The Ultimate Andy Bloch Poker Package!

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Item #: 131065 [?]

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Estimated Value: $2,500.00
lot opened: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 4:01:00 PM EDT
lot closed: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 1:07:39 PM EDT

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Description

The winner of this package can choose a 90 minute poker lesson, or, if they would prefer, 90 minutes of coaching sessions during the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. This package will also include a lunch or dinner with Andy and autographed copies of The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide: Tournament Edition book and Expert Insight: Beating Blackjack with Andy Bloch DVD. The lesson or coaching will take place in Las Vegas at a mutually agreeable date and time.

Andy Bloch has won over $4.2 million playing poker tournaments. In 2006, he finished second for over $1 million in the first $50,000 buy-in HORSE tournament at the World Series of Poker, after the longest recorded heads up battle in WSOP history, eventually losing to the legendary Chip Reese.

Andy was also a long-time member, and later manager, of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team, as featured in the hit movie '21' starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, and Kate Bosworth. Hear the true story of Andy's five years with the MIT team over lunch or dinner, or ask him questions about poker strategy and life as a professional poker player.

Andy's other poker accomplishments include a win in the Pro Am Poker Equalizer, which aired on ESPN early in 2007. In 2008 Andy finished 2nd to Chris Ferguson in NBC's National Heads Up Poker Championship, after finishing in the top 8 the previous year. Three months later he finished second again in an ESPN-televised WSOP bracelet event, this time the $10,000 buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em Championship. As of the beginning of 2010, he has 23 WSOP cashes and over $2 million in total WSOP winnings.

Since 2007, Andy Bloch has been on NBC's late-night poker show, Poker After Dark, five times. After some bad luck in his first three tries (including losing heads up to Gabe Kaplan), he finally won in his fourth attempt, in the "Brilliant Minds" week. Bloch was heads up against Chris Ferguson, a rematch of sorts of the NBC National Heads Up Championship which was played only a few weeks before.

Andy has had several other televised final tables, including a win in the $10,000 buy-in Ultimate Poker Challenge II championship event and two third place finishes in the WPT.

Andy is also a founding member of Team Full Tilt, an elite group of poker players representing the online poker site, Full Tilt Poker.

Learn from one of the best--Andy Bloch!

Andy Bloch plays online poker exclusively at Full Tilt Poker.

The proceeds for this item benefit Sarcoidosis Research Foundation

Terms: The winner of this package can choose if they want a 90-minute lesson in poker or if they would prefer a coaching session during the WSOP. This package will also include a lunch or dinner with Andy and a signed copy of The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide: Tournament Edition book and Expert Insight: Beating Blackjack with Andy Bloch DVD. Lesson will take place in Las Vegas and is based on a mutually agreeable time.

Donated by: Andy Bloch

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