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Andy Bloch

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Andrew Elliot Bloch, born on 1 June 1969, is an American professional poker player who holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a law degree from Harvard Law School. At MIT he was part of the MIT blackjack team described in the book Bringing Down the House, and he appeared in the blackjack documentary The Hot Shoe and made an instructional DVD on card counting. He began playing poker seriously in 1992, entered the 1997 World Series of Poker Main Event, and after passing the bar exam in 1999 chose to play poker, making two WSOP final tables in 2001 and two World Poker Tour final tables during its first season. He won the second season of the Ultimate Poker Challenge and was a member of Team Full Tilt before the site closed.

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1969 1
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    (born June 1, 1969)
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    He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a JD from Harvard Law School
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    is an American professional poker player
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    poker player
  • Competed In: World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker results
    skipped the last week of law school classes to play in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event
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