Erik Seidel is used to looking down on everyone else. He's known as a humble, likable guy, but standing a foot taller than most of his opponents, he just can't help it. Now Seidel can look down from one more lofty perch: the top spot of the Hendon Mob's all-time money list. Seidel made a charge to the top in 2011, cashing for an astonishing $3.59 million in the first two months of the year. That gave him a gross (and sick) day rate of $60,000 in January and February and propelled him to second on the money list.

This morning the top of this list looked like this:

1st: Daniel Negreanu - $14,116,192
2nd: Erik Seidel - $13,947,297
3rd: Phil Ivey - $13,859,944

By advancing to the finals here, Seidel has guaranteed himself $300,000 and given himself a shot at $750,000.

At the conclusion of two or three simple heads-up matches, the all-time money list will look like this instead:

1st: Erik Seidel - $14,247,297 or $14,697,297
2nd: Daniel Negreanu - $14,116,192
3rd: Phil Ivey - $13,859,944

The rankings are a tad arbitrary with the figures close enough to be impacted by missed cashes or unreported chops over the past 20+ years and debates aplenty over whether invitational events and extremely high buy-in tournaments with tiny fields should be counted. Either way, Seidel's score today adds one more line to the Poker Hall of Famer's stunning resume and gives Negreanu added incentive to get back to the grind.

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