Background
Mark "Mickey" Appleman was born on July 15, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York to parents of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He grew up in Long Island, where he was strong in both athletics and academics.
Mark "Mickey" Appleman was born on July 15, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York to parents of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He grew up in Long Island, where he was strong in both athletics and academics.
He also earned an Master of Business Administration in statistics from Case Western University.
Education career
He later moved to Washington, District of Columbia, working as a coordinator in a drug rehabilitation clinic. He also taught math in public schools. Poker
Appleman used money he had made from sports betting to fund his early poker career, and he began playing at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 1975.
He was a regular player at the Mayfair Club in New York City where he played against some of the now very famous and successful poker players like Dan Harrington, Howard Lederer, and Erik Seidel.
Appleman finished the tournament in third place. As of 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,787,000.
His 47 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,185,861 of those winnings. World Series of Poker Bracelets.
He received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Ohio State University where he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi.