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Greg
If ever there were to be a person to be labeled a professional gambler then it would be Eric Seidel. Born in New York Eric began with tournament backgammon before moving on to what some people would call the biggest gamble of all the stock market. After trading in stocks and bonds Eric finally found poker or perhaps poker found him. 1988 saw Eric enter his first World Series of Poker main event where he finished runner up to Jonny Chan, not bad for a relative poker virgin! Since then Eric has never looked back and has gone on to claim 8 World Series of Poker bracelets, 1 World Poker Tour title as well as 60 cash finishes in some of the biggest poker tournaments around the world.
Earning himself the nickname ‘sly’ Eric’s checks and raises have catapulted him to number one in the all-time tournament career earning list with a fortune of $16,000,000, a that figure is only destined to increase as this poker machine continues to claim more titles and dollars with them.
He was one of the group of now famous players from the Mayfair Club, including Stu Ungar, Jay Heimowitz, Mickey Appleman, Howard Lederer, Jason Lester, Steve Zolotow, Paul Magriel and Dan Harrington. Eric and Howard Lederer both went on to be part of the design team that developed the highly successful poker site, Full Tilt Poker.
Now a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, Eric’s name within the game of poker is assured and he can concentrate on what he does best, making the right calls and adding more titles to his already impressive collection.
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