Marius-Catalin Pertea is a Romanian poker player from Buzau. He is best known for his third-place finish in the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event, a finish that earned him €674,150 ($744,818).
Pertea's second recorded live result came in March 2017, a third-place finish in a €550 buy-in tournament in his native Romania that earned him €38,880. A month later, he collected the €44,280 11th-place prize in the €5,300 PokerStars Championship Main Event in Monte Carlo.
In November 2017, Pertea won the €1,000 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event for a career-best €90,925.
Pertea vanished from the live poker scene between April 2018 and May 2022, returning to action in Bucharest, Romania with a final table bubble.
In September 2024, Pertea finished third in the EPT Barcelona Main Event for a €674,150 score, taking his career earnings past $1.1 million.
Marius-Catalin Pertea's Top 5 Live Poker Results
[TABLE width="100"]*Date|Event|Finish|Prize*
Sep. 2024|€5,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event|3rd|€674,150
Nov. 2017|€1,000 Unibet Open Bucharest|1st|€90,925
Apr. 2018|€2,200 NLHE EPT Monte Carlo|4th|€56,200
Apr. 2017|€5,300 PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo|11th|€44,280
Mar. 2017|€550 NLHE IPC Bucharest|3rd|€38,880[/TAB:E]
