Top 20 Finalists: Marco Cesar (XT@TX)

One of nearly 20 Brazilian qualifiers and one of two in the Top 21 Finalists, Marco Cesar (XT@TX) comes to Vienna from Indaiatuba, a small town located approximately 200km from Sao Paulo. Well-known within the Everest Poker Brazilian community, Marco came to Austria with fellow Brazilian qualifier, ADOLPH88. Although they have played together and kept in touch online for some time, their trip to Live the Dream was the first time they had met in person.

A prolific online tournament player, Marco qualified via the Live the Dream MTT Leaderboard during the first week of qualification. Technically, he qualified another SIX TIMES. Marco began playing poker five years ago after watching the WSOP on ESPN. Upon learning one of the players qualified online. So he looked up poker online and found Everest Poker. He downloaded the free poker software, started using the online tutorial and then...well, the rest his history.