Andrew Lichtenberger (born September 20, 1987) is an American
poker
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player from
East Northport
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History
Founding
Soon after the establishment of a village in the ...
,
New York
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. He is also known by his online alias LuckyChewy. He is the champion of the
2010 World Series of Poker Circuit event in
Caesars Palace
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,
Las Vegas
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in April 2010. Lichtenberger has made five
World Series of Poker
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final tables and won a
WSOP bracelet
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in 2016.
Early years
Lichtenberger was born in 1987 in East Northport, New York. He began playing poker at the age of 18, mainly online. After playing in cash games Andrew switched to
multi-table tournaments and was successful. He first stepped in the live tournament arena in 2007. Lichtenberger had five
WSOP
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cashes in his first two years playing.
Poker career
Lichtenberger is formerly sponsored by
Ivey Poker until Ivey Poker shut down.
World Series of Poker
Lichtenberger's
WSOP
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cashes exceed $2,000,000. He has one
circuit ring from the
Caesars Palace
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Caesars P ...
for winning the circuit main event in 2010. His first cash is from the
June 2009 No Limit Hold'em event for $14,413. He cashed at the One Drop
High Roller
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Event in June 2015 winning over $390,000. His largest cash is from World Championship Hold'em event in July 2009 for $500,557.
World Poker Tour
Lichtenberger has a total of nine
World Poker Tour
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cashes on his record. The first one came in 2009, when he finished 13th in the
Five Star World Poker Classic
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Championship for more than $80,000. His latest one is from March 2015, when he finished 17th in the
No Limit Hold'em Bay 101 event. His biggest
WPT cash is from December 2014, when he won the
Alpha8 Las Vegas No Limit
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event and took $2,104,245 in cash. At the final table, he was playing
Heads-up against
Tom Marchese
Thomas Marchese (born September 30, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Parsippany, New Jersey. Marchese lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Marchese was the winner of the 2010 Card Player
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.
European Poker Tour
Lichtenberger has no
European Poker Tour
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titles to his name. His biggest cash is a first-place finish in a
Heads-up event in the
EPT Grand Final,
Madrid
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, 2011. His latest
EPT cash is from August 2013, when he finished 69th in
No Limit Hold'em
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event, for €3,460.
His first cash is from January 2009, the European Poker Tour Main Event, when he finished 157th for $12,500. He was in the list of
EPT season 7 list of nominated poker players.
As of May 2020, his total live tournament earnings exceed $10,464,811.
Achievements
Lichtenberger was formerly sponsored by
Full Tilt Poker
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. He has given many interviews, talking about topics such as
spirituality
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and
health
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.
References
External links
Hendon Mob profileWSOP profile
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American poker players
Living people
World Poker Tour winners
1987 births