/ Matthew Pitt / 07 March 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Poker players are known to go on winning streaks but rarely are they as epic as the heater that Erik Seidel is currently experiencing. He is running so good that it is almost criminal and it has seen him win $4,342,283 so far in 2011!
Seidel's amazing year so far began with a third place finish in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,000 Six-mas tournament which netted him $46,560. He followed that result up with a fourth place finish in the $25,000 High Roller event for a cool $295,960. A week later he jetted off to the 2011 Aussie Millions where he failed to cash in the Main Event but he did come third in the A$100,000 High Roller event for a bankroll boosting A$625,000 then he beat Sam Trickett in the A$250,000 Super High Roller for a A$2,500,000 score.
Many people would just take the rest of the year off after winning more than $3,000,000 in a month but not Seidel as he flew back home to his Las Vegas home before jetting off to the West Coast for the 2011 L.A. Poker Classic in Los Angeles, California. Here he came fifth in the $5,100 Heads-Up Championship for a $14,500 score before winning the $25,100 High Roller event for $144,750, a result that propelled him above Phil Ivey in the all-time money listings.
Less than a week after that result Seidel was busy adding another victory to his already impressive list of results by winning the $25,000 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship just a few hours ago at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. After beating Allen Cunningham, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Vanessa Selbst and Andrew Robl, Seidel then defeated 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, Chris Moneymaker two-nil in a best of three final to get his hands on another $750,000.
This latest result means Seidel has now won $14,697,297 from live tournaments, $581,105 more than the now second placed Daniel Negreanu and almost $1,000,000 more than the legendary Ivey. Whilst the poker community continues to argue over the validity of the money listings with the recent trend of massive buy-in events with tiny, often restricted fields, you cannot argue with Seidel's results so far this year and of course over his long and illustrious career so far.
Although he is yet to confirm his plans, it is believed that Seidel will be taking place at the Bay 101 Shooting Star event in San Jose, the World Poker Tour stop taking place between March 14-18. I certainly would not bet against him becoming the first player to win $15,000,000 by the time the various events have been completed.
All figures courtesy of The Hendon Mob database
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