Erik Seidel is an American professional poker player born November 6, 1959. He has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets, third all time behind only Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey, plus a World Poker Tour title, and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2010. He finished runner-up in the 1988 WSOP Main Event to Johnny Chan, a hand later featured in the film Rounders, and his live tournament winnings exceed forty five million dollars, ranking seventh on the all-time money list.
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Career HighlightHas won ten World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title, and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2010. 1 Classification
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How did Erik Seidel get into poker, and what was his first big result?
He left stock trading for poker after backgammon, and was runner-up in the 1988 WSOP Main Event.
Seidel was born in New York City and was a professional backgammon player in his youth. As an adult he left a career as a stock trader to play poker professionally. In his very first major tournament he finished runner-up to Johnny Chan in the 1988 World Series of Poker Main Event, and the final hand of that event was later immortalized in the poker film Rounders. He won his first bracelet in the 2,500 dollar Limit Hold'em event at the 1992 World Series of Poker.
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Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.
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Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.
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Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.
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Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.
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In 2010, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
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Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.
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Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.
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is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.
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