Mark Teltscher
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| Mark Teltscher | |
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| Hometown | London, England |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 4 |
| Highest ITM main event finish |
None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Titles | None |
| Final tables | None |
| Money finishes | 1 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Titles | 1 |
| Final tables | 2 |
| Money finishes | 3 |
Mark Teltscher is an English poker player, based in London, England, chiefly known as the winner of the 2005 European Poker Tour London leg.
[edit] Live poker
In September 2005, Teltscher won the £3,000 no limit Texas hold 'em main event of the European Poker Tour's second season event in London, taking home the £280,000 first prize.
Three months later, Teltscher won the $5,000 event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas, Nevada, earning a further $374,965, defeating a field that included World Poker Tour winners Michael Mizrachi, Gavin Smith and Alan Goehring.
In August 2007, Teltscher made another EPT final table, finishing 2nd to Sander Lyloff for €673,000 ($920,015.) Then in January 2008, he finished 2nd to Howard Lederer in the Aussie Millions for AUD$650,000 ($571,368.)
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,600,000.[1]
[edit] World Championship of Online Poker
Teltscher has been alleged by several sources to be the user of the PokerStars account TheV0id.[2][3][4][5][6] The account is alleged to have been set up in his sister's name, although she never had a tournament cash to her name before. Even so, "TheV0id" won the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker main event for $1,228,330.501 was but was later disqualified for multi-accounting, with claims indicating Teltscher was using anything up to 5 different accounts in the same tournament.[6] Teltscher's regular PokerStars account "Play2Kill" was entered into the tournament but was busted early on.[4] PokerStars is unable to confirm the relationship due to privacy issues and Teltscher has declined to comment on the incident.
- 1. this amount is a $150,000 less do a deal, when TheV0id was disqualified ka$ino was awarded the original first place prize of 1,378,330.50.[7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Hendon Mob tournament results
- ^ Sportinglife.com: Cheating at the WCOOP?
- ^ Thehendonmob.com: Poker News Roundup
- ^ a b Pokerworks.com: WCOOP Main Event Winner Stripped of Championship
- ^ Internet-poker.co.uk: 2007 WCOOP Cheating Scandal Is Complete
- ^ a b Pokerverdict.com: PokerStars Disqualifies TheV0id
- ^ pokernews.com WCOOP – Event #23, $2,600 NLHE: 'TheV0id' Conquers Main Event Field
