Eric Persian Poker Player Profile
Eric Persian is an American attorney and poker player from Virginia who has balanced a legal career with decades of experience at the poker table. Primarily a cash-game player for much of his poker life, Persian has also competed in live tournaments in the Mid-Atlantic region and attracted World Poker Tour attention after winning his way into a WPT event through a LearnWPT freeroll.
As of August 2026, Hendon Mob lists Persian with $26,765 in recorded live tournament earnings and a best live cash of $5,742. His tournament résumé is modest compared with full-time professionals, but his history illustrates the large community of experienced recreational and part-time players who compete alongside professionals at major regional poker festivals.
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Who Is Eric Persian?
Eric Persian is an American poker player and attorney based in Warrenton, Virginia. According to a 2018 World Poker Tour profile, Persian is originally from Washington, D.C., and had already been playing poker for approximately 20 years at the time.
Poker has generally been a serious recreational pursuit rather than Persian's primary profession. His career outside the game is in law, and the WPT reported that his work and trial schedule sometimes affected which tournaments he could enter.
Persian told the WPT in 2018 that he had become more serious about poker during the preceding decade. Although cash games had traditionally been his main focus, he had also begun developing a greater interest in tournament poker.
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Eric Persian's Poker Career
Persian's poker activity has been centered largely around casinos and tournament series in the Mid-Atlantic region.
The World Poker Tour identified Borgata, Live! Casino & Hotel, and Hollywood Casino at Charles Town as regular poker destinations for Persian and his wife, Brenda. His tournament record also includes cashes and appearances at regional festivals in Maryland.
One of the most notable opportunities of his poker career came in 2018 after Persian attended a LearnWPT tournament seminar at Borgata.
At the conclusion of the seminar, participants played a 42-player freeroll for a tournament entry. Persian won the freeroll after approximately six hours of play.
His professional schedule prevented him from playing the originally intended Borgata event, but he was permitted to use the entry for WPT Maryland at Live! Casino & Hotel instead.
Persian entered the WPT Maryland event in September 2018 but did not advance to Day 2.
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Tournament Results and Live Earnings
Hendon Mob lists Eric Persian with $26,765 in recorded live tournament earnings as of August 2026.
His Hendon Mob statistics include:
$26,765 in recorded live tournament earnings
$5,742 best recorded live tournament cash
United States nationality
Tournament results primarily from events in the Mid-Atlantic poker market
These figures represent recorded live tournament results and do not measure cash-game winnings or losses. That distinction is particularly important with Persian because he has described himself primarily as a cash-game player.
Tournament earnings can also change whenever a player records another qualifying live cash.
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Potomac Poker Results
Persian has appeared repeatedly in Potomac Poker Open events at Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland.
During the 2019 Potomac Poker Open, he cashed in the $370 opening event, finishing 97th for $1,036. He also recorded other results in tournaments held at Live! Casino & Hotel during this period.
PokerNews live reporting documented Persian returning for the 2020 Potomac Winter Poker Open, further establishing his participation in the regional Maryland tournament scene.
His more recent tournament activity includes a final-table appearance at the 2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open.
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2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open Super Seniors Final Table
Persian reached the final table of the Super Seniors event during the 2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open.
The tournament ended in an unusual nine-way agreement at the final table. Rather than continuing until a conventional champion was determined, all nine remaining players agreed to divide the available prize money.
Persian received $4,033 under the deal. His calculated fifth-place payout before the agreement would have been $2,436.
The August 2026 result provides evidence that Persian remains active in live tournament poker years after his first documented regional tournament appearances.
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Cash Games and Tournament Poker
Persian's poker background differs from that of many players whose public records are built almost entirely around tournaments.
In his 2018 World Poker Tour interview, Persian described himself as primarily a cash-game player. He said he had increasingly come to enjoy the atmosphere of tournaments, however, and his subsequent tournament appearances show that he continued competing in that format.
Because public poker databases generally track tournament cashes rather than ordinary casino cash games, Persian's listed live earnings should not be interpreted as a complete accounting of his poker activity.
His tournament record instead provides a partial view of a player who has spent much of his time playing cash poker while occasionally entering larger regional events.
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Learning Through LearnWPT
An important part of Persian's documented poker development involved formal training through LearnWPT.
