Erik Seidel has 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, which places him in a three-way tie with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan for third place, behind solely Phil Ivey with 11 and Phil Hellmuth with 17.
The Poker Hall of Famer simply celebrated his sixty fifth birthday however continues to be as sharp as ever, and given how lively he stays on the excessive curler scene, including no less than a pair extra bracelets appears seemingly.
Last December, the New York native banked $1.7 million within the $50,000 tremendous excessive curler on the inaugural WSOP Paradise sequence, and this 12 months he has added a number of different wins and last desk appearances.
This week, Seidel was amongst those that jumped within the $25,000 tremendous excessive curler occasion on the PokerStars North American Poker Tour cease at Resorts World Las Vegas. He spoke with Card Player in regards to the variety of alternatives gamers have today to win bracelets, and his personal push for gold.
What began within the ‘70s with only a handful of tournaments has grown significantly because the poker increase. The WSOP now provides on-line bracelet occasions a number of occasions through the 12 months in Canada and controlled states Nevada, Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and U.S. gamers should journey or be positioned internationally to play on GGPoker, which just lately bought the sequence. Of the practically 250 bracelets up for grabs in 2024, about half have been awarded on-line, whereas dwell occasions performed out in Las Vegas, the Czech Republic, and the Bahamas.
“I think it’s always fun to win one,” Seidel stated. “I do think that it’s gotten a little out of hand, that they’re kind of handing them out like Halloween candy. I think that they’ve kind of diminished the value of it. But I do enjoy playing the WSOP. It’s always fun to play, but I’m definitely not one of those people that is like flying to Mexico to play [online].”
The Poker Hall of Famer now has $48 million in dwell match winnings, good for eleventh place on the all-time cash record. Nearly $10 million of that has come on the WSOP, cashing 160 occasions in bracelet occasions.
One of Seidel’s bracelets did come on-line, when he took down the $10,000 buy-in GGPoker Super Million$ excessive curler in 2021 for $977,842, and he does play the larger buy-in on-line occasions through the summer time, with a pair deep runs this 12 months.
But Seidel identified that he and different bracelet leaders like Phil Hellmuth aren’t actually chasing all the web alternatives.
“Hellmuth, he’s only really playing the live events, and he’s not really going to Europe, and he’s not flying in here to play the online thing,” he stated. “I’m not trying to chase him down, for sure.”
Seidel stays a preferred determine with poker followers. While he has a quieter persona than gamers like Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu, he obliged a number of railbirds who requested photographs with him on the NAPT sequence whereas on breaks within the motion.
“That’s almost always pleasant,” he stated. “It’s people just being nice. Sometimes at the series it can become a little overwhelming. But in general, especially if it’s out in the street, it can be very nice.”
While he didn’t money within the tremendous excessive curler, there’s additionally a $10,000 excessive curler on the schedule in addition to the $5,300 major occasion. Seidel is happy to see PokerStars bringing larger dwell occasions again to Las Vegas.
“I think this is a great, great thing for poker,” he stated. “I’m really happy to see them doing it.”
Leaderboard: WSOP Bracelets
| Rank | Player | Bracelets |
| 1 | Phil Hellmuth | 17 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | 11 |
| T-3 | Erik Seidel | 10 |
| T-3 | Johnny Chan | 10 |
| T-3 | Doyle Brunson | 10 |
| 6 | Johnny Moss | 9 |
| T-7 | Men Nguyen | 7 |
| T-7 | Billy Baxter | 7 |
| T-7 | Scott Seiver | 7 |
| T-7 | Daniel Negreanu | 7 |
| T-7 | John Hennigan | 7 |
| T-12 | Josh Arieh | 6 |
| T-12 | Jeremy Ausmus | 6 |
| T-12 | TJ Cloutier | 6 |
| T-12 | Shaun Deeb | 6 |
| T-12 | Chris Ferguson | 6 |
| T-12 | Layne Flack | 6 |
| T-12 | Ted Forrest | 6 |
| T-12 | Brian Hastings | 6 |
| T-12 | Jay Heimowitz | 6 |
| T-12 | Jeff Lisandro | 6 |
| T-12 | Jason Mercier | 6 |
| T-12 | Michael Mizrachi | 6 |
| T-12 | Brian Rast | 6 |
| T-25 | Kristen Foxen | 5 |
| T-25 | Eli Elezra | 5 |
| T-25 | Allen Cunningham | 5 |
| T-25 | John Juanda | 5 |
| T-25 | Robert Mizrachi | 5 |
| T-25 | Scotty Nguyen | 5 |
| T-25 | Stu Ungar | 5 |
| T-25 | Nick Schulman | 5 |
| T-25 | Daniel Alaei | 5 |
| T-25 | Calvin Anderson | 5 |
| T-25 | Bones Berland | 5 |
| T-25 | David Chiu | 5 |
| T-25 | Yuri Dzivielevski | 5 |
| T-25 | Adam Friedman | 5 |
| T-25 | Benny Glaser | 5 |
| T-25 | Berry Johnston | 5 |
| T-25 | Brian Yoon | 5 |
