5 Best Pros Without a WSOP Bracelet: #5 Andy Bloch

The holy grail for any professional poker player is a championship gold bracelet from the World Series of Poker. With the 2007 World Series of Poker less than a couple of weeks away, here are some great players still trying to win their first bracelet.

#5 Andy Bloch: Andy Bloch is perhaps best known for being an a member of the famous MIT Blackjack team which was featured in the book “Bringing Down the House.”

Bloch started on the road to his professional poker career in 1992 when he began entering some small $35 weekly tournaments. By 1993, Bloch earned a World Poker Finals tournaments. Unbelievably it was also the first time he ever played a no limit texas hold ‘em tournament.

In 1997 Bloch was just completing law school but he decided to skip the last week of classes to play in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Fortunately for both his soul and his pocket book Bloch ended up choosing poker over law. Bloch made two separate World Series of Poker Final Tables in 2001. His career launched into the stratosphere in 2002 when he won a seven card stud tournament and wnet on to make 2 WPT Final tables in the inaugural season of the World Poker Tour.

Last year brough Bloch is most impressive WSOP finish. He took second place to cash game pro Chip Reese in the big 50K HORSE tourney. Andy Bloch has lifetime tournament winnings of nearly 3 million dollars.

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