Eric Froehlich

Eric “Efro” Froehlich (born February 9, 1984) is an American professional poker player, based in Springfield, Virginia.

Froehlich was a keen sports player when younger, involved in baseball, basketball and football, but suffered an injury and got involved in Magic: The Gathering, like his later friend David Williams.

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 Q-d 7-d 7-h 6-s defeated Sherkhan Farnood’s K-h K-d 6-c 3-h on a board of T-c 7-h 5-c J-d J-h.

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. In 2007 Steve Billirakis surpassed both Froehlich’s and Madsen’s records for youngest World Series of Poker braclet winner ever.

As of 2007, Froehlich’s total live tournament winnings exceed $660,000.