Eric Hershler

Eric Hershler is most definitely the new kid on the block when it comes to poker. Born in South Africa, he moved to Los Angeles quite a few years ago. He demonstrated a large measure of academic talent and studied to become a lawyer quite early on. Hershler had always played poker at home and amongst his friends. He also enjoyed playing tournament poker on a small scale in local casinos but did not make it on to the national and international poker circuit until 2007.

Stall an amateur, Eric Hershler decided to enter the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic No Limit Championship event and made the biggest possible impact on the competition by winning it. For the $10,000 buy in event, he won nearly $2,500,000!

Unfortunately, Hershler has not followed his initial success with similar results. He came 48th in the WPT $25,000 Five Star World Poker Classic, 68th in the World Series of Poker $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘Em Shootout, and 62nd in the WSOP $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘Em. Having said that, most amateur and a good deal of professionals would be jealous of these results. No doubt that we will be seeing a lot more of Hershler in the future.