Persian and his wife attended both cash-game and tournament seminars offered through the program. The tournament seminar that ultimately led to his WPT Maryland entry was taught by poker professionals Nick Binger and Eric Lynch.
Persian told the World Poker Tour that the instruction helped give him a more organized framework for analyzing poker decisions, including the importance of position.
His experience offers an example of an established recreational player continuing to study and refine his game after many years at the tables.
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Eric Persian and the World Poker Tour
Persian has an official player page on the World Poker Tour website stemming from his participation in WPT Maryland and the feature written about his unusual route into the tournament.
He is not a WPT Champions Club member and has not been credited with a World Poker Tour title.
His connection to the tour instead came through the LearnWPT freeroll, which gave him the opportunity to compete in a major WPT event without winning his seat through a traditional satellite.
Read the World Poker Tour feature on Eric Persian
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Does Eric Persian Have a WSOP Bracelet?
There is no verified record of Eric Persian winning a World Series of Poker bracelet.
He also should not be confused with Eric Persson, the casino executive and high-stakes cash-game personality whose surname is spelled with two consecutive "s" letters.
Eric Persian and Eric Persson are different poker players.
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Eric Persian's Playing Style
There is not enough authoritative public information to categorize Persian with a specific strategic label such as tight-aggressive, loose-aggressive, or exploitative.
What can be established is that he accumulated considerable cash-game experience before becoming more involved with tournaments and later sought formal poker instruction to improve his tournament decision-making.
Without broader hand histories, televised appearances, or detailed strategic analysis, a more specific characterization of his playing style would be speculative.
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Where Is Eric Persian Now?
As of August 2026, Persian continues to appear in live tournament results.
His final-table appearance at the 2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open shows that he remains involved with tournament poker in the Mid-Atlantic region.
There is no reliable indication that poker has replaced his legal career as his primary profession, and he is best described as an experienced attorney and poker player with a long background in cash games and regional tournament competition.
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Major Poker Accomplishments
More than two decades of poker experience documented by the World Poker Tour
Winner of a 42-player LearnWPT freeroll that earned him entry into WPT Maryland in 2018
Competed in the 2018 WPT Maryland event at Live! Casino & Hotel
Multiple recorded tournament results in the Mid-Atlantic poker region
$26,765 in Hendon Mob recorded live tournament earnings as of August 2026
$5,742 best recorded live tournament cash
Final-table appearance in the 2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open Super Seniors event
Received $4,033 in the nine-player final-table deal at the 2026 Super Seniors event
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Eric Persian?
Eric Persian is an American attorney and poker player from Virginia. He has decades of poker experience, primarily in cash games, and has also competed in regional live tournaments and a World Poker Tour event.
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Where does Eric Persian live?
The World Poker Tour reported in 2018 that Persian lived in Warrenton, Virginia.
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How much has Eric Persian won in live poker tournaments?
As of August 2026, Hendon Mob lists Eric Persian with $26,765 in recorded live tournament earnings. That figure does not include ordinary cash-game results.
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What is Eric Persian's biggest tournament cash?
Hendon Mob lists Persian's best recorded live tournament cash at $5,742 as of August 2026.
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Has Eric Persian won a WSOP bracelet?
There is no verified record of Eric Persian winning a World Series of Poker bracelet.
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Has Eric Persian won a WPT title?
No verified WPT championship title is listed for Eric Persian. He competed in WPT Maryland in 2018 after winning his entry through a LearnWPT freeroll.
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How did Eric Persian qualify for WPT Maryland?
Persian won a 42-player freeroll held after a LearnWPT tournament seminar at Borgata. Because his work schedule prevented him from playing the originally intended Borgata tournament, he was allowed to use the entry for WPT Maryland instead.
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Is Eric Persian primarily a tournament player?
Persian told the World Poker Tour in 2018 that he was primarily a cash-game player, although he had developed a growing interest in tournament poker.
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Is Eric Persian still playing poker?
Yes. Persian reached the final table of the Super Seniors event at the 2026 Potomac Summer Poker Open, where a nine-way deal resulted in him receiving $4,033.
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Is Eric Persian the same person as Eric Persson?
No. Eric Persian is a Virginia attorney and poker player. Eric Persson, spelled with two consecutive "s" letters, is a different poker personality associated with high-stakes cash games and the casino industry.
