Huckleberry Seed

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Huckleberry Seed is an American professional poker player who won the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker. Huckleberry Seed was born January 15, 1969.

Huck Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School. Huck Seed was a member of the 1987 Montana All-State basketball team. Huck Seed was an electrical engineering student at Caltech and a member of Fleming House. He took a leave of absence in 1989, started playing poker, and never returned to college. Huck Seed was a star player on Caltech's basketball team and is featured in the 2006 documentary Quantum Hoops.

Huck Seed won the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event, and the $1,000,000 first prize. He made the final table of the 1999 WSOP event, but finished 6th (eventual champion Noel Furlong eliminated him). In the 2007 Main Event, Seed finished 73rd out of 6358 players.

Huck Seed is often considered intimidating because of his height at 6 ft 7 in and the fact that he rarely speaks at the table. An avid proposition gambler, he once lost $50,000 on a proposition bet with Phil Hellmuth, that he could stand in the ocean with water up to his shoulders for eighteen hours. Huck Seed lasted only three hours. Huck Seed then went on to win $24,000 back from Hellmuth by playing 9 Ball at $2,000 a game.

Huck Seed appeared on NBC's Poker After Dark series, where he finished second to Gus Hansen in the season's first tournament.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,100,000. Huck Seed has four WSOP bracelets.

World Series of Poker bracelets
Year Tournament Prize (US$)
1994 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha $167,000
1996 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $1,000,000
2000 $1,500 Razz $77,400
2003 $5,000 Razz $71,500


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