Posts Tagged ‘Erick Lindgren’
The Week at FTP: You Can’t Keep an EDog Down
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Alright – I’m going to come right out and put a big frickin’ jinx on Mr. Lindgren by saying that he has this whole WSOP Player of the Year thing wrapped up already.
There, it’s done. Sorry Erick, you’re a nice guy and all, but I gotta go with my gut here. I mean, let’s look at EDog’s performance so far this year:
- Three final tables
- One bracelet (a career first, btw)
- Nearly $1.3 million in winnings in one month’s worth of tournament play
Sure, there are some other big names who have also had some deep runs during this year’s Series, but for my money, EDog has proven himself to be the leader of the pack.
Tags: Erick Lindgren, WSOP
The Week at FTP: Yes, Still WSOP
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under The Week at FTP
I feel like I just got pwned – when I innocently asked if there was anything to do today, Big Donkey suggested I take over our weekly news round-up. Of course when he wrote it last week there was only one event at the WSOP that had wrapped up. Fast forward seven days and there’s been 11 events, 11 final table appearances, two bracelets and a heck of a lot of work for me to do.
Tags: Erick Lindgren, WSOP
The Week at FTP: FTOPS, FTOPS, FTOPS
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Ah FTOPS – it’s like Christmas for degenerates. And Christmas comes four times a year. And instead of getting some crappy sweater-vest and a book on how to be a better man from your girlfriend, you get the chance to win hundreds of thousands of dollars playing in a donkament. The only thing that’s missing is the eggnog.
So in lieu of Big Donkey giving you The Week at FTP, I’ll be giving you the rundown on the first nine amazing FTOPS VIII events. We’ve had some good laughs so far, shed some salty tears, and ingested many cans of Coke Zero in an attempt to bring you all things FTOPS. Here are the highlights thus far:
Tags: Erick Lindgren, FTOPS
Poker, Sports, and Real Mixed Games
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
While having a “professional” conversation over drinks, my colleagues and I got into the debate about whether poker is a game or a sport. As you might imagine, there were some disagreements on the subject. Of course, the argument was based on what constituted a sport versus what constituted a game. I’ll not bother with the finer points – our arguments made about as much sense as the UIGEA. However, I did manage to articulate a few thoughts on the subject in a semi-lucid fashion. Amazingly, I remember bits and pieces of this.
Tags: Erick Lindgren, Scott Clements
Heads Up: Erick Lindgren Versus Steve Brecher
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Heads Up
It’s time for another round of the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge, where we take 64 of our top pros and pit them against one another in a deadly game we like to call “synchronized swimming.” Or was that just a dream I had? Hard to tell. At any rate, this post is unlikely to feature any swimming whatsoever, just me drowning in my own words. This week’s match is another three seed versus 14 seed affair, with Erick “I’m probably cooler than you are” Lindgren taking on Steve “I wear my sunglasses at night” Brecher. You can check out the full bracket below, let’s get ready to rumble:
Tags: Erick Lindgren, Steve Brecher
The Pros Speak: Aaron Bartley
Posted by The Captain | Filed under The Pros Speak
Aaron Bartley recently distinguished himself from scores of poker pros through his uncanny awareness of brilliance. He is the first – and probably only – pro that has not only noticed our blog, but has actually read it. In fact, he went so far as to email us and share his thoughts on Poker From The Rail. As men of integrity, we’re well above sharing such precise and insightful commentaries on our journalistic and literary genius. Let it suffice to say that he recognized us as “pretty cool” and “having a good time.”
Tags: Aaron Bartley, Erick Lindgren
Live Highs
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
I admit it – I’m a horrible online poker player. As much as I may protest this fact in public, in my heart I know the truth. I can’t ever seem to win at the virtual table.
Why this is, I don’t know. I feel like I play solidly and make the right moves at the right times. Of course, as my results unfortunately show, I’m not. The kicker is, however, is that my style online isn’t much – if at all – different than my live style, but my results are decidedly dissimilar.
Tags: Erick Lindgren, Online Poker
The Week at FTP: FTOPS VII - What Else?
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Besides being a little infatuated with acronyms, we love FTOPS because it makes our weekly roundup a piece of cake. God bless our ever-growing band of red-name Friends of Brothers of Cousins of Full Tilt Pros, but trying to keep up with the live tournament results of 50 Million (number may be exaggerated) poker players is a little testing. Give us FTOPS any day.
Tags: Erick Lindgren, FTOPS
