Who is Erik Seidel

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Erik Seidel - Poker Superstar

Erik was born and raised in New York where he started out as a backgammon player. He spent eight years on the backgammon tournament circuit before moving on to the stock market. For years, Erik traded on Wall Street and played poker on the side. Now he lives in Las Vegas and it's the other way around.

Life Earnings $9,344,841
His runner-up finish to Johnny Chan immortalized on celluloid in the film Rounders, Erik Seidel has sustained a successful poker career for over two decades. The winner of eight WSOP bracelets, Seidel also earned a WPT title last year when he took down the Foxwoods Poker Classic for nearly $1 million. Seidel also has two runner-up finishes at the Aussie Millions, finishing second to Alexander Kostritsyn in last year's Main Event and second to Erick Lindgren in the 2007 $100,000 buy-in high roller tournament. Cool and measured at the table, Seidel is a calm presence and an extremely well-rounded player for someone who focuses on tournaments rather than cash game action, having won bracelets in pot-limit Omaha, limit hold'em, no-limit hold'em, Omaha 8 or better and no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw.

Erik Seidel Poker Achievements 

Pro Poker

  • 8 WSOP Bracelets
  • 1 WPT Championship
  • Top 10 All-Time Money List for WSOP

All About Poker Pro Erik Seidel 

The first time Erik played in the World Series of Poker Championship Event, he finished second. He made it back to the final table of the Championship Event in 1999 where he finished fourth. Erik won his first bracelet in 1994 in the $5K Limit Hold 'em event. In 2005, he made four final tables at the WSOP and he won his seventh bracelet in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'em tournament. In 2007, Erik won his eighth career bracelet, tying him for fourth all time with the legendary Johnny Moss.

Erik started 2008 in style, taking second place and $880,000 in prize money at the Aussie Millions Main Event. Just three months later, Erik bettered his results by winning his first World Poker Tour Championship and nearly $993,000 at the Foxwoods Poker Classic.

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Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada with eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.

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