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Eric Buchman: November Nine Poker Player Profile
Eric Buchman Profile
A professional poker player by trade, 29 year old Eric Buchman has seen a lot of success on the felt. 22 live tournament cashes have racked up nearly $1 million in career earnings over the last few years - $967,199 to be exact. That number will change significantly later this year when Eric Buchman, a member of the November Nine, competes at the final table of the 2009 WSOP Main Event.
Regardless of how the final table plays out, Buchman can feel confident in knowing that he is guaranteed to leave the table with at least $1.2 million. He must feel even more assured of his chances to claim a much higher prize as he sits in the second highest chip stack position. Eric has 34,800,000 chips, second only to Darvin Moon's 58,930,000.
Hailing from Valley Stream, New York, Eric's first live tournament success came in December 2002. At 22 years of age, he earned $1,588 for a 9th place finish at the US Poker Championships. Not even two weeks later, Buchman took 3rd in a No Limit Holdem tourney for $64,800.
Eric Buchman's career continue to flourish. He finally tasted the sweetness of a 1st place finish a the New England Poker Classic in April 2004, claiming his largest single-event cash of his young career - $275,000.
Buchman was on the verge of taking his second 1st place victory at the WSOP Circuit NL Holdem Championship in Atlantic City's Harrahs Casino, but fell just short to John "Spikey" Racener. Buchman took 2nd for $208,666, while Racener's 1st place finish earned him $379,392, plus a seat in the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
Eric Buchman is no stranger to World Series of Poker events. He's cashed 9 times in the WSOP; 10 if you include the 2nd place WSOP Circuit event cash. Eric took 23rd in a 2004 WSOP NL Holdem Shootout for $2,000. In 2006, Buchman cashed in 3 WSOP events worth $236k combined, including a 2nd place finish in NL Holdem event #4.
Buchman claimed another $6,192 in the 2007 WSOP, but nothing in 2008. The 2009 WSOP has already brought Eric Buchman a $34,747 cash for finishing 6th in event #25, a mix of Omaha and 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo. Before the year is out, he'll be adding somewhere between $1.2 and $8.5 million to the year's poker winnings.
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