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Revision as of 20:35, 1 September 2004 by CryptoDerk (talk | contribs) (initial page)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Erik Seidel (born in New York City) is a professional poker player.
Originally a tournament backgammon player, he eventually started playing the stock market, and then moved on to poker. He was one of the group of now famous players from the Mayfair Club, including Howard Lederer and Dan Harrington.
In his first major tournament, he came in the 1988 World Series of Poker main event to Johnny Chan. This final hand was featured in the movie Rounders. Since then he has won 6 WSOP championships and has earned more than 2 million dollars in tournament play.
Seidel currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.