Poker History
Stefan was born on 16/10/1979 in
Kiruna, Sweden. He stated playing poker when he was just a little
kid. He has been playing competitively for over 9 years and although
he considers himself primarily as a cash game player he has notched
up over $1.3 million in major tournaments winnings.
Stefan is a familiar figure on the
European Poker Tour circuit and has cashed several times, including a
cash in the EPT Barcelona 2007 for $17,000 and a 3rd place cash in
the EPT Prague main event, taking home $382,160. he has also cashed
in the WSOP Pot Limit OMaha main event taking $118,462 and
furthermore back in 2008 came 2nd in the €5,000 WPT Spanish
Championship, taking a cool $342,989.
Stefan has also managed to come in the
money 3 years in a row in the WSOP main even, finishing 57th in 2006,
22nd in 2007 and 277th in 2008.
Stefan now lives in Stockholm but grew
up in Kiruna in Lappland, Sweden's northernmost city, some 145 km
above the Arctic circle.
Tournament Results
Date
| Country
| Tournament
| Position
| Prize
| | 01/12/2009 | Czech Republic | €5,000 NLH Main Event, EPT Prague | 3rd | $382,160 | | 23/05/2008 | Spain
| €5,000
NLH WPT Spanish Championship, Barcelona
| 2nd | $342,989 | | 06/07/2007 | USA
| $10,000 WSOP Main event, 38th WSOP,Las Vegas
| 22nd | $333,490 |
Stefan Mattsson on TheHendonMob
Total Amount won (USD): over $1.3 million
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