Huck Seed

Huckleberry Seed (born November 30, 1968) is an American professional poker player.Seed grew up in Corvallis, Montana, where he attended Corvallis High School. He 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. Seed was a star player on Caltech’s basketball team and is featured in the 2006 documentary Quantum Hoops.

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 71st out of 6358 players.

Seed is often considered intimidating because of his height at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 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. He lasted only three hours. He then went on to win $24,000 back from Hellmuth by playing 9 Ball at $2,000 a game.

Seed recently played in NBC’s Poker After Dark series, where he finished second to Gus Hansen in the season’s first tournament.

As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,500,000. He has four WSOP bracelets.