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Seidel’s last bracelet came in 2007 and his largest career cash ($2.4 million) came quietly from a third-place finish in the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl. So it might be easy for some to forget that he has won more money playing tournament poker than every person in the world not named Justin Bonomo or Daniel Negreanu.
His results in recent years might lack a banner victory, but the sheer volume of his cashes throughout his career have equated to nearly $35 million in earnings. Seidel’s whopping 104 WSOP cashes made him $5.2 million and he’s made an additional $4.1 million from 25 World Poker Tour cashes.
On those merits alone, Seidel is deserving of his 2010 induction into the Poker Hall of Fame. But you could remove his WSOP and WPT accolades and he would still have a hall of fame career, with $25 million in career tournament earnings scattered across three decades.
Two events came to dramatic conclusions on Sunday night, as Tong Li and Adam Friedman won gold to claim bracelets at Bally’s in Las Vegas. For Li, it was a first win in a World Series event and a career-high score of $1.4 million. For Friedman, however, it was a fifth WSOP bracelet in a…
The first round of the first-ever PGT Heads-Up Showdown is complete, with 16 players advancing to the second round. Among the group to advance are Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Sean Winter, and Shannon Shorr. The first-ever PGT Heads-Up Showdown featured 32 players competing for $25,000 apiece, creating a prize pool of $800,000. The top four…
The first-ever PGT Heads-Up Showdown is coming up in April, scheduled for April 21-23 at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. The $25,000 buy-in event features a field of 32 players, with 16 of those coming from the top 16 of the PGT leaderboard at the conclusion of the 2022 U.S. Poker Open. Players ranked…
Erik Seidel picked another high roller victory in his illustrious career by winning Event #9: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2022 U.S. Poker Open. Seidel topped the one and only Phil Hellmuth in heads-up play after the pair was the final two players from the 63-entry field. Seidel took home the lion’s share of the…
Alex Foxen amassed chips early in the day and stayed near the top of the leaderboard for much of it, ultimately bagging the chip lead heading into the Event #9 final table stream. He will be looking to win his second trophy in three days, as the seven remaining players battle it out on the…
