Erick Lindgren won himself the huge sum of $1,000,000 by winning the 2004 Party Poker Million III tournament. Party Poker booked an entire cruise ship, the MS Ryndam and the entire poker tournament was held on board. It was held between the 13th and the 20th of March, 2004 and drew a record number of poker players.
This poker tournament, the third Party Poker Million Gala broke 2 records. No other poker tournament offered and offers such an enormous prize pool among the World Poker Tour tournaments. Another record-breaking fact was that this was the largest ever Limit Texas Holdem Poker tournament. This was the main reason that all lovers of Texas Hold'em flocked to this tournament. Mike Sexton termed the Third Party Poker Million Dollar tournament the world%u2019s greatest poker party and this it was.
The fight for first place was not just a matter of prestige and pride but a difference of 325 thousand dollars! While the winner got a million, the runner-up got 675 thousand dollars. So - who won this tournament? Eric Lindgren. Here are the entire list of winner at this party poker tournament and the amount of money they won:
- Erick Lindgren - won first place and a million dollars.
- Daniel Negreanu - was the runner-up but still took home 625 thousand dollars.
- Chris Hinchcliffe came in third. In third place, he won $441,463.
- Steve Zolotow came in fourth and took home about 300 thousand dollars.
- Barry Greenstein came fifth and won himself nearly 200 thousand dollars playing at the Party Poker Million.
- Scotty Nguyen came in sixth and got to take away about 130 thousand dollars.
- John Juanda was in 7th place and received about a hundred thousand dollars.
- Jason Adkins came in 8th and won #77,905.
- David Rogers came in 9th and took home more than fifty thousand dollars.
- Kevin Leap was in the tenth spot. He got to take away about thirty thousand dollars.
Other Prize Winners at the Party Poker Million
How Much Did Others Win?
| Position: |
Cash Won: |
| 11-17 |
$25,968 |
| 18 |
$20,775 |
| 20-27 |
$15,581 |
| 28-36 |
$12,984 |
| 37-45 |
$10,387 |
| 46-54 |
$7,791 |
| 55-63 |
$3,000 |
| 64-72 |
$2,500 |
| 73-90 |
$2,000 |
The III Party Poker Million was the 3rd of it's kind and the previous two Party Poker tournaments were very popular. Due to it becoming a huge hit, Party Poker decided to hold another million dollar tournament and this was the 4th. Try not to miss these opportunities to make easy money playing your favourite game at Party Poker.