Martí Roca de Torres

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Martí Roca de Torres
Martí Roca de Torres (2017)
Martí Roca de Torres (2017)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1980 or 1981
place of birth SpainSpain Barcelona
Nicknames
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Iquinze888poker

MartiRocapartypoker
place of residence SpainSpain Mataró
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,297,552
Total prize money $ 1,364,114
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 2
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: January 8, 2020

Martí Roca de Torres (* 1980 or 1981 in Barcelona ) is a professional Spanish poker player . He won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe in 2017 .

Personal

Roca de Torres holds degrees in economics , teaching, local finance and law. He worked as a teacher before he started playing poker . Roca de Torres is married, father of two and lives in Mataró .

Poker career

Roca de Torres plays on the online poker platform 888poker under the nickname Iquinze . Since November 2019 he has been sponsored by the partypoker platform , on which he plays as MartiRoca . Since 2013 he has also participated in renowned live tournaments.

In August 2015 Roca de Torres finished 70th at the main event of the Estrellas Poker Tour in Barcelona for 6000 euros in prize money. At the beginning of November 2017 he played the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov , for which he had previously qualified online via 888poker . There Roca de Torres prevailed against 528 other players and received a prize of over 1.1 million euros and a bracelet . In mid-December 2017, he finished 50th at the main event of the last PokerStars Championship held in Prague for 14,100 euros.

In total, Roca de Torres has earned almost $ 1.5 million from poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Martí Roca de Torres  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. a b Seat 6: Marti Roca De Torres (36, Spain) - 888poker.es qualifier - 7,260,000 on pokernews.com from October 11, 2017, accessed on April 10, 2018 (English).
  2. a b Martí “MartiRoca” Roca de Torres is the newest member of the partypoker team! on hochgepokert.com on November 17, 2019, accessed on November 18, 2019.
  3. Martí Roca y Luis Rodríguez, entre los últimos 12 supervivientes del Main Event de las WSOPE on poker10.com on November 9, 2017, accessed on December 3, 2018 (Spanish).
  4. a b Martí Roca de Torres in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 10, 2018 (English).
  5. EPT - 12 - ESPT - 6 - Barcelona (€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas Main Event # 5) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 10, 2018 (English).
  6. 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 10,300 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP Europe Main Event (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 10, 2018 (English).
  7. PokerStars Championship Prague (€ 5,300 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Championship Main Event (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 10, 2018.