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Erik Seidel - 7 Times WSOP Champion



The game of Texas Holdem is so interesting that there are many people who want to take advantage of it. You can play for real money or just for fun on the Internet. Besides, you can play Holdem poker in any of the thousands land-based casinos not only in America but in the whole world. Many people play Texas Holdem and now they are famous in the poker society. Yes, that is right - I am talking about the Texas Holdem best players. Today, there are a lot of successful gamblers and here you have to chance to learn more about them.

Erik Seidel is one of the most successful poker players. He is a professionalist now, who has a specific poker skills and a lot of poker wins. Erik was born in New York City in 1959. In the past Seidel used to play backgammon - his passion was so big that he left the college because he wanted to devote all his time to this game. He spent most of his free time at the famous Mayfair club, where he met poker legends such as Dan Harrington, Jay Heimowitz, Noli Francisco, Steve Zolotow, Mikey Appleman and Howard Lederer.

Erik discovered the excitement that the poker games provide exactly at Mayfair club, after a tournament in Las Vegas, where he played poker a little. His first poker appearance was in The Main Event in World Series Of Poker, where he finished second. His opponent at the final table was Johnny Chan The Orient Express. An interesting fact is that this Erik Seidel had lost nine single table satellites when he wanted to qualify to the tournament. This is a proof that even the greatest players make mistakes sometimes but the most important thing is to continue fighting for your dreams.

Despite the great success at the World Series Of Poker, Erik Seidel did not become a poker star immediately. He continued with his trade career for several years before moving to Las Vegas with his family. There, he spent most of his time playing poker and if there was a poker tournaments he took part in it. Today Erik is considered as one of the most reliable and serious gamblers. His impressive wins convince us of this fact.

Erik Seidel is a professional poker player for many years and for that reason the list of his wins is very long. He has 7 bracelets from the World Series Of Poker Tournament. Watching the statistics of all the tournaments in which he had participated I am sure that this super poker player is good not only at the No Limit Texas Holdem (10-May-01 - $3,000 No Limit Texas Holdem - $ 411,000 and 10-Jun-05 - $ 2,000 No Limit Holdem - $611,000) but at Pot Limit Omaha game (Apr-03 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha - $146,000) and at Limit Holdem poker (May-92 - $2,500 Limit Holdem - $168,000 and May-94 - $5,000 Limit Holdem - $210,000).

Today, you can play against Erik Seidel if you visit FullTilt Poker. He continues to play at tournaments. Besides, he still play backgammon, when he has enough time. Now the people loves him because he is a real person. We are sure that his analytic play will permit him to win WSOP bracelets and other prizes in future.


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