1. Mark Seif was born on October 4,1967 and is an American poker player, California attorney, and TV show host.
16 Facts About Mark Seif
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Mark Seif attended LaSalle High School in Pasadena, California, and graduated in 1985.
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Mark Seif then received a bachelor's degree in Economics from UCLA in 1991 and a Juris Doctor in 1997 from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
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Mark Seif left the firm in 1999 to become General Counsel of Preferred Capital Corporation, a business financial services firm in Tahoe City, California.
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In May 2001, Mark Seif quit practicing law to pursue a full-time career as a professional poker player and TV personality.
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In 2016, Mark Seif founded PRIME Soccer Club, a competitive sports organization in Southern Nevada, where he serves as executive director.
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In May 2001, Mark Seif quit practicing law to play poker full-time.
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Mark Seif finished in fourth place in that tournament that was broadcast several months later across the United States and later internationally.
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In May 2003, Mark Seif had his first cash in the World Series of Poker in the $3,000 no limit Texas hold'em event, where he finished in 9th place with a final table that included poker professionals Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, and Erik Seidel among others.
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Mark Seif is best known for being the only player to win two WSOP bracelets in back-to-back events in 2005 in the $1,500 limit hold'em shootout and the $1,500 no limit hold'em events.
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Mark Seif bested a field of 2,013 players to win his second bracelet at a final table that included poker professionals Minh Nguyen, Greg Raymer, Dave Ulliott, and Bill Gazes among others.
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Later in 2005, Mark Seif won the United States Poker Championship in seven-card stud at the Taj Majal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Mark Seif made the final table at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker that same year.
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In 2007, Mark Seif purchased a US Poker Bowl franchise named the Detroit Absolute Nuts, who went on to win the first ever US Poker Bowl Conference Championship.
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Mark Seif was a color commentator for the Professional Poker Tour television series which aired on the Travel Channel starting in July 2006 and ended in late 2009.
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Mark Seif has been a spokesperson for Absolute Poker since 2004.