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Andy Bloch
Preferred Screen Name: Andy Bloch
Hometown: Las Vegas
Country of Origin: United States 
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2009 OPOY Rank
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Andy Bloch - Live Updates
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| Oct 24, '09 | 2009 Festa al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em | 4 | + |
Level 17 Update: Money Bubble BurstsOct 24, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Left: 27 of 275 Average Chip Count: 611,111 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 1,615,000 Notable Eliminations: Dee Luong Big Hands:
Dee Luong (pictured right) was crippled after Freddy Deeb doubled up through her with pocket aces to grow his stack to 1,230,000. Luong held pocket kings but she watched her stack fall down to 87,000. A few hands later Jason Lavallee opened a pot for a raise and Luong reraised all in. Lavallee made the call and they flipped over their cards: Luong: 6 Board: A Luong was eliminated on the hand and Lavallee held 1,350,000. Brandon Cantu Eliminated Brandon Cantu moved all in preflop for 160,000 and Mrk Seif made the call. Their cards: Cantu: A Board: K Cantu was eliminated on the hand and Seif grew his stack to 1,145,000.
Part I Kido Pham raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Aaron Jones reraised all in for 171,000 from the button. Andy Bloch reraised all in and Pham mucked. The cards: Jones: Q Board: Q Bloch was knocked down to 305,000 on the hand and Jones doubled up to 395,000. Part II Andy Bloch raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Jason Burt reraised from the small blind. Bloch reraised all in and Burt made the call. Their cards: Burt: 10 Board: Q Burt grew his stack to 970,000 and Bloch was eliminated. Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville moved all in preflop on a short stack (180,000) for the third time in a row and Jeff Blenkarn made the call. Their cards: Blenkarn: A Board: K Blenkran grew his stack to 660,000 and Somerville was eliminated on the hand. Chau Giang Eliminated on the Money Bubble Matt Stout raised from early position to 32,000 and Chau Giang reraised all in from middle position for 199,000. Prahlad Friedman reraised all in from the cutoff for 259,000 and Stout mucked pocket tens. Friedman and Giang then revealed their cards: Giang: A Board: Q Friedman held 515,000 after the hand and Giang was eliminated on the money bubble in 28th place. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Prahlad Friedman, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Jason Somerville, Matt Stout, Brandon Cantu, Jason Lavallee, Aaron Jones, Jason Burt |
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| Jun 27, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 2 | + |
Level 8 Update: John Juanda, Max Pescatori EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,500-3,000, Limits – 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 77 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 453,000 Average Chip Count: 182,692 Notable Eliminations: Justin Bonomo Big Hands: Hold’em
After a flop of A “I’m sorry,” Giang said. “I’m getting a good massage.” Giang took his chips back and Negreanu checked. “She might have saved me 6,000,” he said. “I don’t think I have much of a chance in this hand.” Giang then fired those same chips into the middle. “I bet dark,” Giang said. Negreanu instantly mucked and the hand was over before the 2
Matt Hawrilenko raised to 6,000 preflop from middle position and action folded to Jon Turner in the small blind. He three-bet to 9,000 and Hawrilenko called. The flop came down J The turn was the 10 Omaha/8
David Grey raised to 6,000 and Allen Kessler called from the small blind. Erik Seidel folded his big blind and the flop came down 9 Both players checked and Grey announced “sevens.” Kessler showed K
David Bach raised to 6,000 from under the gun and John Juanda reraised all in for 7,500 total. Scotty Nguyen made the call from the big blind and Bach called as well. The flop came down A Both players checked and Nguyen showed 5
Ralph Perry raised to 6,000 and Chris Ferguson called from the button. Hasan Habib called from the small blind and Max Pescatori called the remainder of his stack from the big blind. The flop came down Q Razz
