Erick Lindgren

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Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren (2007)
Erick Lindgren (2007)
  Personal information  
Date of birth August 11, 1976
place of birth United StatesUnited States Burney
Nickname E-Dog
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 1,000,000
Total prize money $ 10,572,777
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 46
Best main event 43rd ( 2011 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 2
Cashes 18th
Last updated: August 9, 2020

Erick A. Lindgren (born August 11, 1976 in Burney , California ) is a professional American poker player . He is nicknamed E-Dog and two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker . He is also a two-time title holder of the World Poker Tour , where he was named Player of the Year in 2003/04 .

Poker career

Career

Lindgren's career began in 2002 by winning his first major tournament at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas . Ten months later, Lindgren took a title on the World Poker Tour , followed by winning the partypoker Million III . In January 2005, he finished second in one of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) circuit tournaments in Atlantic City and received $ 430,000 . At a tournament hosted by Full Tilt Poker in Las Vegas, he beat Mike Matusow , Clonie Gowen , Erik Seidel , John Juanda , Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey , for which he received $ 600,000. His win Down Under earned him a million Australian dollar prize money in the $ 10,000 A tournament of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship . At the 2008 WSOP at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, he won his first bracelet in the Mixed Hold'em (Limit / No-Limit) variant with a buy-in of $ 5000. He also finished third in the prestigious HORSE tournament (buy-in: $ 50,000) and was at three final tables. Because of these achievements, he was named WSOP Player of the Year . He won his second bracelet at the 2013 WSOP .

Lindgren had an exclusive contract with the online poker room Full Tilt Poker . In total, he has earned more than $ 10.5 million in poker in live tournaments. Lindgren was married to the poker player Erica Schoenberg from 2011 to 2014 and has one child with her.

Bracelets

Lindgren cashed 46 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2008 5000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit / No Limit) 332 374.505
2013 5000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed 516 606.317

Web links

Commons : Erick Lindgren  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erick Lindgren in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Poker's (Un) Happiest Couples! from pokertube.com, accessed February 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ Erick Lindgren in the World Series of Poker database, accessed August 9, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Lindgren, Erick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindgren, Erick A. (full name); E-Dog (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Burney , California , United States