Mark Vos
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| Nickname | pokerbok |
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| Hometown | Brisbane, Australia |
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| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finishes | 2 |
| Highest ITM main event finish | 457th (2006) |
Mark Vos, also known as 'pokerbok', is a young professional poker player from Australia. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Vos permanently deferred his actuarial studies at Macquarie University, to play poker full time. Starting out online with limit hold'em in mid 2004, Vos soon turned his attention to no-limit games, and in short time, earned a reputation as being one of the world's top online poker players, such that he can often be found playing in the most expensive cash games and tournaments online. When not travelling the world playing poker, Vos plans to divide his time between Australia and South Africa.
In January 2006, Vos finished 8th in the main event of the Crown Australian Poker Championship, winning AUD $83,600.
As of May 2006, Vos represents the Full Tilt Poker online poker cardroom as a friend of Full Tilt Poker. His name is reflected in red on Full Tilt tables.
In July 2006, Vos won Event 6 at the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the $2000 no limit hold 'em event. Outlasting a field of 1919 players, Vos entered heads up action with Nam Le an almost 3:1 chip underdog. On the final hand, Vos raised to $90,000 preflop and Le made the call. The flop came Q♠ 8♠ 3♥ and Le check-called a $150,000 bet by Vos. The turn was the 2♦ and Le check-called for $250,000. The river brought the Q♦ to which Le checked and Vos moved all in. Le, suspecting a bluff, made the call with 6♣ 6♦, but Vos turned over Q♣ 10♣ for trips and the win, collecting $803,274 and the gold bracelet, becoming one of the youngest WSOP bracelet winners in history. After his victory, Vos said, "(Winning) does not really change things. I mean, it helps. But I still plan to play poker, then (in five years) I'll relax, settle down, find a few tables to shortstack and decide what I want to do with the rest of my life."
As of September 2006, Vos' total live tournament winnings exceed $1,000,000.
Mark also has a penchant for song and had a very popular albeit short lived hit song "benson its your birthday", that debuted in the Las Vegas Bar (Crown Casino) in January 2005. This performance occurred after a strong showing in the $1,000 No Limit Holdem with Rebuys event, where he finished a respectable 9th place.
