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Andy Bloch

As of 2008, Andrew (Andy) E. has earned over $4 million in poker winnings and is an expert in “game theory” who succeeds by concentrating on the psychological aspects of poker. He also has degrees from MIT and Harvard Law School and was known as part of the MIT blackjack team that was used as a template for the movie 21.

Bloch was born June 1, 1969 and started his career as a poker player in 1992 – his first win was one of the World Poker Finals tournaments at Foxwoods Casino (it was also the first time he played No-Limit Hold-Em). By 1996 he had been accepted to Harvard Law school and paid for his tuition with his poker and blackjack winnings and by 1999 he had passed the bar exam but poker called him back.

In 1997 he was the first player at the WSOP to have his hole cards videotaped.

He has had many notable finished over the past few years. He made two WSOP final tables in 2001, a first place finish at Foxwoods in 2002 in seven-card stud), two World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables its first season, finishing 3rd both times.

At the 2006 World Series of Poker, Bloch finished 2nd to Chip Reese in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. The heads-up battle lasted 286 hands and was the longest recorded in WSOP history.

In 2006, he defeated Phil Laak heads up to win the Pro-Am Poker Equalizer taking in the grand prize of $500,000.

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

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.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,000,000. He is a member of "Team Full Tilt" at Full Tilt Poker..

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COMMENTS:

bad_dog76
November 30, 2007
Andy Bloch is a fish! Blows his chips on draws. Has no idea what solid poker is. Fuck him!

?????
November 10, 2006
Takoma Park Md. is where the lower class Jews lived in Montgomery Co. Md.

DonkeySlayer
u can count 5 decks idiot July 29, 2006
to the idiot below who said u cant count 5 decks in black jack, its easy dummy, had u ever read a BJ book on counting ud know, you just divide the running count by 5. pretty simple, if the decks positive 50, that is, 50 cards 10 or above in the shoe, the real count is 10. now go back to cartoons jr, i hear momma calling, she just left my bedroom with a mouth full of cum lol

DonkeySlayer
Youre A Donkey Bloch, Heres Why A-hole July 28, 2006
First Of All This Guy Bashes The Dealers, Yells At Floormen, He Is A Disgrace And Insult To The Game.
Then He Does This, Raises My Blind On The Button, I Call With 9 -10 Suited, He Looks Weak To Me, And Im Always Right. The Flop Is 10c 8c 2d, I Lead Out And Bet, The Donkey Bloch, The Only Guy In The Pot Besides Me, Reraises All In. I Think About, And I Decide He Has A 8 Of Clubs, The Pair With The Draw, So I Call, Well To My Amazement, The Great Pro That He Is Has No Pair, Just A C 5 C For A Flush Draw. Well The Moron Hits His Ace On The River To Knock Me Down To 2 Chips Left, Then Chastises Me For Calling, Saying He Could Have Had 10 J. I Said, I Knew What You Had, And You Were Even Worse Than That. How Ridiculous, Going In On A Draw For All His Chips. Fucking Donkey. I Hate This Guy And Hope To See Him At The Tables Again So He Can Do Some More Donkey Moves And Double Me Up. It Was So Great To See Chip Reese Totally Spank This Donkey Like The Ametuer He Is At The Final Table Of The 50000 Horse Event, He Got Owned By Reese, Totally Owned

incognito
January 5, 2006
Counting cards is not what its seems, Yes many people can count cards into a six deck shoe. You can't predict what card will come out, but you can use a simple +1 -1 system and keep track of the ratio of small cards to face cards. When the count gets high (high card rich) you increase your bet to account for the percentage in your favor of getting two high cards. Many people count cards and make a living as professional black jack players. There are plenty of books out there that can show you the simple system. The hard part is keeping track of the count and not being obvious when varying bet size. Ever heard of the MIT Black Jack team that took casinos for millions? Read Bringing Down the House (won't teach you the system, but lets you know how a team works- and is an excellent read)

Ever heard of Ken Uston? read up on him or Kevin Blackwood's book "black jack like the pros" and he will teach you how to count a single, double or six deck game. Only catch is that it takes TONS of practice to get it right

grdred944
January 2, 2006
Andy is a decent player but another example of a brainiac who falls short on potential. He may be an "expert on game theory" but he seldom practices it.

counting cards blackjack
August 17, 2005
I assume you mean a single deck? Nobody in the world can count into a 5 deck ....not andy... not anybody

Robert Varkonyi
August 2, 2005
Just another nerd with a yammakah.

Unregistered
July 16, 2005
I turned down MIT to go to Rensselaer, a much better school in my opinion. Society places alot of value on educational pedigree, not what the education can do for a person. All in all he had to be smart but to wear the college on his sleeve is just gamesmanship.

