While Erik Seidel may not be the one of the players called when people like to discuss as the best player of the gambling world of today but he is highly undervalued player if not considered as the one of best players of today’s gaming environment, specifically he should be in the list of players those are running as the best players of all the time. He was born in 1959 at the New York City and began to walk over the track of poker tables while languishing at the coast of backgammon board and stocks of the wall streets in Las Vegas.

Erik Seidel is a 50 years old player who started his career in late 80s as a poker professional. He is so consistent winner that he can decor his room with his medals and bracelets only. He has eighteen money finishes at World Series of poker before starting his career with World poker tour.

He has also secured the final table three times in WSOP. It was done two times in 1988 and once in 1989. He has won eight bracelets and total cash prize of $10000000 during poker events. For sure, Erik Seidel is one of most popular and deserving poker players around the world.

With seven World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets to his name and major tournament winnings of approximately $5 million, Erik Seidel is arguably the best tournament poker player in the world. And he is still regarded as such even with the challenge of Black Friday that affected most players’ money.

About a few months ago, poker player Ryan Eriquezzo was prepared to give up the game and do something else. But, in March, everything changed when he grabbed the main event of WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City. With that victory, Ryan qualified for the World Series of Poker National Championship event and suddenly his professional poker career took the right turn.

Erik Seidel was one of the poker players who shined in the event 33 of a tournament. Hellmuth has rebounded from his second-place finish in Event 16 with a deep run in this event. His very first WSOP cash and final table came in this variation in 1988. He has three cashes total and is looking to improve on his best fifth-place finish to earn his 12th WSOP bracelet. He'll enter play in seventh place.

Erik Seidel claimed yet another title to his illustrious list of titles. His journey to the top in this two-day tournament wasn't an easy one and the given the caliber of the field, it didn't seem likely that anyone could quickly build a chip lead and run away with the title. Seidel's surge began when he was one of the short stacks when action resumed on Day 2 with 17 players left. According to the World Poker Tour, when the cards hit the air, Seidel instantly made his move, doubling through Dan Shak.

Erik Seidel won a championship to his name to add to his growing reputation as a star in poker. One of the big names who was most overlooked before the event began was Full Tilt Poker Pro Erik Seidel. He really struggled the first four times he entered this event, however last year he blasted his way through the field to finish second (losing to Annie Duke in the final), but this year he managed to turn his fortunes around and take down the event for a massive $750,000 payday.

Erik Seidel continued his impressive as he won yet more money in a poker tournament. Who knew that January would be one of the most memorable months the poker industry has seen in a very long time? It all began as players headed down to the Bahamas to kick off the year at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. On Paradise Island we watched Galen Hall become a superstar in front of our eyes on ESPN2, Eugene Katchalov defeat Daniel Negreanu in the $100,000 event and Will Molson finally overcoming the second-place curse and taking down the $25,000 high roller.

Erik Seidel is all set to make a good profit after the latest round of WSOP prop bets. Erik Seidel is looking very solid to cash at +400. Seidel has eight WSOP bracelets, has made 33 final tables and has cashed 60 times. Other than Phil Hellmuth with 78, nobody has cashed at the WSOP so many times. Seidel is already running hot this year with three cashes in the 2010 WSOP and a second place finish at the 2010 NBC National Heads-up Championship which he lost to Annie Duke.