Erick Lindgren was arguably the best poker player in the world in 2008. He had just won his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet, cashed five times, made three final tables, and earned more than $1.3 million. Since then, Lindgren cashed only 12 times over the next four years at the WSOP. While his personal troubles have been well documented around the poker world in the last year or so, Lindgren is on the rebound both personally (In addition to getting married in 2011 to fellow poker pro Erica Schoenberg, the couple had a son later that year) and professionally. Entering Event #32, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed), Lindgren already had four cashes in the 2013 WSOP. After his dominating performance today, Lindgren earned his second gold bracelet.
Day 3 began with 14 players remaining from the starting field of 516. Lindgren began the day seventh in chips and doubled up immediately through Jonathan Little. From there, Lindgren was relentless and when the final table of six was reached, he was on top of the chip counts.
This marks Lindgren's second six-figure score in the last month, having finished second place at the WPT Championship in May for $650,275. If there were any doubts whether Lindgren was back as one of poker's most elite then, there certainly aren't now. Congratulations to Erick Lindgren on his second WSOP gold bracelet win, and thank you for following our hand-for-hand coverage and until next time, good night from Las Vegas!
Hand #220: Lindgren limped in on the button, Markholt checked his option, and the flop came . Markholt led out for 110,000, but Lindgren cut out a raise to 275,000.
With his head now unshielded from the hoodie that had been protecting him all tournament, Markholt suddenly announced himself all in for his last 915,000.
Lindgren snap-called and stood to table his , while his wife Erica and the rest of the rail exploded in celebration, their man having flopped top set with pocket rockets.
A shell shocked Markholt could only shake his head and turn over the for bottom two pair, and while that hand would be a monster in any other spot, it was absolutely crushed here.
Drawing only to running quad cards, Markholt was already shaking hands with Lindgren when the fell on the turn, and the on the river simply made things official.
Markholt fell just short of his first WSOP bracelet, but his runner-up finish netted $374,960 for his 15th WSOP cash.
Hand #150: Markholt raised to 100,000 from the button, and Little quickly shoved all in for roughly 935,000. Lindgren immediately moved all in over the top, with his big stack, and Markholt got out of the way for the two to battle it out.
Showdown:
Little:
Lindgren:
Lindgren woke up with a monster in a three-handed game, and his pair put him way out in front of Little's ace-high hand. With the crowd roaring on both sides of the Mothership stage, each half rooting for their horse, the dealer burned and turned.
Flop:
Little found a pair on the flop, but he still needed help on the subsequent streets. The on the turn gave Little additional outs to the wheel straight, but the was a brick, and he headed for the payout desk in 3rd place.
Hand #94: Drinan open-shoved from the small blind to put Lee Markholt at risk if he elected to call, and he put his last 635,000 into the middle after a brief pause.
Showdown:
Drinan:
Markholt:
The all in Markholt was ahead with his ace high, and the final board ran out to give him a straight, and a much needed double.
Hand #15: Connor Drinan raised to 45,000 on the button and Ryan D'Angelo three-bet all in for 434,000 from the small blind. After Vasile Buboi folded his big blind, Drinan called.
Drinan:
D'Angelo:
The board ran out , ending D'Angelo's run in sixth place.
On the first deal of the unofficial final table, a short-stacked Andrew Robl flatted Jonathan Little's 32,000 button raise from the big blind. The flop fell and Robl checked to Little, who bet out for 30,000. Robl then moved all in for his last 114,000, and Little snapped him off with the .
Robl had flopped top pair with his , but he was way behind the kings, and the turn () and river () offered no further help. Robl left the Mothership stage in 7th place, falling one spot short of the official final table.
With the board reading and his stack depleted, Craig Fishman bet 50,000 into Erick Lindgren. The man known as "E-Dog" quickly tossed out a raise to 160,000, and Fishman's expression became pained.
"That's a lot of my chips," he said, referencing the fact that he would only have 155,000 or so behind if he called. "You really have a flush? I run that bad against you?"
Eventually, Fishman made the crying call with his for two pair, but his initial suspicion was proved correct when Lindgren rolled over the for a runner-runner flush.
Just two hands later, Fishman moved his last 66,000 into the middle, and the action folded around to Lindgren.
"I'll give you some action," Lindgren said while calling and turning over the .
Fishman held the , but the flop of left him looking for fours. The turn () and river () failed to deliver, and he hit the rail in 8th place.
Lee Markholt limped from the small blind and Allen Bari shoved from the big blind for about 350,000. Markholt called quickly.
Markholt:
Bari:
The flop offered little help to Bari, though he picked up a few outs when the turn fell. However, the river was no help to Bari, ending his run in ninth place.
With a short stack of under 10 big blinds, Dario Sammartino open-shoved for his last 110,000 from under the gun. Action folded around to Erick Lindgren in the small blind, and when he found the in the hole, he made the call to put Sammartino at risk.
Sammartino held the and was hoping his live drawing cards would connect with the board, but the flop was nothing but air. The turn () and river () brought no help either, and Sammartino headed for the payout desk with a 10th place finish.
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. Markholt led out for 110,000, but Lindgren cut out a raise to 275,000.
, while his wife Erica and the rest of the rail exploded in celebration, their man having flopped top set with pocket rockets.
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on the river simply made things official.
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was a brick, and he headed for the payout desk in 3rd place.
to give him a straight, and a much needed double.
, failing to improve Buboi and giving Drinan the pot.
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