Mark Teltscher is an English

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player, based in

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, England.

Live poker

In September 2005, Teltscher won the £3,000

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main event of the

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'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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. In the 2023 WSOP, he finished 32nd in the Main Event. As of 2018, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,709,040.

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