Erik Seidel

Nickname Sly, Seiborg
Born November 6, 1959 in New York
Residence Las Vegas, USA
WSOP Bracelets 8
WSOP Money Finishes 70
Live Tournament Earnings $17,557,729
Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Biography-

Erik Seidel is a poker professional from USA who has been playing in the international poker scene for several decades. The eight times WSOP bracelet winner doesn’t need any introduction. Born and brought up in New York City, Erik completed his studies from Brooklyn College. Seidel also gave a guest appearance on the T.V. serial “To tell the truth” when he was quite young. Since his childhood, he had a great passion for games especially for backgammon. After dropping out of school in 1970, Erik joined the famous Myfair club and started playing backgammon, bridge etc.

In 1985, he picked up a job as a stockbroker on Wall Street. But destiny had some other plans for him. In 1987, the stock market crashed out and Erik had no option other than utilizing his gaming skills. He turned back to Myfair and started playing regularly. This was the time when he learned poker from his friends.

After some time, Erik was quite confident about his game and tried his skills in various tournaments including WSOP, WPT, Aussies millions, EPL etc. Finally, in 1992, he won his first WSOP bracelet. Not only this, Seidel has managed to win 8 WSOP bracelets in five different games, including Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Deuce to Seven Draw.

Seidel has made a world record of being the only person to win at WSOP tournament for three consecutive years. Besides this, he was also featured in the poker movie Rounders in footage of the 1988 WSOP Main Event. In 2010, he was inducted into “The poker hall of fame”.

Some of his unforgettable achievements-  

Events

When

Buy-in

Rank

Winnings

23rd Annual World Series of Poker
Event #4 – WSOP Limit Hold’em

3 may 1992

 

$2,500

1st

 

$168,000

24th Annual World Series of Poker
Event #3 – WSOP Limit Omaha Hi/Lo

29 april 1993

 

$2,500

1st

 

$94,000

25th Annual World Series of Poker
Event #2 – WSOP Limit Hold’em

27 april 1994

 

$1,500

1st

 

$210,000

29th Annual World Series of Poker
Event #16 – WSOP No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball

6 may 1998

 

$5,000

1st

 

$132,750

 

32nd Annual World Series of Poker
Event #22 – WSOP No Limit Hold’em

10 may 2001

 

$3,000

1st

 

$411,300

34th Annual World Series of Poker
Event #8 – WSOP Pot Limit Omaha

22 april 2003

 

$1,500

1st

 

$146,100

 

36th Annual World Series of Poker
Event #9 – WSOP No Limit Hold’em

10 june 2005

 

$2,000

1st

 

$611,795

 

38th Annual World Series of Poker
Event #54 – WSOP No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball World Championship

4 july 2007

 

$5,000

1st

 

$538,835

Foxwoods Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 6
WPT No Limit Hold’em Championship

8 april 2008

 

$10,000

1st

$967,390

Five Star World Championship / WPT Event Season 9
No Limit Hold’em High Roller

17 may 2011

 

 

1st

$1,092,780