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Ken Richard Douglas Lennaárd (born May 29, 1971) is a Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 professional poker player, based in Stockholm
Stockholm

is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
, Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. He was also the chairman of the Swedish Poker Federation until he resigned in October 2006.

Lennaárd first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada....
 (WSOP) event in 1998
1998 World Series of Poker

The 1998 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
 when he finished 6th in the $1,500 pot limit
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
 Omaha event won by Donnacha O'Dea
Donnacha O'Dea

Donnacha "The Don" O'Dea is an Ireland professional poker player. Previously he was a keen swimming, and represented Ireland in the 1968 Olympic Games....
.

His continued exposure to the European poker tournament
Poker tournament

A poker tournament is a tournament in which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker.Contrast this to a ring game, where the game is ongoing with no formal structure to determine a single winner in a certain length of time....
 circuit led to his appearance in season 5 of Late Night Poker
Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker is a Great Britain television show in which poker players, mostly professionals or strong amateurs, compete in a short series of No-Limit Texas hold 'em tournament games for a prize of approximately ?50,000....
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Ken Richard Douglas Lennaárd (born May 29, 1971) is a Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 professional poker player, based in Stockholm
Stockholm

is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
, Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. He was also the chairman of the Swedish Poker Federation until he resigned in October 2006.

Lennaárd first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada....
 (WSOP) event in 1998
1998 World Series of Poker

The 1998 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
 when he finished 6th in the $1,500 pot limit
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
 Omaha event won by Donnacha O'Dea
Donnacha O'Dea

Donnacha "The Don" O'Dea is an Ireland professional poker player. Previously he was a keen swimming, and represented Ireland in the 1968 Olympic Games....
.

His continued exposure to the European poker tournament
Poker tournament

A poker tournament is a tournament in which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker.Contrast this to a ring game, where the game is ongoing with no formal structure to determine a single winner in a certain length of time....
 circuit led to his appearance in season 5 of Late Night Poker
Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker is a Great Britain television show in which poker players, mostly professionals or strong amateurs, compete in a short series of No-Limit Texas hold 'em tournament games for a prize of approximately ?50,000....
. He finished 2nd to Padraig Parkinson
Padraig Parkinson

Padraig Parkinson is an Ireland professional poker player. He is chiefly recognised as the grand final winner of Late Night Poker series 5 and as the third-place finisher of the 1999 World Series of Poker, where he lost to fellow countryman Noel Furlong....
 in his opening heat, qualifying him for the semi-final won by Joe Beevers
Joe Beevers

Joseph "Joe" Charles Beevers is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob.During his lengthy poker career, Beevers became one of the pioneers of poker on television by appearing in every series of Late Night Poker, where he made a record 3 grand finals....
. In Late Night Poker's sixth season, he defeated Victoria Coren
Victoria Coren

Victoria Coren is a British writer, presenter and poker player. Coren writes weekly columns for The Observer and The Guardian newspapers and regular articles for other publications....
 in the heads-up confrontation to win his heat, qualifying for the grand final won by Peter Costa
Peter Costa

Peter Costa to Greek Cypriot parents is a United Kingdom professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada.He is most well-known as the winner of the sixth series of the popular Late Night Poker television series during his time living in the United Kingdom, where he defeated Austria's Jin Cai Lin in the final heads-up encou...
.

At the 2003 WSOP
2003 World Series of Poker

The 2003 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
, Lennaárd cashed in the $10,000 no limit
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
 hold'em main event, finishing in 34th place for $35,000.

Lennaárd defeated Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts

Benjamin Roberts is a United Kingdom professional poker player based in London....
 to win his heat of the William Hill Poker Grand Prix
William Hill Poker Grand Prix

The William Hill Poker Grand Prix is a poker tournament sponsored by William Hill plc shown on Sky Sports. It features a number of professional and amateur poker players competing against each other....
, qualifying him for the grand final where he finished in 5th place.

Lennaárd was also the team captain for Sweden in both the Poker Nations Cup
Poker Nations Cup

The Poker Nations Cup is an international poker tournament, televised on Channel 4 from March 2006 onwards.The series is commentated by Jesse May and Barny Boatman....
 and the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup
PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup

The PartyGaming Football & Poker Legends Cup is a televised poker tournament, airing in the United Kingdom on Five from April 2006 onwards, in the lead-up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup....
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As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $830,000.

Trivia

  • Lennaárd earned his "Thimble" nickname after finishing 2nd in a Swedish Monopoly
    Monopoly (game)

    Monopoly is a board game published by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro. Players compete to acquire wealth through stylized economics activity involving the buying, renting, and trading of property using play money, as players take turns moving around the board according to the roll of the dice....
     competition, an achievement described by "Barmy" Barny Boatman
    Barny Boatman

    Barny M. P. Boatman , is an English professional poker player and the oldest member of the poker-playing foursome known as The Hendon Mob. He is the older brother of Ross Boatman, and resides in Archway, London....
     as being equivalent to being the "second best-looking bloke in ABBA
    ABBA

    ABBA were a Sweden pop music group. The band consisted of Agnetha F?ltskog, Benny Andersson, Bj?rn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad . They topped the charts worldwide from the mid-1970s in music to the early 1980s in music....
    ."
  • Lennaárd is a former child actor, and had a role in the movie Blomstrande tider.
  • Lennaárd was also the winner of the Swedish reality television
    Reality television

    Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors....
     game show
    Game show

    A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrity, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes....
     Riket in 2004.


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