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Niklas Astedt

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Niklas Astedt
Astedt at the 2018 EPT Barcelona
Nickname(s)Lena900
Born (1990-10-21) 21 October 1990 (age 34)
Partille, Sweden
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Final table(s)2
Money finish(es)18
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
3rd, 2024
European Poker Tour
Money finish(es)3
Information last updated on 14 May 2021.

Niklas Astedt (born 21 October 1990) is a Swedish professional poker player from Gothenburg, Sweden.

Career

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Astedt began playing poker in 2008. Playing under the name Lena900 on PokerStars, he has more than $48 million in career online cashes, the most all-time as of July 2024.

Astedt has won seven World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and nine Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events.[1] His largest online cash came in April 2021, when he won the GGPoker Super Millions for $1.1 million. He has been No. 1 on the PocketFives online poker rankings for 97 weeks, the most of any player, including 33 consecutive weeks from May 2018 to January 2019.[2] He was the PocketFives player of the year in both 2018 and 2019.[3]

In July 2020, Astedt finished runner-up to Roberto Romanello in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event in the World Series of Poker Online on GGPoker.[4]

In July 2022, Niklas Astedt won his maiden Titans Event title for $86,679 defeating a final table with the likes of Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche and Rodrigo "seijistar" Seiji.[5]

In February 2023, Niklas Astedt went victorious in the Titans Event and collected $91,760.[6]

In April 2023, Niklas Astedt won his third title along the prize of $83,733 after a two-way deal which saw Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak, the runner-up finisher, taking home $87,842.[7]

In July 2023, Niklas Astedt won his fourth title and the prize money of $89,642.[8]

A poll conducted by PocketFives in May 2021 named Astedt the best online poker player in history.[9]

In live poker, Astedt has more than $7 million in career earnings.[10] His largest cash came in the WSOP Main Event in July 2024, where he finished third for $4,000,000.[11]

Style

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He is considered one of the most game theory optimal studied players in poker. Astedt plays a solid game mixing in equity calculations with randomized elements even if the implemented moments of randomization means to guess the status of his opponents hand.[12]

WCOOP titles

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Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2018 $530 Pot Limit Omaha (6-Max) $58,228
2020 $5,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller $201,055
2020 $2,100 No Limit Hold'em $80,642

SCOOP titles

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Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2017 $109 5-Card NL Omaha 8 $22,457
2018 $530+R No Limit Hold'em $102,115
2018 $1,050 NLO8 (6-Max) $50,392
2019 $1,050 FLO8 (8-Max) $27,707
2021 $1,050 No Limit Hold'em $85,430
2022 $1,050 PLO8 (6-Max) $34,456

References

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  1. ^ Warburton, Matthew (23 February 2021). "Online poker's most successful players: Niklas "Lena900" Astedt". PokerStars Blog. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "#1 Ranked Players". PokerStake. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ Walsh, Jeff (8 January 2020). "'Lena900' Goes Back-To-Back, Tops 2019 PocketFives Leaderboard". PocketFives. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ Fast, Erik (26 July 2020). "2020 World Series of Poker Online: Roberto Romanello Wins His First Bracelet In $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ Patrickson, Mark. "MTT Report – Niklas Astedt Keeps Crushing Online Poker – Takes Down Titans Event". VIP-Grinders. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  6. ^ Patrickson, Mark. "MTT Report – Lena900 shows who is the boss by winning two Sunday Majors in one night". VIP-Grinders. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  7. ^ Patrickson, Mark. "MTT Report – Niklas Astedt Wins The PokerStars Titans Event For The Third Time". VIP-Grinders. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  8. ^ Patrickson, Mark. "MTT Report – Lena900 Wins The Titans Event Again, C.Darwin2 The Sunday Warm-Up". VIP-Grinders. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  9. ^ Bradley, Lance (14 May 2021). "Niklas 'lena900' Astedt Crowned PocketFives #1 Number One". PokerStake. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Niklas Astedt's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  11. ^ Peters, Donnie (18 July 2024). "Astedt Out! WSOP Main Event Favorite Eliminated in Third Place". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  12. ^ Salituro, David (17 July 2024). "Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship". PokerNews. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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