JT One
July 15, 2005
I think the guy needs to be respected. He is banned from virtually all blackjack tables in the world. Everyone associates card counting with what they saw on "Rainman". But what Andy did was incredible, he was able to statistically anylise every card that passed... As soon as the deck swung in his favour, he would make a bet and beat the house. He is the reason that Casino's have Face recogniction software. A company called Griffin (a now well established casino database) was founded with the specific intention of stopping Andy and his crew from using their system.I can't speak for what he is like as a person, but i do have to respect the guys brains and balls

Wizardio
July 13, 2005
Guy's a punk - I busted his eye open in the Belagio when he insulted one of the waitresses for spilling his drink.

Observer
June 29, 2005
Something about this guy irritates me. The guy doesnt really have many tricks up his sleeve. The worst play i saw by him was when he had 2nd top pair with 10-A, with a board of something like 3 7 J T 3, and Gus Hansen held 10-3. Gus consistently bet around 30-40k until the river, where he made a FH with the 2nd three - and bets 200k uncharacteristically. Andy thinks for ages and decides to call - stupidity at its worse. Why the fuck would GUs all of a sudden bet huge when a pair forms on the board. Albeit a low pair, Gus likes to play all sorts of crap and so u cannot rule out he has a 3 or at least a jack (which would also beat him). I just think he shouldve mucked it with such a huge suspicious bet. Gus is not that stupid. Andy is.

Concerned Citizen
June 16, 2005
Andy, why don't you take some of your poker winnings and help pay off the debt our country is going into because of the war?

G. Bush
June 16, 2005
Andy's a great player....but a tad bit too liberal in the politics!

Observer
May 28, 2005
What the heck is a card counter anyway? And why are they frowned upon.

ScoobyDoo
May 1, 2005
Whoa, it really is the Milfhunter. That's freaking crazy.

Unregistered
May 1, 2005
MIT students straight up pwned Vagas *_*

Unregistered
May 1, 2005
This guy was a card counter back in the day

uhavenobrain
April 27, 2005
Who bring their girlfriend on poker table on first date?

uhavenobrain
April 27, 2005
I aready play with the real PROS.

Unregistered
March 29, 2005
I believe he is related to manny bloch who represented the rosenbergs.

bender2004
January 5, 2005
I just played this guy heads up for 5 bucks, I luckily got the win, but a great guy. Experiance of a lifetime to play a pro and luckily win

brill
December 2, 2004
have you ever seen his official site? this guy is as liberal as it gets.

djnpa_30
November 30, 2004
is it me or does andy resemble ralph mouth from happy days?

slvsc2
November 15, 2004
I used to think he had class until I saw him get 86'ed from the Nugget on that awful Fox show. 'Casino.' I don't have a problem with BJ card counters but c'mon Andy. That's what you do when you are a student at MIT. You're a pro poker player. Act like one.

Unregistered
November 6, 2004
He is an absolute sweetheart, and may not be the best at poker, but definitely still has skill!

Shkerdhati
October 27, 2004
jonny c this guy is the milfhunter guy, who would have thought he played poker. by the way he looks like my comp sci prof, must be geek

Shappy Matt
September 28, 2004
I just played for 2 hours with "the block" at a home game. He is world class not only in skill but in character. We should all be so lucky to meet such a fine gentleman.

newmania
September 28, 2004
I doubt any of you have ever played the man online or live, so you have no business posting your comments. I was in a multi on Full Tilt with him a week ago, where he finished 1st and I finished 3rd out of 162 people. He didn't do much in the beginning, but his skill really started to show through at the final table. Don't discount the man, he is much better than any of you.

jonnyC
September 28, 2004
lmao , the milfhunter guy, exactly what i was thnking hahahahah, man thats funny

Rick
September 14, 2004
He looks like the milfhunter guy.

PunterGoop
August 18, 2004
I agree, this guy has barely any skill, he shouldn't even be on this site

mikwit
August 11, 2004
good guy, smart, and went to MIT, the best collage ever

gotubeat
August 2, 2004
i seen that the casino he was winning like a little bitch

Max
August 1, 2004
Saw And Bloch on "the casino", the man should wear a costume if he wants to go around counting cards, everyone in the business knows who a world class poker player is.

splat
July 28, 2004
it just goes to show m.i.t. does not produce great players. ya they are smart but what college did phil Ivey go to? I think it was called AC tech if ya know what i mean. Block is just another rich guy who couldn't make it as a complete lawyer. Like Boyd.

Unregistered
July 27, 2004
Anyone who takes the time to bash a guy for wearing his MIT ring has issues... Where'd YOU graduate from darlin'?

Unregistered
July 6, 2004
I played with this guy at Foxwoods...he sucks. He sports his M.I.T. ring like he's some sort of wiz. Give me a break, man!

splat
July 2, 2004
Andy must be having a tough year this year.

Unregistered
June 30, 2004
Andy is a Full Tilt guy. You can play with him online at fulltiltpoker.

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Andy Bloch June 18, 2004
yikes - this guy not too good