Seat 4: Pedro Marques, 31, Corroios, Portugal – 9,225,000
Pedro Marques has become a very well-known face on the EPT, having been on the circuit for 10 years. He made the final table of EPT Barcelona in 2018, where he came fourth for €698,369. But that was left in the shade when he made the final of the PSPC in the Bahamas in January 2023, where fifth place was worth more than $1.25 million.
The Portuguese pro is now at another major final table in a PokerStars event, having silently amassed a stack of 9,225,000. “I’m really happy and I will try my best to do even better this time,” Marques says.
Marques is a former psychology student and used to make his money as an online Omaha cash game player, but has dedicated almost all of his time to online and live MTTs over the last decade. He is undoubtedly the most experienced live player at the final table, whose $4.7 million career earnings puts the 31-year-old in a solid second in the Portugal all-time money list, behind only the high roller reg Joao Vieira.