Seidel Wins Number Eight

Filed in archive Tournament News on July 31, 2007

Nolan Dalla recently took some time aside from his duties as a top World Series of Poker tournament director to draft a story about the now EIGHT time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Erik Seidel.

Deuce to Seven lowball is definitely a higher stakes poker variation introduced usually into a rotating mixed game versus the $2/$4 hold em' tables you'll find all over your local card houses. The internet graciously allows those who crave something other then "all hold em', all the time" (thanks Felicia) to play this crazy action game for stakes that won't have a player taking out a third mortgage.

Seidel, infamously known thru the movie "Rounders", as losing heads-up versus Johnny Chan at the WSOP Main Event bluffing at the final pot versus Chan's made straight, has been quietly amassing tourney cashes and bracelets for two decades. The win on at the $5,000 buy in Deuce to Seven Lowball event #54 at this year's WSOP, further solidifies Seidel's place among the top echelon of poker pros.

Here's Dalla's story about the even-keel Seidel's victory via PokerPlayerNewspaper.com:

The winner of the No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball championship was Erik Seidel of Las Vegas, NV. He has been a professional poker player for 20 years. This was Seidel's eighth WSOP gold bracelet. He is currently tied with poker legend Johnny Moss for fourth place on the all-time WSOP wins list.

This was Seidel's first WSOP win in three years. This was his fifth cash this year, which ranks fifth all-time - with 47 in-the-money career finishes.

Prior to becoming a poker player, Seidel was a stock trader living in New York City. He was also one of city's top backgammon players.

Seidel's life changed forever when he entered the 1988 World Series of Poker and ended up as the runner up to Johnny Chan. Confident he could play poker at the very highest level, Seidel won four Gold Bracelets within the next four years and has since demonstrated staying power over the last two decades. Seidel is married and lives in Las Vegas... (continued at the site)