Erik Seidel Biography
Erik Seidel is one of the only poker players in the world that has accomplished a lot at Everest Poker, but that doesn’t receive very much recognition. Erik has always been a very smart individual and good with numbers which is proved by the fact the worked as a stock broker. Before working as a stock broker Erik spent time playing the backgammon circuit for almost a decade in New York which is where he also grew up. Erik was born in New York and stayed there until well into his adult life.
After working as a stock broker Seidel decided to move to playing poker full-time and in his early days played at the Mayfair Club. Seidel started playing the tournament circuit in 1988 where he finished in second place at the WSOP Main Event which was quite the accomplishment. Erik won his first WSOP bracelet way back in 1992 when he won the $2.5K Limit Holdem event. He followed the first WSOP bracelet up with another two bracelets coming in 1993 and 1994.
After winning a bracelet in 1994 Seidel didn’t win his next bracelet for four years which is when he won the $5K Deuce to Seven Draw event in 1998. After winning the bracelet in 1998 Seidel has gone on to win a total of four more WSOP bracelets in his career thus far which brings his WSOP bracelet grand total too eight. Not many other poker players in the history of the game have ever accomplished the feat of winning eight WSOP bracelets and it puts Erik in a league with very few other players.
In 2007 which is the last year Erik won an UltimateBet.com WSOP bracelet he also finished in second place in the Aussie Millions $100K Event. In 2008 Seidel managed to win his first WPT title when he won the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic which earned him almost $1 million in prize money. His most recent tournament success was in 2008 when he finished in second place at the Aussie Millions Main Event. He almost earned $1 million for his second place finish in the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event and it was another nice payday for the veteran poker player.
Seidel has made almost $10 million from playing live poker tournaments over his career and finished in the money 55 times on the WSOP circuit which is quite remarkable. Erik is apart of Team Full Tilt which is the best poker pro team in the world and you can find him playing online poker on Full Tilt from time to time. Erik really enjoys playing tennis in his spare time so you can often find him playing tennis in the Las Vegas area as that is where he resides. He also loves listening to music whenever he possibly can and you’d be surprised how much music knowledge he actually knows.
Erik has always been talented with numbers and with executing strategies which is why he has done so well playing games such as backgammon and poker. Erik has more poker accomplishments then almost every other player in history and he will always be remembered by most poker fans as one of the best old school poker players.