Mark Seif

Name: Mark Seif
Current Residence: Monrovia, Calif.
Birth Date: October 4, 1967
Birth Place: Cairo, Egypt

Mark Seif was a practicing attorney before becoming a professional poker player. He believes that some of the same capacities that served him well as a lawyer serve him well at the green felt table.

"As an attorney, I had to be looking at the jury and at the judge in order to get a feeling for what they were doing, where they were going - what they were holding in their hands, so to speak," he says, adding that what he does in poker is...

Trivia

Graduate of UCLA
Graduate of Loyola University Law School
Former prosecuting attorney
Loves water skiing

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 20 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em	33rd	$4,795
WPT Season 7, WPT Championship	39th	$40,855
WPT Season 7, Borgata Poker Open	5th	$287,500
2008 WSOP, Event 44, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	23rd	$18,144
2008 WSOP, Event 27, No-Limit Hold'em	78th	$6,279
WPT Season 6, Borgata Poker Open	33rd	$16,296
WPT Season 5, World Poker Challenge	4th	$159,478
WPT Season 5, World Poker Open	23rd	$17,137
2006 WSOP, Event 34, No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys	54th	$5,500
2006 WSOP, Event 25, No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	54th	$4,805
2005 WSOP, Event 22, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	1st	$611,145
2005 WSOP, Event 15, $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout	1st	$181,330
2005 WSOP, Event 2, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	53rd	$7,475
WPT Season 1, Legends of Poker	4th	$38,700
2003 WSOP, Event 32, No-Limit Hold'em	9th	$17,760