http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23104
--- Comment #3 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2010-06-12 14:34:12 --- Looks slightly related, but I could never get a crash after installing d3dx9, and that bug report never mentions it. I always got a crash before installing d3dx9.
Though I'm using the demo, not the retail version...