Eric "sheets" Haber is an American professional poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 player and hedge fund

Hedge fund

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 manager from Syosset, New York

Syosset, New York

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In the world of online poker

Online poker

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 the top pros are known by their screen-names first and their real names second, if at all. Eric Haber has earned a level of success in live events that his real name is fairly well known, but he is still known as "sheets" to millions of poker players who first encountered him on the Internet.

He is the lead instructor, along with Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy

Cliff Josephy

Cliff D. Josephy is an American professional poker player from Syosset, New York.At the 2005 World Series of Poker , Josephy won a bracelet in the $1,500 seven-card stud event, defeating Kirill Gerasimov in the final heads-up confrontation...

, at PokerXFactor.com, an online poker training center that features videos of professional players as they play poker online., it was Josephy and Haber who backed 2009 World Series of Poker

2009 World Series of Poker

The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker . It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 27 to July 15. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event...

 Main Event Champion Joe Cada

Joe Cada

Joseph "Joe" Cada is an American professional poker player from Shelby Charter Township, Michigan, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker ....

 in his 10,000 buy-in run that earning him $8,546,435 half of which went to his backers.

On March 13, 2008, Haber won the $5,150 No Limit Hold'em World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...

circuit Championship Event winning $431,136.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $890,000, and his online tournament winnings exceed $2,000,000.