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Das Leben von Erik Seidel: Vermögen, Größte Gewinne/Verluste und Privatleben

– Allgemeine Information –

Erik Seidel wurde am 6. November 1959 in New York City geboren und hat acht WSOP-Bracelets und einen World Poker Tour-Titel gewonnen. Trotz seiner erfolgreichen Pokerkarriere bleibt er ein ruhiger und bodenständiger Typ, der seine Freizeit gerne mit seiner Frau Ruah und seinen beiden Töchtern Elian und Jamesin verbringt.

Seidel, von seinen Fans als „Sly“ und „Seiborg“ bezeichnet, spielt eher ein „verschlossen“ Turnierspiel und versteckt oft sogar seine Hole Cards vor den Fernsehkameras. Er behauptet, dass dieser Aspekt seines Spiels nichts mit Strategie zu tun hat, sondern dass es ihm einfach peinlich ist, wenn er viele gute Karten ausgeteilt bekommt.

Die beste Biografie von Seidel ist das Musikvideo „Seiborg“ von einem seiner Fans:

 

– Schlüsselmomente –

  • 1988: 2. Platz bei einem WSOP-Event gegen Johnny Chan, 1. Sieg bei einem Pokerturnier, dem 4th Annual Diamond Jim Brady.
  • 1992: 1. WSOP-Bracelet ($2.500 Limit Hold’em)
  • 1993: 2. WSOP-Armband ($2.500 Omaha 8 or Better)
  • 1994: 3. WSOP-Armband ($5.000 Limit Hold’em)
  • 1998: 4. WSOP-Bracelet ($5.000 Deuce to Seven Draw)
  • 2001 : 5. WSOP-Armband ($3.000 No Limit Hold’em)
  • 2003: 6. WSOP-Bracelet ($1.500 Pot Limit Omaha)
  • 2005: 7. WSOP-Armband ($2.000 No Limit Hold’em)
  • 2007: 8. WSOP-Armband ($5.000 Weltmeisterschaft No-Limit)
  • 2008: 1. WPT-Titel (WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic)
  • 2010 : Aufnahme in die Poker Hall of Fame
  • 2011 : Größter Gewinn: 2.472.555 US-Dollar beim A$250.000 Super High Roller No Limit Hold’em.

– Die Karierre von Erik Seidel –

 → Anfänge ←

Seidels Liebe zu Spielen und seine Begabung für Wettkämpfe wurden schon in seiner Kindheit entfacht. So sehr, dass er im Alter von 12 Jahren sogar in der TV-Spielshow “To Tell the Truth” auftrat (wird heute nicht mehr ausgestrahlt). Als College-Student in den 70er Jahren begann Seidel Backgammon zu spielen, und sobald er sein Potenzial erkannte, brach er die Schule ab und begann, professionell zu spielen.

Tatsächlich war Seidel etwa acht Jahre lang in seinen frühen bis mittleren 20ern ein erfolgreicher professioneller Backgammon-Spieler. Wenn er nicht gerade durch das Land reiste, um an Turnieren teilzunehmen, konnte man ihn oft in New Yorks berühmtem Kartenraum, dem Mayfair Club, antreffen. Während er für Backgammon-Turniere nach Las Vegas reiste, entwickelte er ein Interesse am Poker.

Als das Leben als Spieler jedoch anfing, ihn zu zermürben, beschloss er, zu einem traditionelleren 9-5-Job mit einem regelmäßigen Tagesablauf und festem Gehalt zu wechseln. So wurde er 1985 ein Börsenmakler. Dieser kurzlebige Schritt endete 1987, als der Börsencrash dazu führte, dass viele Börsenmakler ihren Job verloren, so auch Seidel. Als die Wirtschaft zusammenbrach und die festen 9-5-Jobs schwer zu finden waren, kehrte Seidel zum Spielen ins Mayfair zurück, aber dieses Mal wandte er sich dem Poker statt dem Backgammon zu, und wie sich herausstellte, war er ein ziemliches Naturtalent.

Tatsächlich war er bei den Cash Games im Mayfair so gut, dass ein paar der Stammgäste auf ihn aufmerksam wurden. Sie luden ihn ein, sie bei der WSOP 1988 in Las Vegas zu begleiten. Obwohl sie den Großteil seines Buy-Ins für das $10k Main Event übernehmen mussten, war es das wert, als Seidel als Zweiter hinter Johnny Chan, dem Titelverteidiger, ins Ziel kam. Nach dieser WSOP kehrte Seidel nach New York zurück, arbeitete wieder an der Wall Street und spielte weiterhin an heimischen Turniertischen.

