement, Mortensen became the first and only player to have won a WPT World Championship and a WSOP Main Event. He also became the first player to collect over $5 million in career tournament earnings at Bellagio.
Another record set, Mortensen won the richest prize in the largest prize pool in the five year history of the World Poker Tour. Finally, the poker pro won the fourth largest first place prize in the history of poker, only Jamie Gold, Joe Hachem, and Greg Raymer have won more.
Held over seven days, the WPT Championships featured 639 entrants that included the biggest and brightest names in poker. When it was finally over, Mortensen outlasted 638 players, all of whom desperately wanted to win the juicy first place prize of $3,970,415.
WPT Poker Championship Final Table Results:
1. Carlos Mortensen $3,970,415
2. Kirk Morrison $2,011,135
3. Paul Lee $1,082,920
4.Guy Laliberte $696,220
5. Tim Phan $464,110
6. Mike Wattel $309,405
Carlos Mortensen plays online poker at Full Tilt Poker.
Tags: Carlos Mortensen, WPT Championship Event, World Poker Tour, WPT Poker Winners
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