Mark Teltscher is an English

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player, based in

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, England. He was the winner of the 2005

European Poker Tour The European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour (WPT), created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Tex ...

London leg.

Live poker

In September 2005, Teltscher won the £3,000

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main event of the

'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

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, earning a further $374,965, defeating a field that included

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winners

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, Gavin Smith and

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. As of 2018, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,709,040.Hendon Mob tournament results
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References

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