Erick A. Lindgren[1] (born August 11, 1976, in Burney, California)[2] is an American professional poker player.
[3] Lindgren 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.
[6] In January 2005, he finished runner-up in the World Series of Poker Circuit Event in Atlantic City.
In January 2006, he made another WPT final table, finishing third at the 2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open.
[8] 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.
In February 2008, Lindgren hosted "FTOPS Event #9", part of Full Tilt's series of large buy-in tournaments.
Lindgren won the tournament becoming the first Full Tilt pro to win an FTOPS event that they hosted.
As a sponsored professional, Lindgren had been receiving a monthly paycheck from Full Tilt Poker, but he lost that income when Black Friday struck on April 15, 2011.