Erik Sagström
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| Erik Sagström | |
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| Nickname(s) | Erik123, The Salmon, King of Ding |
| Hometown | Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| Titles | None |
| Final tables | 0 |
| Money finishes | 2 |
Erik Sagström (born in Linköping in 1983) is a Swedish professional poker 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 successful online 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 cardroom PokerChamps.com with Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen and Tony Guoga.
In May 2006, Sagström played Liz Lieu in a highly-publicized series of three $200,000 limit Texas hold 'em matches at The 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) and European 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 2003 World 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 the Poker Nations Cup and the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup.
As of 2007, 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.