Picking up the action on fourth street, Scotty Nguyen and David Chiu were involved in a hand. Nguyen: X-X-6 Chiu checked despite Nguyen showing a pair on the board. Nguyen checked as well. Nguyen: X-X-6 Nguyen reached for chips and bet 6,000. Chiu turned over his hole cards, (5-2), and mucked them. Nguyen took the pot and was at 195,000. Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Nikolay Evdakov and Brett Richey were involved in a hand. Richey: X-X-10 Evdakov started the betting with 6,000 and by the time everything was said and done, Richey was all in for 16,000. He turned over (J Stud/8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Huck Seed and Andy Bloch were involved in a hand. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked again. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked once again. Huck Seed then asked, “What game is this, stud eight?” The river was dealt and Seed finally bet 6,000. Bloch made the call and then turned over (10
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Bach and Vitaly Lunkin were involved in a pot. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 3,000 and Lunkin called. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 6,000 and Lunkin raised to 12,000. Bach made the call. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet again, despite getting raised on the previous street. Lunkin took the foot off the gas as he just called. On the river, both players checked and Bach showed (6 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Hasan Habib, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, Max Pescatori, David Bach, Allen Kessler, David Chiu, Chau Giang, David Grey, Brett Richey, Matt Hawrilenko, Jon Turner, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Nikolay Evdakov Level 7 Update: Harman Eliminated, Juanda CrippledJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,300-2,500, Limits – 2,500-5,000 Players Remaining: 84 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 440,000 Average Chip Count: 161,747 Notable Eliminations: Ali Eslami Big Hands: Hold’em
Harman raised to 5,000 from under the gun and action folded to Max Pescatori in the cutoff. He three-bet to 7,500 and she was the only caller. The flop came down Q Those chips went in on her big blind during the next hand and Steve Sung put her at risk. Sung: K Board: A Harman never received any help and she was eliminated from the tournament.
Doyle Brunson raised to 5,000 from the button and Phil Ivey made the call from the small blind. The big blind mucked and both players saw a flop of K Brunson then turned over A Omaha/8
Matt Glantz raised to 5,000 from the small blind and Jon Turner made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Action calmed down on the river as both players checked the A Razz
Picking up the action on fifth street, Justin Bonomo and Freddy Deeb were tangled in a hand. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet 5,000 and Bonomo made the call despite showing a pair on his board. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet another 5,000 and Bonomo made the call. The river was then dealt and Deeb checked to his opponent. Bonomo fired 5,000 and Deeb called after a few moments. Bonomo turned over (3 Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Chau Giang, Daniel Negreanu and Scott Clements were involved in a hand. Giang: X-X-K Chau Giang bet 5,000 and both opponents called. Giang: X-X-K Clements was the one who bet on sixth street, putting out 5,000. Negreanu and Giang both called. The river was dealt and everyone checked. Giang then said “Kings” to signify one pair. Clements showed (Q Giang was at 175,000, Clements was at 97,000 and Negreanu was at 207,000. Stud/8
Andy Bloch completed to 2,500 and Huck Seed made the call. Here were there cards going into fourth street. Seed: X-X-A Bloch checked after he paired and Seed checked right behind him. Seed: X-X-A Seed fired 5,000 after the action was checked to him and Bloch made the call. Seed: X-X-A Seed bet 5,000 and Bloch called. After the river was dealt, the same events took place as Bloch check-called a 5,000 bet from Seed. Seed then turned over (A
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Chiu, John Juanda and Johnny Chan were tangled in a hand. Chiu: X-X-A John Juanda bet 2,500 and both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda paired and bet 5,000 after Chan checked to him. Both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda bet another 5,000 and both opponents called. The river was dealt and everyone decided to check. Juanda tabled (A Player Tags: John Juanda, Andy Bloch, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, David Chiu, Johnny Chan, Chau Giang, Matthew Glantz, Justin Bonomo, Scott Clements, Jon Turner, Freddy Deeb |
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| Jun 21, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 | + |
Level 6 Update: Mizzi Takes a HitJun 21, '09 Blinds: 300-600 Players Remaining: 180 out of 295 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
On a flop of 5 The other two players exposed the K The A David Williams is Unsuccessful With Check Raise David Williams was heads up on a flop of K Williams contemplated for several moments before finally tossing his hand into the muck. Williams is left with 22,000.
