Huck Seed
| Huck Seed | |
|---|---|
 Huck Seed (2007) |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 15th January 1969 |
| place of birth |
 Santa Clara
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| place of residence |
Las Vegas
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| Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
| Highest prize money | $ 1,000,000 |
| Total prize money | $ 7,649,864 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelets | 4th |
| Cashes | 54 |
| Best main event | Win ( 1996 ) |
| Main Event of the World Poker Tour | |
| title | no |
| Cashes | 4th |
| Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
| title | no |
| Cashes | 1 |
| Last updated: January 26, 2020 | |
Huckleberry "Huck" Seed (born January 15, 1969 in Santa Clara , California ) is a professional American poker player . He is four-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker . As part of the 50th edition of this tournament series, Seed was named as one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .
Personal
Seed studied electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology and played basketball in college . In 1989 he took a long hiatus to play poker and never returned to college.
Poker career
Career
Seed won the main tournament of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas in 1996 , winning first prize of one million US dollars and a bracelet . He made it to the WSOP final table again in 1999 , finishing in sixth place after being defeated by eventual winner Noel Furlong . Seed won a total of four bracelets at the WSOP. As part of the WSOP 2010 , he took first place in the prestigious Tournament of Champions and made a profit of $ 500,000. Often times, Seed is viewed as intimidating because he is eight feet tall and rarely speaks at the table.
To date, he has won more than $ 7.5 million in live poker tournaments .
Bracelets
| year | Buy-in (in $ ) | competition | Attendees | Prize money (in $) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2500 | Pot Limit Omaha | 167 | 167,000 |
| 1996 | 10,000 | No Limit Hold'em Main Event | 295 | 1,000,000 |
| 2000 | 1500 | Razz | 129 | 77,400 |
| 2003 | 5000 | Razz | 30th | 71,500 |
Web links
- Huck Seed in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Huck Seed in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Huck Seed on cardplayer.com, accessed January 3, 2017.
- ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed August 4, 2019.
- ↑ Huck Seed in the World Series of Poker database, accessed April 4, 2015.
- ↑ Huck Seed in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 3, 2017.
1970 : Moss | 1971 : Moss | 1972 : Preston | 1973 : Pearson | 1974 : Moss | 1975 : Roberts | 1976 : Brunson | 1977 : Brunson | 1978 : Baldwin | 1979 : Fowler | 1980 : Hungarian | 1981 : Hungarian | 1982 : Straus | 1983 : McEvoy | 1984 : Keller | 1985 : Smith | 1986 : Johnston | 1987 : Chan | 1988 : Chan | 1989 : Hellmuth | 1990 : Matloubi | 1991 : Daugherty | 1992 : Dastmalchi | 1993 : Bechtel | 1994 : Hamilton | 1995 : Harrington | 1996 : Seed | 1997 : Hungarian | 1998 : S. Nguyen | 1999 : Furlong | 2000 : Ferguson | 2001 : Mortensen | 2002 : Varkonyi | 2003 : Moneymaker | 2004 : Raymer | 2005 : Hachem | 2006 : gold | 2007 : Yang | 2008 : Eastgate | 2009 : Cada | 2010 : Duhamel | 2011 : Heinz | 2012 : Merson | 2013 : Riess | 2014 : Jacobson | 2015 : McKeehen | 2016 : Q. Nguyen | 2017 : Blumstein | 2018 : Cynn | 2019 : Ensan
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Seed, Huck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seed, Huckleberry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th January 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Clara , California , United States |