Niklas “Lena900” Astedt

Niklas Astedt or as online poker players know him “Lena900”, is a famous member of the industry and there is no surprise. This player is one of the few who got enormous winnings not from live, but online poker games. Furthermore, Niklas Astedt has a long streak of being the best Poker Player at PocketFives, and he even got 10th place in The Time Money List of Sweden.

Main Information

There is not much information about Niklas Astedt, as he doesn’t like to share his personal life. However, there are some of the basics that might be of interest:

• Nickname: Lena900, PayandPlay, whoozz, tutten7, qwertya09, KoksJuuice, and some others.
• Nationality: Swedish
• Born: Partille, Sweden
• Residence: Goteborg, Sweden
• Born: In 1990
• Age: 33 Years old
• Last Results: 119th at WSOP Online Bracelet Events 2024 with a prize of $2,108, 29th at The Wynn Summer Classic 2024 with a prize of $6,785, 2nd, 4th, and 7th places at European Poker Tour 2024 in Paris where the total prize was $570,472, and 1st place at European Poker Tour 2023 in Prague where he won $15,180.

Niklas Astedt Biography

One of the main features of Niklas is as simple as it is common – he doesn’t talk about himself. During his whole career, he is always secretive and doesn’t like interviews, which is why there is not much information about his life.

It is known that he was born on the 21st of October in 1990 in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is unknown how he was spending his time in school, but we at least know that when he turned 18, he started to play Poker online. Considering that, it is safe to say that he was interested in the game even before that.

Poker Career

Fortunately, there is far more information about how Niklas started to play poker and his career. Like many popular poker players, Niklas Astedt started his journey during the “poker boom” in the early 2000s. For him, everything started with online gambling platforms, such as PokerStars, where he played as Lena900.

During that time, he was actively playing at PokerStars and GGPoker, where he earned the vast majority of money in online tournaments and rooms. His total winnings are over 46$ million – an astonishing amount no matter your standards. He participated in many online events, such as the World Championship of Online Poker, Spring Championship of Online Poker, and many others, where he always earned good prizes.

Niklas started to play Live Poker in 2009, with the first real-life event being in Barcelona. At the age of 21, he already got his first cash placement at the European Poker Tour, at that time it was about $8,000. But Niklas Astedt was constantly improving his skills, and every year his winnings were becoming bigger and bigger. That is how he won more than $270,000 at EPT Barcelona in 2022.

Live Poker Achievements

Live events are not the strong side of Niklas, but he always tries to become a better player. Such attitude allowed him to get good results in several big competitions, such as:

• 1st Place at European Poker Tour in Prague, 2023;
• 2nd Place at the European Poker Tour in Barcelona, 2022 with a prize of more than $270,000;
• 2nd place at the European Poker Tour in Paris, where he got about $300,000 in 2024.

Online Poker Achievements

Niklas Astedt is considered to be one of the best online players of all time, and that’s no surprise. His achievements, especially winnings, are dazzling to pretty much anyone:

• More than 40 weeks in a row of being the most successful online poker player, accordion to PokerStake ratings;
• Five titles at the World Championship of Online Poker;
• Six titles at the Spring Championship of Online Poker;
• Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019, according to PokerFives;
• About 46$ Million of winnings in Online Poker during the career.

Top Five Career Cashes

Here you can have a look at the table with the biggest prizes that Niklas got in both live and online tournaments:

WSOP 2024 Main Event

Niklas Astedt started the 2024 WSOP Main Event final table in 3rd place with 94.2 million chips, equivalent to 59 big blinds. He was eventually eliminated in 3rd place after a hand where he called Jordan Griff’s all-in with top pair of jacks and a straight draw, but lost to Griff’s set of nines. Astedt’s strong performance earned him a $4,000,000 payout​.

Niklas Astedt Socials

Unfortunately, as was said, Niklas is a pretty secretive person. That is why he does not have official social media accounts, where you can follow him. So, all the information about his life can be obtained only from other publications.