Seat 5: Van Marcus (1,436,000)
An accomplished player with an excellent record in both the live and online realm, Van Marcus may have less career tournament winnings than Andreas Krause at this final table, but he is no doubt the most decorated player in the final six.
A native of Melbourne, Australia, Marcus is a recently minted Full Tilt Red Pro. Although the high stakes player prefers cash games to tournaments, Marcus said that nothing tops the thrill of winning a tournament. Winning tournaments isn’t something that Marcus has done too often, but he’s felt the rush of tournament poker numerous times coming ever so close.
The one major event that Marcus won was APPT Manila in November of 2008. Marcus scorched through a field of 285 players to claim the top prize of $163,832. Even though that may be his only major win, Marcus has some other notable finishes in prominent events.
Marcus has cashed in a WSOP event on six different occasions. Out of those six, three have been final table appearances, good for half the time. In 2007, Marcus took third in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for $190,326. In 2009, he made two more final tables. The first was a seventh-place finish in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, winning him $55,687. The second was a third in the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha. That one was good for $278,049, his largest score on record. If he’s able to come second or better here in Cyprus, Marcus will have a new career high.
In total, Marcus has over $1 million in live tournament winnings. He’s won millions online and live across the globe in some of the largest cash games around playing anywhere from $25-50 to $500-1000. Marcus is going to be one tough cookie to take down here at this final table. Along with the game he brings, Marcus will enter the televised final table second in chips with 1.436 million.