Seat 4: Marvin Rettenmaier - 2,020,000 chips
Is there anybody in the world playing more consistent poker than Marvin Rettenmaier right now? The man known as the 'Mad One' is continuing his trend of improving his live tournament cashing record year-after-year since 2009. This year alone he has already won over $1.6 million in live tournament earnings and joined the PartyPoker team of sponsored pros.
In May, Rettenmaier won the WPT Championships in the Bellagio for $1,196,858 when he defeated Philippe Ktorza in heads up play. This hands him the opportunity to make history as the first ever back-to-back WPT Champions. Nobody has been in this position before and incredibly Rettenmaier had to do it by climbing up the chip charts from rock bottom. He was down to as low as 140,000 chips after being bluffed off a huge pot by Sam El Sayed, but the German remained composed, played like a true champion and now starts the day third in chips.
Lynn Gilmartin spoke with Rettenmaier on Day 3:
Thanks to the WPT for this player profile.