Poker Mom

Tonight’s WSOP event on ESPN is event number four, the $5,000 Mixed Hold’em tournament.  With a total of 332 entrants, the final nine sat down early in June and Erick Lindgren was the last man standing winning his first ever WSOP bracelet.The final table was a who’s who of poker pros – in addition to Lindgren, Justin Bonomo, Andrew Robl, Roland De Wolf, David (Chino) Rheem, Howard Lederer, David Williams, Pat Pezzin and Isaac Haxton were featured at the final table.

Haxton was the first player out taking home a smooth $35k, not bad for a $5k investment.  Although we know that Lindgren was in it for the bracelet, he also collected nearly $375k for his first-place finish.  Lindgren now joins the ranks of bracelet winners.  Lindgren had a fantastic series and ended up as the 2008 World Series of Poker Player of the Year with five cashes and a total of 245 POY points.  He walked away from this year’s WSOP with over $1.3 million in cash!

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