Erik Seidel on Verge of Joining Poker's Most Exclusive Club: 10 WSOP Bracelets

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Jun 13, 2023 2 min read

Stop what you're doing and follow along with our live reporting updates for Event #29: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship. Why? Because poker legend Erik Seidel has an opportunity to make history on Tuesday.

The Poker Hall of Famer, 31 years removed from his first bracelet, is among the chip leaders with just six players remaining. First place is set to pay $492,795. While that would certainly be a welcome payday for the New Yorker, what is most newsworthy here is that he would join perhaps poker's most exclusive club — the 10-bracelet club.

Only four players in history have reached double-digit bracelets. Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, and Phil Ivey are tied for second with ten. Everyone is chasing Phil Hellmuth, whose 16 WSOP titles record likely won't be touched by anyone any time soon.

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Poker Legend Chasing History

Seidel won his first bracelet in 1992 in a $2,500 limit Omaha hi-lo tournament. He'd go on to win three additional WSOP events in the 1990s (1993, 1994 and 1998). One of the Poker Hall of Famer's most memorable cashes, however, wasn't for a tournament win. Instead, it was his runner-up finish to Chan in the 1998 Main Event, a clip that made it into poker's most iconic movie, Rounders.

During the 2000s, Seidel would go on to nab four more titles and even became poker's winningest live tournament player for quite some time. He's now in sixth place all-time, according to Hendon Mob, and will crack the $43 million mark on Tuesday regardless of his finish.

Seidel last won a bracelet in 2021 on GGPoker in a $10,000 Super MILLION$ event for $977,842. His last live WSOP win came in 2007 when he took down a $5,000 no-limit 2-7 lowball draw tournament.

On Day 3 of the $10k Omaha Hi-Lo inside Horseshoe Las Vegas, the poker legend could end that drought and join what just might be the most exclusive and prestigious club in poker. At the time of publishing, Seidel was second in chips behind Ben Lamb with six players remaining. Fans interested in catching the nine-time bracelet winner in action can rail him at Horseshoe.

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