$5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit) - Event #4 - 2008 WSOP

Event #4
$5,000 Mixed Hold'em
(Limit/No-Limit)
2008 World Series of
Poker (WSOP)
Final Results

2008 World Series of Poker
Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas
Final Results

Event #4
Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
Buy-In: $5,000
Number of Entries: 332
Total Prize Money: $1,560,400
June 2 - 4, 2008

Official Results:

Final Results:

UltimatePokerForum.com
The Ultimate Poker Site

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36

Erick Lindgren
Justin Bonomo
Andrew Robl
Roland de Wolfe
David "Chino" Rheem
Howard Lederer
David Williams
Pat Pezzin
Isaac Haxton
Ronald Haeri
Chau Giang
Benjamin Zamani
Jason Dewitt
Anh Nguyen
David Olson
Andrew Bloch
Jordan Smith
Robert Williamson
Jonathan Neckar
Peter Debest
Paul Taylor
Michael Mckenna
Ariel Schneller
Philip Laak
Eric Cloutier
Michael Craig
Patrik Antonius
Juan Alvarado
George Abdallah
Philip Tom
Raphael Zimmerman
Mori Eskandani
Barry Shulman
Matthew Graham
Andrew Black
Matthew Sterling

Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
East Lansing, Michigan
London, United Kingdom
Los Angeles, California
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Toronto, Canada
Syracuse, New York
La Jolla, California
Las Vegas, Nevada
Boca Raton, Florida
Granger, Indiana
Mississauga, Canada
Dallas, Texas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tool, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Madison, Wisconsin
Yorba Linda, California
Las Vegas, Nevada
Long Beach, California
New York, New York
Dublin, Ireland
Lafayette, Louisiana
Scottsdale, Arizona
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Las Vegas, Nevada
Houston, Texas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Omaha, Nebraska
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dublin, Ireland
Brownstown, Indiana

Place Name Hometown Prize

$374,505
$230,159
$144,337
$117,030
$93,624
$74,119
$58,515
$46,812
$35,109
$23,406
$23,406
$23,406
$19,505
$19,505
$19,505
$15,604
$15,604
$15,604
$12,483
$12,483
$12,483
$12,483
$12,483
$12,483
$12,483
$12,483
$12,483
$10,922
$10,922
$10,922
$10,922
$10,922
$10,922
$10,922
$10,922
$10,922

To read a complete tournament report for Event #4 of the
2008 World Series of Poker click on the link below:

2008 WSOP Event #4 Tournament Report

Erick Lindgren

Site Directory

Winner Biography and Quotes:

WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER
EVENT # 4 – ERICK LINDGREN

The winner of the $5,000 buy-in Mixed Hold’em event is Erick Lindgren. He is
31-years-old. Lindgren has been a professional poker player for nearly ten
years.

Lindgren was born in Burnley, CA which is a small town in the Sierra Nevada
mountain range. He was a football and basketball star in high school.

He worked as a blackjack dealer at an Indian casino in Northern California.
However, Lindgren started playing poker regularly during his free time and
discovered both a passion and talent for the game. He gradually transitioned
to the status of a full-time pro. He now plays in most high-profile
tournaments held around the world.

Lindgren now has 16 WSOP career cashes. He has also won nearly $1.5
million at the WSOP and WSOP Circuits alone.

Lindgren’s victory was a real crowd pleaser, considering that prior to this
event he had won just about everything in poker except a WSOP gold
bracelet. Lindgren was often mentioned up this point on the very short list of
“best poker players never to have won at the WSOP.” In a post-tournament
interview, Lindgren told ESPN’s Norman Chad, “I thought I’d be sitting here
presenting you with your bracelet before I got mine.”

This victory almost never happened. According to Lance Bradley at Bluff
Media, he pointed out that Lindgren had only 8,400 in chips at the start of
Day Two in this tournament, while the average chip count was 35,400.

As cherished as the prize was to Lindgren after so many tries, he revealed
that he would be sending his WSOP gold bracelet to his father.

Lindgren was interviewed by the official WSOP media team following his
victory. Here are some of the highlights of that interview (quotes were
recorded and may be used by all media):

Limit Hold’em tournaments have been very good to me in the past. I wanted
to use that as my strength. We had a lot of No-Limit (Hold’em) strength at
this final table, but I wanted to use Limit to make my moves.

Until the final card turned, I was just panicked and worried that (Bonomo)
might come back and I would blow another one. I was just so happy and so
lucky that it finished early.

My strategy when playing heads-up was just to keep my head down, keep
betting, and hope (my opponent) folds. Seriously, I decided I would put the
pressure on him because that is what he likes to do.

I woke up my father at 1:30 am to tell him I had won. He had not been up at
1:30 in the morning in a long time. It was a good call to make. It was really
special. I can’t wait to send him the bracelet.

The best of this year’s World Series is yet to some. The biggest events are
still coming up, so stay tuned!

The 2008 World Series of Poker championship gold bracelets are designed
and manufactured by Corum USA. For more information and specifications,
contact Knych Keller: kkeller@corumusa.com
_________________________________

World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack

Director of Sponsorship and Licensing -- Ty Stewart

Director of Broadcasting and New Media – Craig Abrahams

Director of Communications – Seth Palansky

Regional Vice President of Specialty Gaming -- Howard Greenbaum

Tournament Director – Jack Effel

Be a Shark, not a Fish!

Built specifically for Sit and Go
Tournaments, Shark combines
the best of an online poker
odds calculator with dynamic
instructional advice

Photo Provided By: IMPDI for the 2008 WSOP