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Erik Seidel Poker
Profile
Erik Seidel's poker
profile as of June
26, 2008 includes
year-to-date winnings of
$1,965,715. He
was ranked number
one poker player at
the 2008 World
Series of Poker by CardPlayer Magazine
on June 26.
Originally a
tournament
backgammon player
for eight years, he
eventually started
playing the stock
market, and then
moved on to poker.
He was one of the
group of now famous
players from the
Mayfair Club,
including Howard
Lederer and Dan
Harrington.
In his first major
tournament, Seidel
was runner-up in the
1988 World Series of
Poker main event to
Johnny Chan. This
final hand was
featured in the
movie Rounders.
During the sixth
season of the World
Poker Tour, Seidel
won the 2008 WPT
Foxwoods Poker
Classic, earning
$992,890.
Seidel made the
final table of WSOP
Event #14, the $10K
Seven-Card Stud
World Championship.
Seidel, looking for
his ninth gold
bracelet, finished
in fifth place for
just over $90K.
When asked by
Poker Lizard the
skills needed to
become a great
player, Seidel
offered a good book
on the topic.
"I think all the
best players have a
certain innate
intelligence and are
just good decision
makers. They are
also risk takers.
Barry Greenstein's
book (Ace on the
River) covers this
beautifully, and I
recommend players
read it if they are
interested in
finding out some of
the intangible
things that go into
making a player
successful."
Seidel also states
that he enjoys
pot-limit and
no-limit games more
than any others.
No matter how many
poker tournaments
Erik Seidel has won
- and he's won
plenty -
he just can't seem
to shake that 1988
World Series of
Poker Main Event
loss to Johnny Chan.
Footage from that
event was used in
the film "Rounders",
making it difficult
for Seidel to
forget.
Seidel is married
with children and in
his spare time plays
tennis, watches
independent films
and is a music
fanatic, according
to PokerListings.com.
Erik Seidel was
listed with 125 to 1
odds of making the
final table of the
2008 World Series of
Poker at
Sportsbook.com.
----
Ace King,
Gambling911.com
Originally published
June 26, 2008
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