{"id":1460,"date":"2024-08-01T12:10:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokeroff.com\/?post_type=news&p=1460"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T10:40:10","slug":"9-facts-about-niklas-lena900-astedt-you-probably-didnt-know","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/pokeroff.com\/en\/news\/9-facts-about-niklas-lena900-astedt-you-probably-didnt-know\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Facts About Niklas \u00ablena900\u00bb Astedt You Probably Didn\u2019t Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Niklas \u00ablena900\u00bb Astedt does not attend podcasts or give interviews. In this article, we attempted to gather 10 facts from his biography that will surprise you.<\/p>\n\n

Fact 1: Dropped out of school for poker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Niklas Astedt was born on October 21, 1990, in Partille, Sweden. He got acquainted with poker in the mid-2000s after the poker boom. He started with games with friends and online freerolls. At the age of 17, he borrowed his mom’s credit card and began playing online, creating an account in her name. He dropped out of school two years before graduation to become a poker pro. At 20, he moved out of his parents’ house and has since lived solely on poker winnings.<\/p>\n\n

Fact 2: Struggled with variance in cash games early in his career<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

At the start of his career, \u00ablena900\u00bb tried his hand at cash games. He climbed to the highest stakes, lost, and dropped back down to micro-stakes. These ups and downs continued until he turned 24, at which point \u00ablena900\u00bb began specializing in NLHE MTT.<\/p>\n\n

Fact 3: Chose the nickname \u00ablena900\u00bb to pretend to be a girl<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Various theories have been proposed about Astedt’s nickname. The coolest theory is that the nickname was chosen in honor of a fishing reel.<\/p>\n\n

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In reality, Niklas Astedt simply chose a female nickname at the age of 18, similar to how David Yan chose the nickname MissOracle.<\/p>\n\n

All of Niklas Astedt’s online nicknames:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n