Erick A. Lindgren (born August 11, 1976 in
Burney, California) is an
American professional
poker player. He has won two World Poker Tour (WPT) titles, one World Series of Poker bracelet, and more than seven million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career.
Poker career
He won his first major tournament at the
Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first
World Poker Tour (WPT) win ten months later. Six months after that, he won the WPT
PartyPoker Million III cruise, where he walked away with the million dollar top prize.
In January 2005, he finished 2nd in the
World Series of Poker Circuit Event in
Atlantic City. In
February, he finished 5th in the WPT
LA Poker Classic and just a week later, he won the second
Professional Poker Tour tournament, also in LA.
In January 2006 he made another WPT final table, finishing 3rd at the 2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open.
In June 2006, Lindgren won the $600,000 first prize in the FullTiltPoker.net Poker Pro Showdown event, outlasting
Mike Matusow,
Clonie Gowen,
Erik Seidel,
John Juanda,
Chris Ferguson and
Phil Ivey. Lindgren's winning hand came in the first hand of heads-up play when his defeated Matusow's on a board of .
In January 2007, Lindgren won
A$1 million after beating 17 other players in the $100,000 buy-in hold 'em event at the
Aussie Millions.
Lindgren is the author of the book, "World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table", which covers strategy...
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