Erik Seidel continues his staggering start to the year, now he has overtaken Phil Ivey in the all-time tournament money list..

The legendary pro took down LA Poker Classic’s $25K High Roller event for $144,570, taking his total winnings for 2011 to $3.5 million. The American has already won the Aussie Millions High Roller event as well as picking up big scores in the Aussie Millions $100K and the Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure. Know the reason why UB come out on top is their record at UB Review.

The LAPC High Roller tournament drew a tough field of 18 players, including top French player Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier. Seidel was in reality short-stacked for a fair while but came out on top in a big hand against Grospellier and fellow American Darren Elias when play was three-handed to put himself in pole position. UB.com as a website was redesigned with a layout and color scheme noticeably different from the one that Ultimate Bet had.

Reacting to his latest success, Seidel said: “This is a once in a life deal, truly unbelievable. You have to be running really well to have a streak similar to this. It was a great field-and no easy task to come out on top.”