Famous Poker players

Huck Seed

Huck Seed was born in 1969. Seed was an electrical engineering student at Caltech, but he took a leave of absence in 1989 and started playing poker.
Seed is easy to spot in a room full of crowded players. Seed’s physique is not very easy to ignore, he stands at an menacing height of 6'7" (2.01 m), but what truly strikes fear into the hearts of his opponents is his stone-cold silence at the table. This lanky giant betrays little of what he feels about his cards, attacking instinctively and without mercy.

Seed or "Huckleberry" as he sometimes likes to be called is also an avid proposition gambler, taking on bets outside of card play.

Seed's impulsive nature has made him come across as careless to other poker enthusiasts, though it has also brought him some remarkable victories. Seed won the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event, and its $1 million prize. Seed made the final table of the 1999 WSOP, but finished 6th. As of 2005, his tournament winnings exceed $2,365,000.

In his match with Johnny Chan at the 2002 WSOP, Seed dealt the hand that will be talked about for years. Chan had bet $20,000 on the Q 3 2 flop, holding a Q 10 of diamonds. Seed threw all his chips into the pot, though he only had a 4 5 hand. In the end, Chan had almost half the chips on the table, in spite of this great loss, Seed finished 10th in the event.

Seed has not been active in the poker circuit for some time and his admirers are starting to wonder when he will be making another appearance.

Seed’s World Series of Poker Bracelets and Stats