Mark Teltscher was born in London, England and is a popular English poker player, most famously known as the winner of the 2005 European Poker Tour. In September 2005, Mark Teltscher won the main no limit Texas Hold’em event at the European Poker Tour’s second season event in London. During that event, Mark Teltscher took home the first prize of £280,000. Again, during the same year, Mark Teltscher won the $5,000 event as the Five Diamond World Poker where Teltscher defeated pro players like Michael Mizrachi, Gavin Smith, and Alan Goehring at the final table, earning himself another $374,965 in prize money. Two years later, Mark Teltscher made his mark again in poker history when he made the final table at the European Poker Tour finishing second to Sander Lyloff and taking home $920,015 (equivalent to €673,000). Most recently, in January 2008, Mark Teltscher finished second to Howard Lederer in the Aussie Millions for AUD$650,000. As of 2008, Mark Teltscher has exceeded $2,600,000 in live tournament winnings.
Poker Controversy
Mark Teltscher has been alleged by sources to be the user of the PokerStars account ‘TheV0id’, which was alleged to have been set up under Mark Teltscher’s sisters name. The user of the ‘TheV0id’ won the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker main event for $1,378,330. However, the user of the account was later disqualified for multi-accounting, with claims from several sources that Mark Teltscher was using up to 5 accounts in the tournament. Due to privacy issues, PokerStars could not confirm the relationship and Mark Teltscher has declined to comment on the incident.
Mark Teltscher Most Recent Tournament Winnings
Event Place Prize
2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2nd $(AUD)650,000
Event 9 – No Limit Hold’em
2007 Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker 3rd $153,660
Classic – No Limit Hold’em
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker 29th $13,778
Mixed Hold’em Limit/No Limit
2007 World Poker Tour Championships 13th $10,125
No Limit Hold’em
2006 37th Annual World Series of Poker 123rd $4,591
No Limit Hold’em
2006 PokerStars.com European Poker 11th €33,500
Tour Grand Final
2005 Five Diamond World Poker Classic IV 1st $374,965
No Limit Hold’em
Mark Teltscher Quick Facts
- Cashes: 11
- Total Winnings: $2,521,837
- First Place Finishes: 2
- ProRank 1 Position: 237