The NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship has just concluded and the player that is on one of the best runs on recent history has made his way to the top of the list yet again. Beating out 63 of some of the best players of the poker world (and some celebrities that have a love of the game), Full Tilt Poker Pro Erik Seidel has claimed yet another title in 2011 and collected $750,000 in the process.
In the final match versus Pokerstars Pro and WSOP Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker, Seidel left little room for Moneymaker to have a shot. While the format requires the winner to win the best two out of three contests, Seidel decided to make it quick and easy by simply winning the first and second matches to secure the title.
Seidel did not have an easy road to travel to his title. He first match was against the recently quiet Allen Cunningham. In the round of 32, he faced yet another Full Tilt Pro Jennifer Harman. In the round of 16, he was up against fellow Full Tilt Pro Phil Gordon, busting him with AQ versus the Tiltboy’s A4. In the quarterfinals, he had to overcome another Pokerstars pro in Vanessa Selbst, who has also been on a tear the last year. In the semi-finals, he faced Andrew Robl, maybe more well known as “good2cu” in the online world. There was not a soft spot anywhere in Seidel’s road to victory, pitted against fellow pro’s every step along the way.
Seidel continues his historic 2011. It seems like every week that Seidel is collecting yet another title. In this tournament where there is always a discussion as to who has been slighted or disrespected for not being invited and for who does not deserve to be there, it is nice to have a sense of calmness with a winner who undoubtedly deserved to be there.
Congratulations Erik. We will soon be calling 2011 the Year of Erik Seidel.