Erik Seidel: One of the World's Best Poker Pros

Perhaps, all poker fans know who Erik Seidel is because he is one of the most famous poker professionals in the world. Well, it is also possible that some people who are not passionate about the game recognize this man because one of his games, wherein he lost, was featured in the motion picture "Rounders."

Born in New York City, Erik Seidel first became interested in playing backgammon professionally. He was one of the most competitive backgammon players when he decided to be a little inactive in playing in order to concentrate of his venture into the stock market. But gambling must really be his passion because he decided to start participating in live gambling tournaments once again. Until one day, in the middle of a backgammon tournament, he thought of trying his luck in playing poker. And he just became very interested in the game the first time he played it, and it did not matter to him if he was a bad player at that time.

Erik Seidel admits that before he became a successful poker professional, he has had quite a number of big losses. He just makes sure that he learns from his past mistakes. He also admits that he was not very prepared when he started to play professional poker. But nevertheless, he never thought of quitting.

One of the losses experienced by Erik Seidel was featured in "Rounders." He may have been devastated during that time when he lost, but now, he just laughs about it. He also realized that it was not a bad game after all because no matter how unprepared he was, he still emerged as a runner up to poker professional Johnny Chan. Such game was an event of the World Series of Poker in 1998.

Erik Seidel is one of those poker professionals who have earned a lot from live poker tournaments with more than US$7,000,000 in accumulated prize winnings. This does not come as a surprise anymore because with his victories in the World Series of Poker alone, one would already know that this poker professional definitely deserves to earn as much as he has already earned.

Between 1992 and 2007, Erik Seidel had already been awarded eight bracelets by the World Series of Poker. Among the events that he successfully played were Limit Hold'em, Omaha 8 or Better, Deuce to Seven Draw, No Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Hold'em, and World Championship No-Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball events.

Despite his numerous victories, this poker professional still remains humble. He says that he is just lucky to hold on to the best cards most of the time which will be humiliating on his part if he does not win. Well, he must really by one lucky guy to always get the best cards!

A resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, Erik Seidel is not only idolized because of the excellent way he plays poker. He is also idolized by many because of the fact that this poker professional is very interesting to talk to. He does not fail to inspire people every time he talks.