Seat 2: Marc Inizan (349,000)
When we first really found out about Marc Inizan was at EPT Berlin. He was one of the chip leaders throughout the last few days of the event and went on to make the final table and finish in third place for €350,000. That was by far Inizan’s largest cash and still is, but he’ll be looking to change all of that today.
Inizan started playing poker in 2005 after seeing a WSOP broadcast on late-night French TV. Seeing those he could relate to winning millions of dollars playing a card game inspired him to start an online account. Through trial and error, Inizan built up a bankroll, playing sit-n-gos and multi-table tournaments. It wasn’t hard for his bankroll to begin to swell up as Inizan has a solid background in math.
In 2007, Inizan notched his first live score. At the C$10,000 WPT Championship Event at the North American Poker Championships in Ontario, Inizan ran well enough to make it down to the final 24 players. He was eliminated in 24th for C$51,065.
Inizan only cashed in a small $500 Venetian Deep Stack event in 2008, but in 2009 he finished in the money in the WPT Venice and then final tabled the Belgium Open Poker Championships Main Event. This all see up for the big year he was to have in 2010.
Already with $543,801 in live tournament earnings this year alone, that number is only going to rise from here. Inizan has landed himself five cashes this year, including his best as the aforementioned EPT Berlin finish. He also finished in the money in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship event at the WSOP this year in Las Vegas. He finished 13th and just missed the final table by a few spots so this one will be his first.
No one said poker was easy and for Inizan it won’t be at this WSOP Europe Main Event final table. He will enter the day as the shortest stack with just 349,000. Knowing Inizan’s style, he’s not going to sit around and get blinded out which means the fireworks could go off early.