Career
Lodden has also been known to occasionally play on PokerStars under the alias "Lars-Magne". He is sponsored by PokerStars today, and will play for them in the forthcoming EPT events. As of 2013, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,250,000.
Lodden has cashed 13 times at the, making the final table at the 2008 event in Budapest and the 2013 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). In 2013, he placed 3rd in Monte Carlo, earning €467,000.
Lodden came in 11th place at the 2008 Europe Main Event, earning £54,300 ($86,880). He cashed in one event at the 2009 before making a deep run in the 2010 Main Event.
Lodden"s name is associated with the game "" in which two bettors place bets on what a third party thinks is the answer to a given question.
Foreign 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 Europe when Philosophy Laak and Antonio Esfandiari played the game, with Johnny Lodden as the third party.
