Andrew Lichtenberger

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Andrew Lichtenberger
  Personal information  
Date of birth 20th September 1987
place of birth United StatesUnited States East Northport
Nicknames
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RunThisTablePokerStars

LuckyChewyFull Tilt Poker & UltimateBet
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 1,770,692
Total prize money $ 10,464,811
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 42
Best main event 18th ( 2009 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 8th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 4th
Last updated: March 3, 2020

Andrew Lichtenberger (born September 20, 1987 in East Northport , New York ) is a professional American poker player .

Personal

Lichtenberger attended Northport High School in his hometown. He later studied at Stony Brook University , but did not graduate. Lichtenberger is a passionate bowler and once threw 289 points in one game. That is why he organized children's birthdays in a bowling center for a while. Lichtenberger lives in Las Vegas .

Poker career

Career

Lichtenberger played online from October 2006 to May 2017 under the nicknames RunThisTable ( PokerStars ) and LuckyChewy ( Full Tilt Poker and UltimateBet ) . His tournament revenues are over three million US dollars . Since 2007 Lichtenberger has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

Lichtenberger won his first major cash prize in April 2009 when he received more than $ 80,000 for his 13th place at the World Poker Tour (WPT) main event at the Hotel Bellagio in Las Vegas . In June 2009 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and came into the money a total of five times; while he was at a tournament variant No Limit Hold'em Second, finishing in 18th place in the main event for prize money of more than 750,000 dollars. At the end of April 2010, Lichtenberger won the WSOP circuit tournament at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and received a prize of almost 200,000 dollars. In mid-December 2011, he finished second behind Chris Klodnicki at the Epic Poker League main event for around $ 500,000. In December 2014, Lichtenberger won the Alpha8 of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio and, following a deal with Tom Marchese, received a prize money of almost $ 1.8 million, which is his biggest prize money to date. In May and July 2015, Lichtenberger won the ninth and tenth Aria High Roller at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for a total of around 830,000 dollars. At the 2016 WSOP , he won an event in No Limit Hold'em , securing a bracelet and almost $ 570,000 in prize money. In mid-December 2018, Lichtenberger reached the final table at the WPT Main Event of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio and took third place, worth more than $ 800,000. At the 2019 WSOP , he finished second in the $ 50,000 high roller event for nearly $ 920,000.

In total, Lichtenberger earned almost $ 10.5 million in poker in live tournaments . In 2015 he published the poker book The Yoga of Poker - A High Stakes Journey to Freedom . At the end of 2016, Lichtenberger opened the poker website LuckyChewyPoker.com .

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2007 00.00.3693 -
2008 00.019,469 -
2009 00.897.019 -
2010 00.390.052 3
2011 00.887.252 1
2012 00.768,586 -
2013 00.300,935 -
2014 02,571,915 1
2015 01,547,790 2
2016 01,157,990 1
2017 00,000.000 -
2018 00.805.594 -
2019 01,109,515 -
2020 00.00.5000 -
total 10,464,811 8th

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger on pokertube.com, accessed on May 24, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Andrew Lichtenberger in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on May 24, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ luckychewy in the PocketFives database, accessed on May 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c d Andrew Lichtenberger in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 24, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ Seventh Annual Five Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace ($ 5,000 + 150 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ 2011-12 Epic Poker League - Event 3 ($ 20,000 Mix-Max No-Limit Hold'em - League Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 52)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 10,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 16, 2018.
  11. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - 50th Annual High Roller (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 4, 2019.
  12. ↑ Andrew Lichtenberger starts the new poker page on pokernews.com on December 14, 2016, accessed on August 24, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Lichtenberger, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES RunThisTable (nickname); LuckyChewy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH East Northport , New York , United States