It is good to be Erik Seidel right now.
NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship concluded just few moments ago, and the new champion is Erik Seidel.
With the win Seidel continued his amazing 2011, and has now already earned $4,3M from live tournaments in 2011, when the year is only two months old.
Seidel also moved past Daniel Negreanu on the all-time live tournament winnings list, and is now the leading the list.
The title didn't come easy at all for Seidel, since he had to defeat Allen Cunningham, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Vanessa Selbst, Andrew Robl and Chris Moneymaker for his win.
NBC National HU Poker Championship 2011:
1. Erik Seidel $750,000
2. Chris Moneymaker $300,000
3. Andrew Robl $125,000
4. Jonathan Duhamel $125,000
5. David Benyamine $75,000
6. Vanessa Selbst $75,000
7. Olivier Busquet $75,000
8. David Oppenheim $75,000
The tournament will air on TV every Sunday on NBC, starting on April 17th and ending with the final table on May 22nd.
Source: Pokernews