Mattias Andersson is a professional poker player, born in Sweden. Now he resides in Borås, near Guthenburg. Before crafting his poker game playing on the internet, he worked as a salesman in a toy store, but gave up work and since then has being playing poker for a living. Now he has a bankroll and can afford to play in the higher tournaments. He found out about “Poker School Online” at PokerPages.com, which helped him to learn different strategies. and has been a member of it for over two years. He started playing from his computer to support himself financially. Mattias Andersson is a winning player on Poker School Online and BugsysCub. He is an example person, who knew almost nothing about the poker game in the beginning and just after a few years became a major contender for the title of World Poker Champion. Mattias Andersson now prefers playing live because it is much more fun. His playing style is unique: he can evaluate the situation and after 10 minutes of play already have a very good feeling about everyone at the table. In 2004 Mattias Andersson was the only non-American to make the final table. At the age of 24 he is one of four 20-players in the final table. The first time he played in the World Series Of Poker was in 2001, when he won the national “Magic” championship in Sweden.
Mattias Andersson is guided by his motto : “Respect all of your fellow players and try to play your best game”. He admits that he plays poker mainly for the money, but loves the game as well.Away from the poker table, Mattias Andersson has a lot of hobbies. Hating tedious time he enjoys soccer, pool, miniature golf and other card games, going to play billiard or bowling.