Eric Froehlich | |
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Froehlich at the 2005 World Series of Poker
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Nickname(s) | Efro |
Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Born | February 9, 1984 (age 33) |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 2 |
Money finish(es) | 16 |
Highest ITM Main Event finish |
None |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 1 |
Eric Froehlich | |
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Nicknames | Efro |
Nationality | USA |
Pro Tour debut | Pro Tour London 1999 |
Winnings | US$155,139 |
Pro Tour wins (Top 8) | 0 (4) |
Grand Prix wins (Top 8) | 1 (14) |
Lifetime Pro Points | 363 |
Planeswalker Level | 48 (Archmage) |
Eric Froehlich (born February 9, 1984 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional poker player and member of the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife, Magic: The Gathering streamer Athena. As of 2009, Froehlich's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $1,300,000. His 16 cashes at the WSOP account for $867,783 of those winnings.
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.
In the first year he was eligible to enter a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event (2005), Froehlich won a bracelet in the $1,500 limit Texas hold 'em event, winning $303,908. This made him the youngest player ever to win a bracelet up to that time.
Froehlich won a second bracelet at the 2006 WSOP in the $1,500 pot limit Omaha w/rebuys event, winning $299,675. In the final hand, his defeated Sherkhan Farnood's on a board of .