19 Facts About Andy Bloch

Andrew Elliot Bloch was born on June 1,1969 and is a professional poker player.

Andy Bloch holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Andy Bloch said he has made up to $100,000 in one session while playing blackjack.

Andy Bloch was one of the members of the team to play in Monte Carlo as detailed in Ben Mezrich's Busting Vegas.

Andy Bloch was featured in the blackjack documentary The Hot Shoe, as well as starring in his own instructional blackjack DVD, Beating Blackjack, which explains card counting.

Andy Bloch started playing poker seriously in 1992, entering some small $35 weekly tournaments once a month.

In 1997, Andy Bloch skipped the last week of law school classes to play in the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Andy Bloch was the guinea pig in a low-tech hole card cam trial.

Andy Bloch's records turned into a two-part CardPlayer Magazine article.

In 2005, Andy Bloch chose to boycott the WPT in protest of its player release process.

Andy Bloch returned to the WPT after a lawsuit initiated by seven high-profile poker players, including Chris Ferguson and Phil Gordon, was settled in 2008.

Andy Bloch was the second season winner of the Ultimate Poker Challenge.

Andy Bloch was a member of "Team Full Tilt" at Full Tilt Poker prior to the site closing down.

In March 2008, Andy Bloch finished runner-up to Chris Ferguson in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

Andy Bloch finished runner-up to Nenad Medic in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship at the 2008 World Series of Poker, earning $488,048.

Andy Bloch finished in 3rd in the 2012 WSOP Poker Players Championship for $561,738.

Andy Bloch won his first WSOP bracelet on June 2,2012, in a $1,500 Seven Card Stud event.

Andy Bloch defeated Greenstein in heads-up play to win the bracelet and $126,363.

Andy Bloch is contributing $100,000 of his winnings from the Pro-Am Equalizer to charities working in Darfur.