Andy Bloch

Andy Bloch

Nationality
United States
United States
GPI Rank 73,990
WSOP Bracelets 1
Total Live Earnings $5,385,416
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Biography

Andy Bloch is a very smart man. He holds two degrees from MIT along with a law degree from Harvard. Beyond that, Bloch was a member of the famous MIT blackjack team. In the early nineties, Andy started playing a lot of poker. His first win came in 1993 when he took down an event at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods..

The score only led Andy to want more. He continued to play tournaments over the next few years and had some solid finishes. In 1995, he played a lot of smaller buy-in events, but made over $60,000. His largest score that year came when he won the $1,500 Chinese Poker event at the Hall of Fame Poker Classic for nearly $30,000.

In 1996, Bloch cashes in his first WSOP event. He would cash again in 2000 and twice in 2001. All of these were rather small cashes. In 2002, Andy took down the $2,000 Sveen-Card Stud Event at the World Poker Finals for over $40,000. He also placed third in the WPT Main Event there for over $100,000.

Bloch continued to have success on the WPT circuit and the following year in 2003 placed third behind Daniel Rentzer and Gus Hansen for over $125,000 at the L.A. Poker Classic. A few more smaller-scale cashes followed for the next couple of years, but the only one to break six figures was a win at the Hot Tex Tournament in Las Vegas for $102,750 in 2004. In 2005, Bloch rolled in a win at the Ultimate Poker Challenge Main Event for $167,500.

Andy continued to grind away and put up some decent cashes, but never really seemed to break out. That was, until the WSOP in 2006. That year, Bloch cashes five times at the World Series and made two final tables. One of those final tables was in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship where Bloch played heads up with the late David “Chip” Reese in the longest heads-up battle the WSOP has ever seen. When it was all said and done, Reese took down the title and Bloch was left with second place and slightly over $1 million for his finish. Later that year, Bloch won $500,000 after taking first in the Pro-Am Equalizer Tournament in Vegas. In total, he took almost $1.7 million in tournament earnings that year alone.

The following year was much smaller in scale for Bloch. He only took $172,744 in tournament earnings, but in 2008, things changed. A second-place finish at the National Heads-Up Championship netted him $250,000 and then it was onto the WSOP where Bloch cashed five times on U.S. soil and twice over in Europe.

One of those finishes was a second-place finish to Nenad Medic in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship. Andy had the big stangle hold on the event at the final table, but couldn’t lock up the bracelet.

He took over $1 million in tournament earnings in 2008 to put his total to nearly $4.2 million.

Andy is also a member of Team Full Tilt.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty
133rd $3,918
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix
43rd $5,250
2023 World Series of Poker
Online Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack
147th $1,788
2022 WSOP Online
Event #26: $3,200 NLH High Roller 6-Max
12th $9,059
2022 World Series of Poker
[Online] $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver
194th $741
2022 World Series of Poker
[Online] $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Bracelet Championship
137th $1,727
2021 World Series of Poker
WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $400 NL Hold’em Ultra Deepstack [2x Re-entry]
232nd $488
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #32: $1,000 NLH Championship
119th $1,478
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #30: $600 NLH 6-Max Championship
47th $1,438
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #27: $1,000 PLO Championship
31st $2,239
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #22: $600 NLH Knockout
39th $903
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #19: $400 No-Limit Hold'em
182nd $916
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #17: $777 No-Limit Hold'em
204th $1,064
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
105th $1,623
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Kick-Off
156th $926
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #75: $1,000+111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
789th $1,586
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em
547th $1,975
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low
25th $9,291
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
432nd $4,630
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
182nd $3,167
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
101st $2,302
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
87th $2,595
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix
34th $4,784
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)
10th $22,386
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
3rd $561,738
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better
21st $9,675
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
1st $126,363
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
14th $5,561
2011 Aussie Millions
Event #15: 8-Game Mixed Event
1st 105,000 AUD
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
118th $3,845
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
9th $22,387
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
16th $98,330
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 53 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better
23rd $4,487
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 47 - $2,500 Mixed Hold'em
32nd $7,030
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 27 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
13th $17,495
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
23rd £28,960
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
15th £7,072
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
79th $5,055
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship
15th $124,320
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship
7th $81,968
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit)
15th $19,505
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship
2nd $488,048
2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-Up Championship
2nd $250,000
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 2 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
8th £22,020
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
11th $33,493
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 48 - $1,000 2-7 Triple Draw w/ rebuys
7th $19,489

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