- Erik Sagström
Infobox poker player
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firstname=Erik
lastname=Sagström
nickname=Erik123, The Salmon, King of Ding
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hometown=Gothenburg, Sweden
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ept money finishes=Erik Sagström (born in
Linköping in1983 ) is a Swedish professionalpoker player.Sagström was introduced to poker by accident when surfing the web. He began to play at
ParadisePoker at the age of 17 and has since become one of the most successfulonline poker players in the world.Sagström plays online poker at numerous sites as "The Salmon" and "Erik123". (His usage of the "Erik123" alias at high-stakes tables has led numerous people to incorrectly assume that the alias belongs to
Erik Seidel .) Sagström was also involved in setting up the online poker cardroomPokerChamps.com with Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen andTony G uoga.In
May 2006 , Sagström playedLiz Lieu in a highly-publicized series of three $200,000 limitTexas hold 'em matches atThe Venetian . Sagström ultimately lost the series 2-1.Whilst Sagström has competed in events of the
World Series of Poker (WSOP),World Poker Tour (WPT) andEuropean Poker Tour (EPT), he is best-known for his online poker record. His largest career tournament cash was when he won Event #4 in the 2003World Championship of Online Poker , beating 1,357 other entrants and netting $101,850.Sagström was also chosen by
Ken Lennaárd to represent Sweden in both thePoker Nations Cup and thePartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup .As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $160,000.
In February 2007 Erik Sagström opened his own poker site on the
Boss Media network. He used his famous nickname as the title for the poker site,Erik123.com .External links
* [http://www.Erik123.com/ www.Erik123.com]
* [http://www.pokerlistings.com/erik-sagstrom-the-saga-continues-852 PokerListings interview]
* [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=252 Hendon Mob tournament results]
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