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Erik Sagström

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Erik Sagström, born in Linköping in 1983, is a Swedish professional poker player who came to the game by accident while surfing the web and began playing at ParadisePoker at the age of 17. He became a successful online player under the screen name The Salmon, and his largest online tournament cash came from winning the fourth event of the 2003 World Championship of Online Poker for $101,850. He also played World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour events, finishing third in the 2009 WSOP $50,000 HORSE event, and represented Sweden in the Poker Nations Cup.

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1983 1
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Source Erik Sagström (Wikipedia)

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is a Swedish professional poker player
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1. Erik Sagström (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, first sentence
    (born in Linköping in 1983)
  • Lead, first sentence [nationality]
    is a Swedish professional poker player
  • Lead paragraph, competition results
    His largest online 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.
  • Competed In: World Series of Poker, Lead, fifth paragraph
    Whilst Sagström has competed in events of the World Series of Poker (WSOP)
  • Plays: Poker, Lead sentence
    is a Swedish professional poker player.
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