There Can be Only One! (In our System)

'Erik' is one of the more common names in The Netherlands, and 'Van den Berg' for a last name is not unheard of as well. Still, what are the odds of two poker players participating in the same tournament with exactly the same name? Both Erik van den Berg's are regular players and both participated in some of the biggest tournaments in the world.

So, this isn't the first time we're dealing with this "problem". Because the PokerNews system does not let two players with the same name be inserted into our back end, we'll address the one playing today as Erik "popie" van den Berg, his nickname online.

The other Erik van den Berg played yesterday and survived the day with 147,400.

Now, let's just make sure we don't mix him up with Eric van der Burg, Thierry van den Berg, Remco van den Berg or Martien van den Berg.