Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren was born in Northern California and spent most of his childhood engaging in various sports. He was the most valuable player of his league in basketball and an all league quarterback. Lindgren moved to college shortly after high school, but dropped out of Butte Junior College in his second year there.
Gaming took over and he knew early on that his livelihood would be tied to poker and other games. But before poker, he started out as a blackjack dealer at a local casino, which also helped him become more aware of how people act with cards.
His tournament winnings exceeded $2 million; Erick has scored first place at three major competitions since December 2002. His most recent winning includes the Poker Million III, where he cashed out a million dollars, hard cash. Additionally, his first place at the World Poker Tour 2003 event in Aruba brought him a wealthy half a million dollar check.
Unlike many of the poker professionals out there, Erick wishes cash games and usually participates at up to eight high stake tables. It is not possible to tell what his income looks like when he’s playing online, but it is told that he once won $40,000 in a single hand in cash play.
Other than that, Erick keeps no track of his bad beats. Instead, he maintains his positive thinking throughout the whole game. Like so many of us, Erick enjoys watching his opponents play at TV shows like the World Poker Tour. He considers his toughest opponents to be Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey - mostly because he has standard their game play as amazingly aggressive.
Today, Erick lives in the heart of gambling, Las Vegas. He is untied and single but does a lot of travelling and gambling. His current sports activities include golf and basketball. If you want to play him and play him, go to his home grounds, look for a short-haired guy in an luxurious shirt and make sure to respect him just as much as you admiration your other favorite poker professionals, because you’re going to need it.
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