Eric Froehlich (born February 9, 1984 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional

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player, professional Magic: The Gathering player, and member of the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife, Magic: The Gathering

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Athena Huey. As of 2023, Froehlich's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $2,682,733. His 48 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,930,090 of those winnings.

Early life

Froehlich attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Froehlich began playing poker in high school and got involved in online poker at the age of 18. He dropped out of the University of Virginia around April 2005 to become a professional poker player.

World Series of Poker bracelets

In the first year, he was eligible to enter a World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament (

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); Froehlich won a bracelet in the $1,500

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Texas hold 'em event, making $303,908. At the time, this made him the youngest player to ever win a bracelet. Froehlich won a second bracelet at the 2006 WSOP tournament in the $1,500

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Omaha w/rebuys event, making $299,675. In the final hand, his defeated Sherkhan Farnood's on a board of . Shortly after Froehlich's status as the youngest bracelet winner of all time, he was overtaken by Jeff Madsen during the

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. In September 2007 at the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe, Norwegian poker player Annette Obrestad won the £10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship at the age of 18 to become the youngest World Series of Poker bracelet winner.

Magic: The Gathering career

In addition to playing poker, Froehlich is also a prominent player of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Froehlich was a keen sports player when younger, involved in baseball, basketball and

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, but suffered an injury and got involved in Magic: The Gathering, like his later friend David Williams. He has made the Top 8 of four Pro Tours and fourteen

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events. Several of Froehlich's Grand Prix Top 8s have come in team events, in which he has teamed with such prominent professional players as Kamiel Cornelissen, Jon Finkel,

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and Luis Scott-Vargas. In 2015, Froehlich was voted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame.

Accomplishments

Other accomplishments * Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame class of 2015

References

External links

PokerSourceOnline article

PokerListings.com interview

Hendon Mob tournament results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Froehlich, Eric 1984 births American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners American Magic: The Gathering players People from Philadelphia People from Las Vegas Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology alumni Living people