Huck Seed
Huck Seed | |
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Huck Seed (2007) |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 15th January 1969 |
place of birth | Santa Clara |
place of residence | Las Vegas |
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 $) |
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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.
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 |