Huck Seed was born in California and now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Seed is a very good No Limit Hold’em player and a World Champion. His original career aspirations included him becoming an electrical engineer. He enrolled in the California Institute of Technology for that very purpose. However, he would not complete his education. The lure of becoming a professional poker player was too strong. Huck would have immediate success. He did so well in fact, that he finished fourth in the prestigious WSOP tournament (Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo and Limit Hold’em), his first time entering it. He would also do well in other tournaments, able to earn a living and besting his earnings as an engineer.
In 1994, things would get even better for Huck Seed. He would win his first WSOP bracelet and $240,000 playing Pot Limit Omaha. The following year, however, he would not repeat or even make it to the final table. Instead, he finished a very disappointing and surprising 265th place. However, he rebound the following year, winning a second WSOP bracelet, this time in the Main Event after beating Bruce Van Horn. He was only 27 years of age. This win made him $1,000,000 richer and resulted in his name being added to the Binion’s Wall of Champions.
Not only does Huck (Huckelberry) stand out for his great play and calm demeanor when many other famous pros are constantly ‘yucking’ it up and seemingly putting on a show for the cameras, but also for his the propositions he makes with other players. For example, he bet one player that he would be able to learn to back flip in only 6 months times. He would do so. Another pretty outlandish bet he would make would involve him successfully shooting 100 or better (five times in one day) while playing golf in the desert using only three clubs, a putter, sand wedge and five iron. True to his word, he did it and won the bet.
Though there has been no repeat of his 1996 WSOP Main Event win, Huck has continued to do pretty well for himself. In 1998, he took home $306,000 in the Carnivale of Poker Championship event, hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada, winning the entire thing. He placed 6th in the WSOP 1999 Main Event, winning more than $160,000. In the early part of this decade in won a bracelet and more than $70,000 in a WSOP Razz tournament. He won a second Razz title in 2003. In 2004, Huck finished first in the Festa al Lagao tournament in Las Vegas. This not only gave him bragging rights but made him $135,000 richer.
Though Huck may not be as well known as many of today’s top players, he is a quality pro with a well rounded poker game, who continues to cash in at tournaments. Two of his most notable current finishes where in the 2009 WSOP Event 49 (H.O.R.S.E.) where he won $276,609 and finished in 5th place. He would win $500,000 after he finished 1st in the 2009, NBC heads up Championship. Seed has won four WSOP bracelets in three different games. That diversity allows him to stay relevant and makes it possible for him to continue to make a living in this very competitive sport.
