| Erick Lindgren | |
|---|---|
 Lindgren at the WPT's Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2007 | |
| Nickname | E-Dog |
| Born | (1976-08-11)August 11, 1976 (age 49) |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelets | 2 |
| Money finishes | 40 |
| Highest WSOP Main Event finish | 43rd,2011 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Titles | 2 |
| Final table | 5 |
| Money finishes | 16 |
| Information last updated on19 July 2011. | |
Erick A. Lindgren[1] (born August 11, 1976, inBurney, California)[2] is an American professionalpoker player. He has won two World Poker Tour (WPT) titles, two World Series of Poker bracelets, and more than $10,500,000 in tournament earnings during his poker career. As of April 2020, he is 85th on the all-time money list of poker.[3]
Lindgren won his first major tournament at theBellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his firstWorld Poker Tour (WPT) win ten months later.[4][5] Six months later, he won the WPTPartyPoker Million III cruise, where he walked away with the million dollar top prize.[6]
In January 2005, he finished runner-up in theWorld Series of Poker Circuit Event inAtlantic City.[7] In February, he finished fifth in the WPTLA Poker Classic and just a week later, he won the secondProfessional Poker Tour tournament, also in LA.
In January 2006, he made another WPT final table, finishing third at the 2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open.[8]
In June 2006, Lindgren won the $600,000 first prize in the FullTiltPoker.net Poker Pro Showdown event, outlastingMike Matusow,Clonie Gowen,Erik Seidel,John Juanda,Chris Ferguson, andPhil Ivey.[9] Lindgren's winning hand came in the first hand of heads-up play when hisA♣ K♣ defeated Matusow'sA♥ J♣ on a board of6♠ 6♣ 9♦ A♠ 3♠.
In January 2007, Lindgren wonA$1 million after beating 17 other players in the $100,000 buy-in Hold'em event at theAussie Millions.[10]
Lindgren is the author of the book,World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table, which covers strategy for poker tournaments.[11]
Both the first name 'Erick' and the family name 'Lindgren' are Swedish names, representative of his Swedish ancestry.
He is a former member of "Team Full Tilt" atFull Tilt Poker. In February 2008, Lindgren hosted "FTOPS Event #9", part of Full Tilt's series of large buy-in tournaments. The tournament had over 5,600 entrants, and had a prize pool of over $1.65 million. Lindgren won the tournament becoming the first Full Tilt pro to win an FTOPS event that they hosted. He took home over $291,000.[12]
On June 27, 2007, Lindgren won a $350,000 prop bet withGavin Smith,Phil Ivey and others. To win the bet, Erick had to play four consecutive rounds of golf at Las Vegas' "Bear's Best" golf course 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. He said on a PokerListings interview that he lost 12 pounds during the bet.[13]
On June 5, 2008, Lindgren defeatedJustin Bonomo during heads-up play for his firstWorld Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 buy-in mixed no-limit/limit Hold'em event at the2008 World Series of Poker.[14] In May 2013, Erick finished second in the WPT championship for $700,000.[15] In the 2013 WSOP, he won his second bracelet in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed Event for $606,317.[16]
As of 2024, his total live tournament winnings exceed $10,800,000.[17] His 54 cashes at the WSOP account for $4,043,085 of those winnings.[2]
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) | $374,505 |
| 2013 | $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed | $606,317 |
In 2008, he was namedWSOP Player of the Year. With five total cashes, he earned $1,348,528 in prize money.[18]
On May 29, 2011, Erick married fellow poker player Erica Schoenberg.[19] They have one child.[20] Lindgren and Schoenberg divorced in March 2014.
As a sponsored professional, Lindgren had been receiving a monthly paycheck fromFull Tilt Poker, but he lost that income whenBlack Friday struck on April 15, 2011. An avidsports bettor, he was saddled with sizable gambling debts he could not repay.[20] In late November 2012, Lindgren entered a rehab program forproblem gambling.[20] According to an interview he gave withBluff Magazine in January 2013, he had come to a payment schedule agreement with those to whom he owed money.[20] In the Lederer Files, Howard Lederer states that Erick Lindgren was given several million-dollar loans as a member of Full Tilt Poker. Lindgren then refused to answer texts and phone calls by Lederer requesting repayment. Lindgren never paid back millions to Full Tilt Poker.[21] In June 2015, Lindgren refiled forChapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a District of Nevada United States Bankruptcy Court, citing a cumulative debt load of more than ten million dollars and available assets of less than $50,000.[22]
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