If you are a poker player or even a fan of the game, chances are you have heard of Eric Seidel. Erik Seidel is a college drop-out turned-poker phenomenon. He originally started out playing backgammon. He would spend much of his time playing in the well known Mayfair Club. A good number of successful poker players started out playing there. Seidel would transition from playing Backgammon to poker while playing in Las Vegas. Once he got the “bug” he started to play poker more often back at the Mayfair Club. Amongst those in his playing group, were Dan Harrington and Howard Lederer. Both of … [Read more...]