16 May 2009
Player profile of Erik Seidel
Filed under Erik Seidel + Poker
Erik Seidel is a poker player who turned professional in the year 1990. Much have been written and published about the modest of this player. Erik Seidel is one of the very few poker players who have won World Series of Poker Bracelets (WSOP) multiple times. He has won over seven WSOP title out oh which he stands the record of winning the title for three consecutive years.
• 1992 – $2500 Limit Hold ‘em – $168,000
• 1993 – $2500 – Omaha 8 or Better – $94,000
• 1994 – $5000 – No-Limit Hold ‘em – $210,000
World poker championships rank Erik Seidel in the list of top ten money makers in poker tournament. Erik’s biggest accomplishment was winning the 2005 WSOP tournament, earning a fortune of $611,795 for which he defeated 1,402 rivals. In his adulthood, Erik used to work as a trader at the Wall Street and used to play part time poker. Seeing his skills in the game of poker, his family and friends supported him to play in World poker championships.
The very first time Erik played at WSOP he lost to all nine of his competitors but this did not shattered his confidence and at the next WSOP which was held in Las Vegas he outshined all his competitors.
Erik Seidel also had a movie made after his life which was named as ‘Rounders’. The movie featured Matt Damon and was directed by John Dahl. At present Erik lives with his wife and daughter in Las Vegas, Nevada and devotes his free time to teach poker to others.
2009-05-16 :: AAPoker