{{Short description|American poker player (born 1967)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox poker player |name= Eric Haber |nickname= Sheets |image= |caption= |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|01|11}} |birth_place = Syosset, New York |death_date = <!-- {death date and age|1967|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> |death_place = |wsop bracelet count= |wsop final tables= |wsop money finishes=3 |wsop main event best finish rank= |wsop main event best finish year= |wpt titles= |wpt final tables= |wpt money finishes=4 |ept titles= |ept final tables= |ept money finishes= |last updated=June 7, 2010 }}
'''Eric "sheets" Haber''' (born January 11, 1967) is an American professional poker player and hedge fund manager from Syosset, New York.<ref name="PV">{{Cite web |last=Eastham |first=James |title=Eric Haber - stats |url=http://www.pokerverdict.com/Poker-Players-Club/Focus/697/player_focus_sheets.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522222218/http://www.pokerverdict.com/Poker-Players-Club/Focus/697/player_focus_sheets.html |archive-date=May 22, 2010 |access-date=June 7, 2010 |website=Poker Verdict}}</ref>
In the world of online poker, the top professionals are often known primarily by their screen-names. Haber's real name is well known, but he is still known as "sheets" to millions of poker players who first encountered him on the Internet.<ref name="PV" />
Haber is the lead instructor, along with Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy, at PokerXFactor.com, an online poker training center that features videos of professional players as they play poker online.<ref>[http://www.pokerxfactor.com/ PokerXFactor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319035652/http://www.pokerxfactor.com/ |date=March 19, 2008 }}</ref>
Josephy and Haber backed 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Cada in his $10,000 buy-in run that earned him $8,546,435, half of which went to his backers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levinson |first=Mason |title=Harvard Poker Pro Says Texas Hold 'Em Can Teach Traders to Fold |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=alximP6.Eta8 |access-date=June 7, 2010 |website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref>
On March 13, 2008, Haber won the $5,150 No Limit Hold'em World Series of Poker circuit Championship Event, winning $431,136.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WSOP Circuit - WSOPC Atlantic City, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=30437 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceeded $890,000,<ref name="stats">{{Cite web |title=Eric Haber's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=22256 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> and his online tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000.<ref name="online">{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2005 |title=sheets |url=https://contents.pokerstake.com/profiles/sheets/ |access-date=April 6, 2024 |website=PokerStake |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/1160-eric-haber Card Player profile] *[https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=22256 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/eric-haber/ WPT profile] *[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=4056 WSOP profile]
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