Norwegian poker player (born 1985)
Johnny Lodden (born 1 June 1985 in Jørpeland, Norway)
is a Norwegian professional poker player prominently 🍐 known for his online success. He
frequently played under the alias "bad_ip" on Prima network online high-stakes games
(up toR$40,000 🍐 buy-in NLHE), and for a brief time he was considered the biggest winner
in the largest online cash games in 🍐 the world (before Full Tilt Poker expanded to
include larger games). Lodden has also been known to occasionally play on 🍐 PokerStars
under the alias "Lars-Magne". In August 2007 Lodden gave a brief interview with the
Danish poker journal Acemag, where 🍐 he admitted to having lost his whole bankroll and
had to retire his old bad_ip account and start from scratch 🍐 with a stake from a
friend.[1]
As of 2024, his total live tournament winnings exceedR$2,800,000.[2]
He used
to be a member of 🍐 both Team Pro Pokerstars[3] and Team PartyPoker.[4]
European Poker
Tour [ edit ]
Lodden has cashed 22 times at the European Poker 🍐 Tour, making the final
table at the 2008 event in Budapest and the 2013 and 2024 event in Monte Carlo. 🍐 In the
2008 PokerStars EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Lodden was chip leader much of the
tournament but ended 🍐 up in 17th place earning €46,300 ($73,797). In 2013, he placed 3rd
in Monte Carlo, earning €467,000. In 2024 he 🍐 finished 4th after busting right after a
massive bluff by Adrian Mateos.
World Series of Poker [ edit ]
Lodden came in 🍐 11th
place at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, earning £54,300
($86,880).[5] He cashed in one event 🍐 at the 2009 World Series of Poker before making a
deep run in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main 🍐 Event, finishing 27th.[6]
Lodden Thinks
[ edit ]
Lodden's name is associated with the game "Lodden Thinks" in which two bettors
place 🍐 bets on what a third party thinks is the answer to a given question. For example,
the third party will 🍐 be asked how old he thinks a particular person is or how much a
particular item costs, and before revealing 🍐 his answer the two players will place a bet
on what they think the third party's answer will be. The 🍐 actual answer to the question
is irrelevant. This game was invented during the World Series of Poker Europe when Phil
🍐 Laak and Antonio Esfandiari played the game, with Johnny Lodden as the third
party.[7][8]