→ World Series of Poker ←

Few players have achieved greater WSOP success than Seidel. Doyle Brunson, Johnny Moss, Phil Hellmuth Jr., and Chan are the only players who currently hold more bracelets than him.

Thus far, he has eight WSOP bracelets and 35 final tables in his WSOP career. Additionally, he’s currently second in WSOP cashes with 130 in-the-money finishes. For 3 years running (1992-1994), he claimed WSOP bracelets in side events.

 

Nur wenige Spieler haben größere WSOP-Erfolge erzielt als Seidel. Doyle Brunson, Johnny Moss, Phil Hellmuth Jr. und Chan sind die einzigen Spieler, die derzeit mehr Bracelets besitzen als er.

Bislang hat er acht WSOP-Armbänder und 35 Finaltische in seiner WSOP-Karriere erreicht. Außerdem ist er derzeit der zweitbeste WSOP Spieler mit 130 “in-the-money” Finishs. Drei Jahre in Folge (1992-1994) gewann er WSOP-Bracelets bei Side-Events.

Year Tournament Prize (US$)
1992 $2,500 Limit Hold’em $168,000
1993 $2,500 Omaha 8 or Better $94,000
1994 $5,000 Limit Hold’em $210,000
1998 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw $132,700
2001 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em $411,300
2003 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha $146,100
2005 $2,000 No Limit Hold’em $611,795
2007 $5,000 World Championship No-LimitDeuce to Seven Draw Lowball w/rebuys $538,835

→ WPT ←

Seidel has been in the money 20 times at the WPT. He has made 5 final WPT tables and won 1 WPT Title.

Most recently, he came in 2nd at the WPT Tournament of Champions in 2017.

→ Other Tournaments ←

Most notable cashes of the last 10 years, not including WPT and WSOP:

2008:

  • In January, 2nd place at the A$ 10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold’em – Main Event
    2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship for $879,028
  • In April, 1st place at the $9,700 + 300 No Limit Hold’em – WPT Event
    Foxwoods Poker Classic 2008 for $992,890

2009:

None

2010:

  • In January, 1st place at the A$ 10,000 + 500 Pot Limit Omaha
    2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship for $110,755

2011:

  • In January, 1st place at the A$ 250,000 Super High Roller No Limit Hold’em
    2011 for $2,472,555 and 3rd place at the A$ 100,000 + 500 No Limit Hold’em -Aussie Millions Poker Championship for $618,139
  • In February, 1st place at the $ 25,100 High Roller Event 2011 L.A. Poker Classic for $144,570
  • In March, 1st place at the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em NBC National Heads-Up Championship 2011 for $750,000
  • In April, 2nd place at the $9,600 + 400 No Limit Hold’em – Main Event Hollywood Poker Open for $155,103
  • In May, 1st place at the $100,000 Super High Roller Event – No Limit Hold’em Ninth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic for $1,092,780
  • In August, 2nd place at the $ 20,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed – League Main Event 2011-12 Epic Poker League for $604,330.

In 2011, his tremendous performance brought in US$6.53M:


2012:

None

2013:

  •  In February, 3rd place at the A$ 25,000 No Limit Hold’em – $25,000 Challenge 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship for $131,962
  •  In August, 2nd place at the €48,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold’em – Super High Roller EPT for $745,224
  •  In December, 2nd place at the $100,000 No Limit Hold’em – High Roller WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $650,100

2014:

  • In February, 3rd place at the A$ 100,000 No Limit Hold’em – $100,000 Challenge 2014 Aussie Millions Poker Championship for $963,691

2015:

  • In February, 1st place at the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Aria High Roller 4 for $159,230
  • In April, 1st place at the €98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold’em – Super High Roller at the EPT, for $2,222,222
  • In May, 2nd place at the $24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold’em, Aria High Roller 9, Las Vegas, for $354,000
  • In October, 3rd place at the $24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold’em – High Roller, Aria High Roller 15, for $57,600

2016:

  • In February, 3rd place at the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em – High Roller A
    Aria High Roller for $296,800
  • In May, 2nd place at the €10,000 + 200 No Limit Hold’em – Turbo 6Max #79
    EPT – 12 – FPS – 6 – Grand Final, Monte Carlo for $ 158,479. Also 3rd place at the $ 300,000 No Limit Hold’em Super High Roller Bowl with 888poker, Las Vegas for $2,400,000
  • In July, 2nd at the Aria High Roller, Las Vegas for $264,000
  • In October, 2nd and 3rd place in two events at the Aria High Roller, Las Vegas, for $293,125 and $127,680

