Player Profile Erick Lindgren

Player Profile: Erick Lindgren

Summary: Erick Lindgren brings his naturally competitive nature from playing sports in high school to playing at the Poker tables. Born on August , and raised in the small mountain town of Burney, California, Lindgren excelled in basketball and football. He was an all league quarterback and MVP of his league as a basketball shooting guard.

Lindgren attended Butte Junior College but did not graduate since he knew at a young age that his future lay in gambling. Before becoming...

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Article Body: Erick Lindgren brings his naturally competitive nature from playing sports in high school to playing at the Poker tables. Born on August , and raised in the small mountain town of Burney, California, Lindgren excelled in basketball and football. He was an all league quarterback and MVP of his league as a basketball shooting guard.

Lindgren attended Butte Junior College but did not graduate since he knew at a young age that his future lay in gambling. Before becoming a professional Poker player, Erick put in some time as a casino prop player and also worked as a Blackjack dealer.

Ericks personal motto is Play to win, not to survive.

A positive thinker, Erick Lindgren is serious about his Poker career and works on improving his game every day. He either spends his time playing or in studying videos showing the style of his Poker playing colleagues. Erick considers Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreamu and Phil Ivey to be his toughest opponents due to the aggressiveness of their style and their knowledge of the game.

Having made multiple final tables in the worlds top tournaments, he was also named World Poker Tour Player of the Year for the WPTs second season with a win and two final tables.

Erick Lindgrens WPT Stats:

- Season - Party Poker Party Poker Million nd place WPT points - $, Prize

- Season - Ultimate Bet Ultimate Power Classic st place , WPT points - $, Prize

- Season Foxwoods Resort Casino World Poker Finals th place WPT points - $, Prize

- Season Party Poker Party Poker Million st place , WPT points - $,, Prize

- Season Aviation Club de France Grand Prix de Paris th place WPT points - $, Prize

- Season Poker Stars Poker Stars: Caribbean Poker Adventure st place- WPT points - $, Prize

- Season Commerce Casino LA Poker Classic th place WPT points - $, Prize

- Season Party Poker Party Poker Million th place WPT points - $, Prize

- Season Borgata Borgata Power Open th place WPT points - $, Prize

Erick Lindgrens business ventures:

- One of the original members at FullTiltPoker.com - Personal endorsement of Knob Creek Bourbon - Along with Daniel Negreanu, Erick is a featured player in World Poker Tour video game Stacked - First book release: World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table.

Still more of Lindgrens Career Achievements:

- Named World Poker Tour Player of the Year - Total Career Earnings as of this writing: $. million - Total Earnings Year : $ million - WPT All Time Money List th Place - All Time Money List nd Place - Final Table Appearances -