Andy Bloch Takes a Hit Andy Bloch took a huge hit to his stack after getting all in on a flop of J The turn was good for Bloch, which was the Q Player Tags: Andy Bloch, David Williams, Sorel Mizzi |
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| Jun 11, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 23 - $10,000 World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | 1 | + |
Level 6 Update: Schneider, Baxter, Harman, Kassela EliminatedJun 11, '09 Blinds: 300-600 with a 150 ante Players Remaining: 79 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. John Juanda — 102,800 Average Chip Count: 36,455 Notable Eliminations: Tom Schneider Big Hands:
Andy Bloch raises to 2,000 before the flop, Tom Schneider calls all in for 1,850 and Ville Wahlbeck calls behind him. Bloch stands pat while both Schneider and Wahlbeck draw one card each. Wahlbeck rakes the pot with a 10-8 low and Tom Schneider is eliminated from the tournament. Billy Baxter Eliminated by Greg Raymer Billy Baxter moves all in before the flop for 6,900 and Chino Rheem quickly calls him from the small blind. Greg Raymer re-shoves from the big blind for 26,250, and Rheem folds after a few minutes in the tank. Raymer stands pat while Baxter draws two cards. Raymer turns over a 9-7 low and Baxter throws his cards into the muck. Raymer rakes the pot and Baxter is eliminated from the tournament.
In a three-way pot with Jon Turner and Layne Flack, Jennifer Harman was all in after the draw as Turner and Flack went at it for the side pot. Turner bets 16,000 after the draw and Flack folds after a few minutes in the tank. Turner turns over a J-10 low and Harman mucks her cards. Harman is eliminated from the tournament as Turner builds his stack up to 80,000 after this hand. Frank Kassela Eliminated Frank kassela raises to 1,500 from the cutoff and Eli Elezra reraises to 4,100 from the button. the player in seat 5 three-bets to 12,500 and Kassela quickly moves all in. Elezra folds and just as quickly, seat 5 calls; Kassela is covered. Seat 5 stands pat, causing Kassela to draw one card as he open-mucks the 9 Left In The Deck: The remaining 79 players will take their last twenty-minute break of the night and return to Level 7 at approximately 1:00 am PDT. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Eli Elezra, John Turner, Tom Schneider, Jennifer Harman, Ville Wahlbeck, Chino Rheem, Billy Baxter |
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| Jun 02, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud | 2 | + |
Level 13 Update: Bruno Fitoussi EliminatedJun 02, '09 Ante: 700 Players Remaining: 44 out of 142 Chip Counts: 1. Freddie Ellis — 210,000 Average Chip Count: 96,818 Notable Eliminations: Bruno Fitoussi Big Hands:
Hasan Habib bets 3,000 on fourth street with the 10 Fitoussi: X-X-2 Fitoussi bets 6,000 and Bloch calls. Fitoussi: X-X-2 Fitoussi bets 6,000 and Bloch calls all in for 4,000. The river cards are dealt and Fitoussi shows 2 Bruno Fitoussi Eliminated After getting rivered and doubled through by Andy Bloch a few hands earlier, Bruno Fitoussi commits his last 3,000 or so chips in this pot. It’s three-way action with Fitoussi all-in on third street against Steve Zolotow and the player in seat 8. Zolotow and seat 8 go back and forth a few times until all of the cards are finally dealt. Seat 8 ends up making a flush and Zolotow mucks his cards, followed by Fitoussi who is eliminated from the tournament. After this hand Zolotow stills its relatively strong with 72,000 in chips.
