Erick Lindgren
| Erick Lindgren | |
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Lindgren at the WPT's Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2007
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| Nickname(s) | E-Dog |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Born | August 11, 1976 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 40 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
43rd, 2011 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 2 |
| Final table(s) | 5 |
| Money finish(es) | 16 |
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, two World Series of Poker bracelets, and more than nine million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career. As of August 2014 he is 28th in the All time money list of poker.
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 later, 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 .
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