Player Profiles: Seat 4: Marius-Catalin Pertea
Seven years ago, Marius Pertea fell just short of reaching the final table in Monte Carlo; he bowed out in 11th place after losing with king-jack to Davidi Kitai's queen-jack.
We haven’t seen too much of Pertea thereafter. He wasn't around for a few years in the post-Covid seasons, but has now returned to the big stage and done so in style.
Pertea won a seat to the EPT Barcelona 2024 Main Event online at PokerStars. And after busting that first bullet, he opted to re-enter paying the full buy-in. It turned out to be a fantastic decision as he's now locked up the first six-figure prize of his career.
The 44-year-old construction industry entrepreneur has called poker his hobby for the past 12 or 13 years. He plays mostly home games, but when he decides to travel for poker, it’s almost exclusively to EPTs. Now he has a chance of making his mark on the tour should he become Romania's second EPT champion after Razvan Belea.