2017:

  • In February, 2nd place at the Triton Super High Roller Series, for $302,380
  • In April, 3rd place at the €50,000 No Limit Hold’em PokerStars Championship, for $461,570
  • In September, 2nd place at the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em – Event #3 2017 Poker Masters, Las Vegas for $576,000

2018:

→ Online Poker ←

Seidel doesn’t play much online poker. He had a brief stint on FullTilt, from January 2007 to April 2009, but during that time he lost a total of $350,762.

→ Sponsorship Deals ←

While Seidel’s primary poker interest has always been tournaments, he was an early embracer of the poker internet revolution, joining Howard Lederer as an integral member of FullTilt’s initial design team. As a critical member of the site’s conception, he also appeared in a series of TV ads for the site. However, he became disgusted with the site’s management and has not been involved with online poker since. FullTilt appears to still owe him about $5M.

→ Business ←

New York Times bestselling author and New Yorker contributor Maria Konnikova is releasing a new book about poker, which is billed as the account of her “year long immersion in the high stakes world of professional poker, apprenticed to one of game’s greatest and most reclusive champions”. She is referring to Seidel, who began playing poker under the guidance of Seidel’s mentorship.

→ Scandals ←

Erik Seidel, John Juanda, and Zachary Clark were scammed by Seyed Reza Ali Fazeli, a poker player charged with orchestrating a roughly 18-month-long sports ticket scheme to fund high roller poker buy-ins at the Aria Casino in 2016.

According to the complaint filed in Clark County District Court, Fazeli and his company, Summit Entertainment Group, got $1.3M from Seidel, Juanda, and Clark in order to purchase tickets to the 2017 Super Bowl and resell them at a substantial profit using the online ticketing site onlinetickets.com. They were supposed to share the profits 50-50, but that never happened. The lawsuit refers to his business as a Ponzi scheme.

– Erik Seidel’s Private Life –

 → Love Life ←

A dedicated family man, Seidel is known for spending most of his free time with his wife, Ruah, and there two daughters, Jamesin and Elian. WSOP Champion Jennifer Harman has even commented on Seidel’s relationship with his family, saying that he talks about his kids a lot and it’s clear just how important they are two him.

Their family life changed significantly when they decided to move from New York to Las Vegas in 1995 to see if Seidel could make it as a full-time poker player. That was a risk that clearly paid off.

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Posted by Poker Central on Sunday, 14 February 2016

→ Net Worth ←

According to HendonMob, his Total Live Earnings are $34,507,096.

According to therichest.com , Erik Seidel is worth $41,900,000.

When he took over the #1 spot on the all-time money list in 2017, he responded by saying, “I am enjoying the pursuit of it. I don’t think in the grand scheme of things that it matters a lot but I am a competitive person and I like the chase.”

Year Winnings Year Winnings
2017 $2,264,003 2002 $556,024
2016 $5,058,492 2001 $468,249
2015 $5,093,703 2000 $46,959
2014 $1,536,877 1999 $292,168
2013 $2,117,841 1998 $258,360
2012 $271,774 1997 $197,950
2011 $6,530,153 1996 $75,786
2010 $536,615 1995 $163,347
2009 $469,682 1994 $364,226
2008 $2,200,333 1993 $163,685
2007 $1,126,371 1992 $270,396
2006 $125,356 1991 $114,465
2005 $887,879 1990 $23,010
2004 $762,872 1989 $11,600
2003 $815,679 1988 $424,000

→ Hobbies & Personal Life ←

Seidel’s hobbies include tennis and taking in a good art show or independent film. He is a self-reported music fanatic and also enjoys solving math problems.

He also travels a lot and shares photos from his trips on his Instagram account. Some places he’s shared photos from include Beijing, London, NYC, Barcelona, Galapagos, Monaco, Melbourne, Berlin, and Stockholm.

Unlike Instagram, he’s much more political on Twitter.

Before Trump was elected, he shared the following tweet, which was heavily commentated on:

And it doesn’t seem like much has changed in the 2 intervening years:

– Erik Seidel on Social Media –

  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Erik_Seidel 81,000 followers

  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seidelpics/ 1,400 subscribers

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