Marty was the chess-playing strategist of Nicaragua's older Espada tribe — a self-styled mastermind who found a hidden immunity idol early and wasn't quiet about how cleverly he planned to use it. His running feud with tribemate Jane became one of the season's better subplots.
But the Young vs. Old format flipped on him. When the tribes absorbed and the younger La Flor crew seized control, Marty's idol and his confidence couldn't save him; he handed the idol off in a doomed gambit and was voted out eleventh. A great Survivor talker undone by a game that moved faster than his plan.
