{{Short description|Norwegian poker player (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox poker player |name=Johnny Lodden |nickname= bad_ip |image = Johnny Lodden 2018.jpg |caption=Lodden at the Norwegian poker championship in 2018 |birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|06|01}} |wsop bracelet count=''None'' |wsop money finishes=3 |wsop main event best finish rank=27th |wsop main event best finish year=2010 |wpt titles= |wpt final tables= |wpt money finishes= |ept titles= ''None'' |ept final tables=2 |ept money finishes=8 }}
'''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 to $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.<ref>[http://www.acemag.dk/news/item.asp?id=2621 Johnny Lodden: I lost it all (in danish only)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827111955/http://www.acemag.dk/news/item.asp?id=2621 |date=27 August 2007 }}</ref>
As of 2021, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,800,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnny Lodden's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=32190 |access-date=27 November 2021 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database}}</ref>
He used to be a member of both Team Pro PokerStars<ref>{{Cite web |title=PokerStars Team Pro |url=https://www.pokerstars.eu/de/team-pokerstars/ |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=PokerStars}}</ref> and Team PartyPoker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Team PartyPoker |url=https://www.partypoker.com/en/p/team-partypoker/index |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=Party Poker}}</ref>
== European Poker Tour == Lodden has cashed 22 times at the European Poker Tour, making the final table at the 2008 event in Budapest and the 2013 and 2015 event in Monte Carlo. In the 2008 PokerStars.com 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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Grand Final |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=31625 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> In 2013, he placed 3rd in Monte Carlo, earning €467,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, No Limit Hold'em - Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=81034 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> In 2015 he finished 4th after busting right after a massive bluff by Adrian Mateos.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event (Event #27) |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=293088 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
== World Series of Poker == Lodden came in 11th place at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, earning £54,300 ($86,880).<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Series Of Poker Europe - WSOPE 2008, World Championship No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=32267 |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=40th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2009, No Limit Hold'em - Triple Chance |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=35103 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010, World Championship - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=40145 |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
== Lodden Thinks == 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Lodden Thinks - Definition and Explanation of this Popular Game |url=http://pokerterms.com/what-lodden-thinks.html |access-date=10 August 2017 |website=pokerterms.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 February 2009 |title=What does Johnny Lodden think? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s2-_BwHoTc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/3s2-_BwHoTc |archive-date=17 December 2021 |access-date=10 August 2017 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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== External links == *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/47768-johnny-lodden Card Player profile] *[https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=32190 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=29360 WSOP profile] *[http://www.compatiblepoker.com/Johnny+Lodden.pro.htm CompatiblePoker.com biography]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lodden, Johnny}} Category:Norwegian poker players Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:People from Strand Municipality