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Erik Seidel is probably amongst the cream of the crop of poker pros around, although he seems little known, and tends to keep a low profile. His achievements in poker are many though, and made more remarkable by the fact that he wasn’t always a poker player, having dedicated eight years to being a backgammon player. The first World Series event Erik ever played in was the 1988 main event, and he prompty outlasted a field of professionals to get to heads up play, he eventually lost to the great Johhny Chan.

Not a bad debut performance in anyones books. In more recent years he finished second place in the Aussie Millions 100k event in 2007, and finished runner up in the Aussie Millions 10k event in 2008, but Erik certainly isn’t just a second place finisher. He has amassed 8 World Series bracelets and is one of only a select few to have reached that milestone. He also has a WPT title to his name, and continues to perform very well at the World series on a regular basis.

He currently lives in Las Vegas and has live tournament earnings of around the $9 million mark. Erik also has commitments to Full Tilt Poker, being one of their sponsored professionals, and has been very consistent over the years with World Series victories in 1992,1994,1998,2001,2003,2005, 2007. It is surprising that Erik has not received the accolades he deserves in the eyes of some people, but as his record testifies, he is truly amongst the greatest players and legends of the game still competing today.