Poker Player - Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren was born in the Californian Mountains, in a town called Burney, on August 11th 1976. He is now famous on the International professional Poker circuit as an aggressive and competitive player, nicknamed E-Dog, and named as the 2004 World Poker Tour Player of the Year.
Erick Lindgren’s roots lie very strongly in competitive sports. At high school, he gained some reknown as an All-League quarterback, and was MVP on his basketball team. Basketball remains a serious hobby, as does golf, but it is really poker which is currently fuelling his competitive interests. Erick gained a place at Butte College, but dropped out in his second year, the pull of the card tables being too tempting to resist. He started dealing Blackjack, and slowly developed and interest and skill in poker. His favourite variety of poker is No Limit Hold’em, and he tries to learn as much from his opponents as he can, especially those with exceptional knowledge and experience, like Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu.
Playing poker online is a increasing in popularity, and many of the major players on the poker circuit today openly endorse online poker rooms as a way of developing their skills. Erick is no different and is one of the original endorsers of FullTiltPoker.com, along with superstar poker players like Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Phil Gordon and Jennifer Harman. The site not only gives online players a chance to compete against some of the best poker players in the world, but also to learn tips and strategies from those players. Erick has also pushed poker further into the light of a wider audience by signing up with Knob Creek Bourbon, marking the first endorsement of poker by a consumer brand. Continuing in this vein, Erick also follows the path of many other young players who are keen to bring the poker world to new levels of respectability and recognition. He has been signed by the management company Poker Royalty, who can be contacted to arrange for Erick to attend corporate events as a public speaker or guest.
Since 2002, Erick Lindgren has won 3 major professional poker tournaments. In 2002 he won the Five Diamond World Poker Classic $3000 No Limit Hold’em taking a first prize of $228,192. In 2003, he won the World Poker Tour Ultimate Bet Poker Classic $4000 No Limit Hold’em Championship, with a first prize of $500,000. Then, in 2004, Erich won the million dollar first prize at the World Poker Tour Party Poker Million $7000 Limit Hold’em Championship.
He has also made the final table at the 2005 World Series of Poker Circuit Event, Atlantic City $9500 No Limit Hold’em Main Event, coming second and winning $430,521, and was placed 5th in the same year at the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event, winning $206,657. Rounding off 2005, Erick won the Pro Poker Tour Commerce Casino tournament with a first prize of $225,000. His total earnings from live poker tournament play are well in excess of $3 million and he is listed at number 10 on the World Poker Tour All Time Money list. He has more than 19 final table appearances in the space of only a few years, which is an amazing achievement for a relatively new player.
Erick Lindgren has a combination of finely honed skill and a natural style of risky and aggressive play that make him a dangerous opponent. His attitude is best summed up by his own personal motto “Play to win, not to survive!” He appears in the video game “Stacked” with Daniel Negreanu which is sponsored by the World Poker Tour, and he has also recently written a book called “World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table.”
|