Andy Bloch
When I read that this Poker pro is a former ‘rock, paper, scissors’ champion, I almost didn’t take him seriously. But on reading that he is an electrical engineer from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School, I suddenly wanted to read more.
This former member of the MIT Blackjack team started card tournaments by playing small blackjack tournaments. His Harvard degree was also financed by his blackjack winnings. He has over $4 Million in live career earnings but has never won the WSOP. He finished second in WSOP $50K HORSE Tournament in 2006 and in the $10K Pot-Limit Hold‘em Tournament in 2007. His full time professional poker career started in 1999 and before that he had been sticking to playing small weekly tournaments now and then.
He has had two final tables at the WPT and seven money finishes. He has won some other cash tournaments as well including the Pro-Am Poker Equalizer in 2006. Andy is popularly called “The Rock” as his mental strength is said to be very strong when playing poker. He is actively involved in charity work and even the money he earns from Full Tilt Poker is put to good causes.
Very recently at the 2008 National Heads-Up Poker championship he finished runners up to fellow Full Tilt poker player Chris Ferguson. Andy is a very versatile player and has a way with card games.
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