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erik sagström 150px erik123 , the salmon , king of ding erik sagström
 gothenburg , sweden
erik sagström

erik sagström -lrb- born in linköping in 1983 -rrb- is a swedish professional poker player .
sagström was introduced to poker accidentally while surfing the web .
he began to play at paradisepoker at the age of 17 and has since become a successful online poker player .
sagström plays online poker at numerous sites as `` the salmon '' , `` erik123 '' , and `` din_fru '' .
sagström was also involved in setting up the online poker cardroom pokerchamps.com with gus 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 -lrb- wsop -rrb- , world poker tour -lrb- wpt -rrb- and european poker tour -lrb- ept -rrb- , he is best known for his online poker record .
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 .
sagström was also chosen by ken lennaárd to represent sweden in both the poker nations cup and the partypoker.com football & poker legends cup .
in february 2007 , erik sagström opened his own poker site on the boss media network , using his nickname as the title , erik123.com .
in the 2009 world series of poker , erik finished 3rd at the $ 50,000 h.o.r.s.e. event .
as of 2012 , his total live tournament winnings exceed $ 700,000 .
