Seat 5: Marton Czuczor, 29, Budapest, Hungary - 14,450,000
From Budapest, Hungary, Marton Czuczor has been a familiar face on the tour for a decade. And while the games were arguably softer when he started traveling around the circuit, Czuczor is one of the players who have been able to step up their game. Most of his big scores—both live and online—came in recent years. Making the final table in the record-breaking EPT Barcelona is a testament to the 29-year-old’s improvement.
Czuczor will collect his 10th EPT Main Event cash here. He’s had a narrow miss at the 2016 EPT Prague where he finished second, taking €630,000 after cutting a heads-up deal with Jasper Meijer van Putten. That remains Czuczor’s largest reward to date.
Czuczor recently proved his qualities in high roller fields as well. Three months ago at EPT Monte Carlo, he emerged third in the €25,000 High Roller for a €364,460 payday. Now guaranteed another six-figure check, Czuczor has locked up a fourth place on the Hungarian all-time money list with over $2.5 million in earnings. A victory would catapult him into the lead.
Marton Czuczor’s Main Event run:
| Day | Chip Count | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | 63,600 | 399 / 783 |
| Day 3 | 391,000 | 52 / 191 |
| Day 4 | 1,195,000 | 25 / 48 |
| Day 5 | 6,065,000 | 2 / 16 |
| Day 6 | 14,450,000 | 2 / 6 |