'Ultratite' loves Heads-Up action!

10KingsPoker.com's first ever Heads-Up tournament (€30+€3) was played on Monday night, and the winner was 'Ultratite' from Stord. We spoke to him after his win.

Name: Sigbjørn Mortveit
Age: 25
Poker alias: ’Ultratite’ on 10KingsPoker, and ’#1Ultratight’ on Stars
What’s the reason behind your nick?
People see me as an extremely tight player (I play few hands). Honestly, the truth is that I play a solid game of poker.
I take advantage of my image, and I go a long way in most tournaments. And I’m confident I will see more prize money in near future.

Any international poker achievements?
I came 17th in EPT Copenhagen Main Event 2008. To play against so many top names from all around the world, what a fantastic experience! And then to come as far as I did, it was amazing for me. 3 days of perfect poker only to make a mistake which knocked me out of the tournament. .. (I admit I didn’t sleep for 2 days afterwards!).

Which players sat at your table?
Among others; Noah Boeken, Bill Chen, Jesper Pettersen, Sebastian Ruthenberg,
Niki Jedlnica, Jarle AA, THE__D__RY, and last but not least, the best player I have ever played against; Christian Grundtvig.
On Day 2 he increased his chips stack from 27,000 to nearly 150,000 chips within 2 hours and no showdowns!


Rumours say you are an active online player..
Yeah, I play quite a few heads-up tournaments on Stars. I figured out that during a day I played roughly 15,000 hands! I have an income of $30-$70 pr hour I play. My previous experience by playing a lot of Heads-Up helped me a lot on Monday night. Hmm… let me think… I must have played 1,500 Heads-Up SNG`s last two months…

You played ANDOS_1 (Liverpool) in the final tonight. Any comments about his play?
Obviously a good player, and I enjoy playing these guys. It makes me play optimal poker, knowing where I am in the hand, just waiting for
my spots. Then to get the money on when I have the best hand or when I KNOW he is gonna fold.
I respect him 100% as a poker player, I really look forward to share a few pints in Liverpool and talk poker. However, if there was something that he could have
done better, it might be this:
1. check-raise my bets on flop more times than he folded to my bets.
2. played his smaller pairs "less hard"
(See you at the Circus Casino, ANDOS_1.)

You will head to Liverpool as one of the dark horses in the Main Event, and also a strong favourite for the team competition. Who is joining you?
My team will be Kjetil Næss (elpervo) and another player from Stavanger. They are both very strong players who play poker for a living.
I look forward to play the event in Liverpool, its gonna be a lot of fun. My team is coming to Liverpool for one reason; To win the event! 

And one last comment regarding Liverpool Winter Festival. What do you think?
It looks great! Fingers crossed, but you work harder than anyone and that means it will turn out to be a fantastic festival for all of us involved. Personally, I think you have a strong product which well received by customers and the market needs something fresh like this. I booked a cheap flight to UK, got a nice hotel to a decent rate and a cool £500+£50 event with a good structure. I’m fed up with boring trips to Tallinn with a ‘super-bingo-structured’ tournaments, so my message is: Keep up the good work, 10KingsPoker!