Nicknamed "E-Dog", Erick Lindgren is one of the most talented and accomplished professional poker players around today.
Born in 1976 in California, Erick was introduced to poker when he became a casino dealer. His poker playing career began when he got a job as a prop player for a casino. During his time as a prop player, he worked on his game and got advice from better players.
He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002, earning $ 228,192.
During season 2 of the WPT he won his first WPT in the Ultimate Poker Classic, earning $500,000 and won another WPT title later in the same season at the PartyPoker Million tournament for $1,000,000. He was named the WPT player of the year for their 2nd season.
In January 2005, he finished 2nd a WSOP Circuit Event in Atlantic City for $430,521. Then in February, he finished 5th in the WPT LA Poker Classic for $206,657. Then just a week later, he came in 2nd in a Professional Poker Tour tournament for $ 225,000.
In January 2006 he made another WPT final table, finishing 3rd at the 2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open, earning $282,721.
In June 2006, Lindgren won the $600,000 1st prize in the FullTiltPoker.net Poker Pro Showdown event, outlasting Mike Matusow, Clonie Gowen, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey. Also in 2006, he came in 2nd at the $5,000 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em WSOP event, earning $ 357,435.
In January 2007, Lindgren won AUD 1,000,000 ($ 795,279) winning the $100,000 hold 'em event at the Aussie Millions.
In February 2008, Lindgren hosted "FTOPS Event #9", one of Full Tilt's large buy-in tournaments. The tournament had over 5,600 entrants, and Lindgren won the tournament becoming the first Full Tilt pro to win an FTOPS event that they hosted. He won over $291,000.
On June 5, 2008 Erick defeated Justin Bonomo during heads-up play in the $5,000 mixed no-limit/limit Texas Holdem event at the 2008 WSOP for his first WSOP bracelet. He also came in 3rd in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, earning $781,440. He was named WSOP player of the year with 5 total cashes, and over $1.3 million in prize money.
In 2007, Lindgren won a $350,000 prop bet with Gavin Smith, Phil Ivey and others by managing to play four consecutive rounds of golf at a golf course in Las Vegas between sunrise and sunset. He had to carry his own bags and shoot under 100 in each of the four rounds. Temperatures reached 106 degrees and symptoms of heat exhaustion set in, but Erick won the bet and reportedly lost 12 pounds during the bet.
Lindgren is the author of the book, "World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table", which focuses on strategy for poker tournaments.
As of 2009, Lindgren has 1 WSOP bracelet, 23 WSOP cashes (all from 2003 to 2009) and live tournament winnings that exceed $7,300,000. He is a member of "Team Full Tilt" at Full Tilt Poker. Like many poker players, Erick now resides in Las Vegas in order to play in the major events.
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