| Niklas Astedt | |
| Nickname: | Lena900 |
| Birth Place: | Partille, Sweden |
| Birth Date: | 1990 10, df=y |
| Updated: | 14 May 2021 |
| Wsop Bracelet Count: | 0 |
| Wsop Final Tables: | 2 |
| Wsop Money Finishes: | 18 |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank: | 3rd |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year: | 2024 |
| Ept Money Finishes: | 3 |
Niklas Astedt (born 21 October 1990) is a Swedish professional poker player from Gothenburg, Sweden.
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]
A poll conducted by PocketFives in May 2021 named Astedt the best online poker player in history.[5]
In live poker, Astedt has more than $7 million in career earnings.[6] His largest cash came in the WSOP Main Event in July 2024, where he finished third for $4,000,000.[7]
He is considered one of the most game theory optimal studied players in poker. Astedt plays a solid game mixing in equity calculations with randomized elements even if the implemented moments of randomization means to guess the status of his opponents hand.[8]
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $80,642 |
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |