Eric Lynch

{{Short description|American poker player (born 1978)}}

{{about||the American football running back|Eric Lynch (American football)|the radio personality|Eric the Actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox poker player

| name = Eric Lynch

| nickname = Rizen

| image = Eric Lynch.jpg

| caption = Lynch at the 2008 World Series of Poker

| residence = Olathe, Kansas, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 20, 1978}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| wsop bracelet count = None

| wsop money finishes = 12

| wsop main event best finish rank = 24th

| wsop main event best finish year = 2006

| wpt titles = None

| wpt final tables = None

| wpt money finishes = 1

| ept titles = None

| ept final tables = None

| ept money finishes = 1

| updated = {{nobold|September 13, 2010}}

}}

Eric Lynch (born October 20, 1978, in St. Louis, Missouri{{cite web | url = http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/04/pokernews-profile-eric-lynch-rizen-6429.htm | title = The PokerNews Profile: Eric "Rizen" Lynch | access-date = September 14, 2010 | last = Gordon | first = Nicole | date = April 17, 2009 | work = PokerNews.com}}) is a professional poker player.{{Cite web | author=Paul McGuire| url=http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com/viewarticle.php?id=1404 | website=www.pokerplayernewspaper.com | date=2006-09-04 | title=Online Legends: Eric 'Rizen' Lynch | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311072023/http://www.pokerplayernewspaper.com/viewarticle.php?id=1404 | archive-date=2007-03-11}}

Lynch resides in Olathe, Kansas. In 2006, he won a PokerStars $1 million guaranteed tournament and finished 24th at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, earning $494,000.{{Cite web |title=37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=15849 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} He placed 3rd in a pot limit Hold'em WSOP event that same year. In 2007, at the WSOP he placed 2nd in a pot limit Omaha event and 7th in a pot limit Hold'em event.

In January 2008, Lynch finished in 26th place winning $40,000, at the European Poker Tour's (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure.{{Cite web |title=PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PCA 2008, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=27802 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

Before turning pro he was an IT consultant. Lynch's internet poker screen names are "Rizen" and "Snkybluffalo" and is mostly seen at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $900,000.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/77416/eric-lynch.htm |title=PokerPages.com Tournament Results: Eric Lynch |access-date=January 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212182209/http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/77416/eric-lynch.htm |archive-date=December 12, 2007 |url-status=dead }} His 12 cashes at the WSOP account for $839,410 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Eric Lynch |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=13063 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=WSOP.com}}

Lynch, along with Jon Turner, Jon Van Fleet and Matthew Hilger, authored a book entitled Winning Poker Tournaments: One Hand at a Time Volume I{{cite book |author1=Jon 'Apestyles' Van Fleet |author2=Lynch, Eric |author3=Turner, Jon |title=Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume I |publisher=Dimat Enterprises, Inc |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-9741502-7-7 }} The book offers an analysis of individual hands, different styles and a view into the TAG game of Pearljammer, the aggressive game of Apestyles, and the in between approach of Rizen.{{Cite web |title=Our Favorite Poker Books - Top 5 picks from PartTimePoker |url=http://www.parttimepoker.com/five-of-our-favorite-tournament-poker-books-2#more-823 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021070921/http://www.parttimepoker.com/five-of-our-favorite-tournament-poker-books-2#more-823 |archive-date=2008-10-21 |website=Part Time Poker}}

In May 2009, the first day of the 40th World Series of Poker competition, Lynch signed with Lock Poker.{{Cite web |last=Abel |first=Brett |date=May 27, 2009 |title=Eric “Rizen” Lynch Signs with LockPoker.com |url=http://news.bluffmagazine.com/eric-rizen-lynch-signs-with-lockpokercom-3506/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708074720/http://news.bluffmagazine.com/eric-rizen-lynch-signs-with-lockpokercom-3506/ |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=May 31, 2009 |website=Bluff}}