Eric Froehlich
Eric Froehlich (born February 9, 1984 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional poker player, professional player, and member of the . He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife, streamer Athena Huey. 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. World Series of Poker bracelets. 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) tournament (2005); Froehlich won a bracelet in the $1,500 limit 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 pot limit 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 2006 World Series of Poker and Steve Billirakis at the 2007 World Series of Poker. 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 trading card game. Froehlich was a keen sports player when younger, involved in baseball, basketball and football, but suffered an injury and got  involved in , like his later friend David Williams. He has made the Top 8 of four and fourteen 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, Brian Kibler and Luis Scott-Vargas. In 2015, Froehlich was voted into the . Accomplishments. Other accomplishments