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Erik Seidel Wins the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic!
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Erik Seidel entered this final table as the chipleader, and he wasn't ready to settle for anything less than first place. The final table played 229 hands and lasted more than 11 hours, with a couple of twists and turns along the way as Seidel's stack went through some ups and downs.
But at the end of it all, Erik Seidel was the last man standing.
Erik Seidel wins the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic, earning $992,890 -- the biggest cash of his storied poker career. More importantly, Seidel adds a coveted WPT title to his resume as he becomes the most recent WPT Poker-Made Millionaire.
Included with Seidel's prize is entry into the Season VI WPT World Championship that begins in about nine days (April 19) at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Here are the full results from the final table:
1st: Erik Seidel - $992,890
2nd: Robert Richardson - $558,792
3rd: Andrew Barta - $281,011
4th: Frank Cieri - $200,261
5th: Adam Katz - $151,811
6th: Ted Forrest - $103,360
