Johnny Lodden
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Johnny Lodden | |
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Lodden at the EPT 4 Dublin event in 2007. |
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Nickname(s) | bad_ip |
Hometown | Jørpeland |
European Poker Tour | |
Titles | None |
Final tables | None |
Money finishes | 6 |
Johnny Lodden (born 1985 in Jørpeland, Norway) is a Norwegian professional poker player prominently known for his online success and is sponsored by Betsson.com. He frequently played under the alias "bad_ip" on Prima network online high stakes games (up to $40,000 buy-in NLHE), and for a brief time he was considered the biggest winner in the largest online cash games in the world (before Full Tilt Poker expanded to include larger games). Lodden has also been known to occasionally play on PokerStars under the alias "Lars-Magne".
Johnny likes to play golf and watch soccer when he's not playing poker. When it's not raining he tends to play golf with his friends where he gambles at that as well.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $340,000.[1]
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[edit] European Poker Tour
Lodden has cashed six times at the European Poker Tour but has yet to make a final table, In his latest tournament, the 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Lodden, who was chip leader much of the tournament ended up in 17th place earning €46,300 ($73,797).
[edit] Downswing
In August 2007 Lodden gave a brief interview with the Danish poker journal Acemag, were he admitted to having lost his whole bankroll and had to retire his old bad_ip account and start from scratch with a stake from a friend.[2]