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Erik Seidel Biography
Erik Seidel is a gamer. He gave up on college in order to become a professional backgammon player, becoming a part of the Mayfair club in New York, which featured many of the best game players in the world. Erik first became interested in poker while visiting Las Vegas. He was actually attending a backgammon tournament at the time, and found his way over to the low-limit tables a time or two, or considerably more than that.
Upon his return to New York, he got together with a few friends, and together this group began studying poker. Several other professional poker players originated from this group, including Howard Lederer and Dan Harrington.
However, Erik Seidel decided that it would be better to have a dependable income, and so he began working on Wall Street. His career change lasted all of two years, as the stock market crash of 1987 sent him back to poker.
Soon, Erik Seidel was in the World Series of Poker Main Event, playing heads-up against Johnny Chan. He was subsequently eliminated by Johnny Chan, with the final hand being immortalized by the poker movie “Rounders.” Now Erik will never be able to be rid of that piece of poker history.
After his strong showing in the Main Event, Erik returned to Wall Street until he and his wife moved to Las Vegas in order for Erik to play poker for a living. Seidel has been one of the best poker players in the world, winning seven World Series of Poker bracelets.
Now, Erik Seidel is a member of Full Tilt Poker’s professional poker team, playing online exclusively at Full Tilt Poker and giving advice to Full Tilt Poker players. Full Tilt Poker is a great place to learn and play poker, and is one of the most professional poker sites online, no pun intended. If you are interested in playing at Full Tilt Poker, just visit FullTiltPoker.com and sign up today.
I’ve listed his WSOP wins in the table below:
| Year | Buy-In | Game Type |
| 1992 | $2500 | Limit Holdem |
| 1993 | $2500 | Omaha 8 or Better |
| 1994 | $2500 | Limit Holdem |
| 1998 | $5000 | 2-7 Triple Draw |
| 2001 | $5000 | No Limit Holdem |
| 2003 | $3000 | Pot Limit Omaha |
| 2005 | $2000 | No Limit Holdem |
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