Hoyt Corkins opens the pot for 1,000 with the 2 Corkins: X-X-2 Corkins bets 3,000 and Chiu calls. Corkins: X-X-2 Corkins bets 6,000 and Chiu calls. Corkins: X-X-2 Corkins bets 6,000 on sixth street and Chiu raises to 12,000. Corkins reraises to 18,000 and Chiu four-bets to 24,000. Corkins calls and the river cards are dealt. Chiu bets 6,000 and Corkins calls. Chiu turns over 10 Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Andy Bloch, Steve Zolotow, David Chiu, Bruno Fitoussi |
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| May 28, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Level 7 Update: Jason Mercier Busts Adam GeyerMay 28, '09 Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with 300 ante Players Remaining: 141 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Lex Veldhuis — 530,000 Average Chip Count: 171,000 Notable Eliminations: Adam “csimmsux” Geyer Big Hands:
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 6,400 from the cutoff and Adam Geyer reraised to 17,000 on the button. The action moved to Jason Mercier who reraised from the small blind. Esfandiari folded and Geyer reluctantly moved in for his last 30,000 or so. Mercier flipped up pocket aces and Geyer showed down pocket queens. The board ran out K David Baker Chips Up On a board reading 9 Andy Bloch Getting Picked on by Alec Torelli After losing a big pot earlier to Torelli, Bloch checked a board showing J A few hands later, Bloch doubled up with pocket kings against his opponent’s ace-queen.
Andy Black raised to 6,000 from the hijack. Chris Moore was next to act and move in for his last 30,000. Black talked to Moore for a bit before making the call and showing 5 “Action” Jeff Garza Sent Home By Phil Galfond Jeff Garza was all in and called holding A-Q but was dominated by Phil Galfond’s superior A-K. The board rolled out nine high offering no help to the recently turned 21 Garza. Galfond now has a stack of 320,000.
Alan Sass raised to 5,500 and Phil Hellmuth reraised to 15,000 directly behind him. Sass made the call and the flop came out 6 The turn was the K After the hand, Hellmuth pulled one of our reporters aside to admit that he held A-7 for a busted open-ended straight draw. “I’d get penalized for saying this at the table, but I just wanted to let it be known that the most horrible players in the world usually beat me,” said Hellmuth. The hand drew further attention when it was revealed that the dealer had miscounted the all-in stacks, giving Sass some more of Hellmuth chips. Hellmuth, clearly upset, responded with, “What are you trying to give it all to him?” Not quite, as Hellmuth still has about 37,000 in chips. Russell Rosenblum Doubles Up Russell Rosenblum found himself and his stack of about 100,000 all in preflop holding pocket kings against the pocket jacks of Philippe Rouas. The kings held and Rosenblum safely doubled up to about 210,000. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth, Russell Rosenblum, Andy Black, Chris Moore, Alan Sass, Adam Geyer, Alec Torelli, Philippe Rouas, David Baker, Jason Mercier Level 4 Update: Negreanu BustedMay 28, '09 Blinds:500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 189 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Phil Laak — 280,00 Average Chip Count: 127,619 Notable Eliminations: Florian Langmann Big Hands:
On a board of J Phil Galfond doubles up With A Markus Lehmann Wins Big Pot, Breaks 200K Kathy Liebert raises to 2,300 from under the gun, David Benefield reraises to 8,2000 from middle position, Markus Lehmann calls from the button, Blake Cahail calls from the big blind, and Kathy Liebert calls the reraise. The flop comes K Scott Seiver Takes a Hand against Phil Hellmuth On a flop of A Andy Bloch Moves All-in Four way action pre-flop had pros J.C. Tran, Alec Torelli, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Andy Bloch see a flop of 9
Daniel Negreanu is Eliminated The short stacked Negreanu raised pre-flop with ace queen and was set all in by Doug Lee for 35,000, who was holding pocket threes. The flop brought a queen and everything looked good for a double up, however a 3 on the turn gave Lee a set and had Negreanu drawing dead. Left In The Deck: Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey, both at the same table, have begun negotiating prop bets. Player Tags: Kathy Liebert, Andy Bloch, Nam Le, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Markus Lehmann, Phil Galfond, Scott Seiver, David Benefield, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Blake Cahail |
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| Apr 18, '09 | 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic | WPT Championship - Event 16 | 1 | + |
Level 4 Update -- Kevin Saul EliminatedApr 18, '09 Level: 4
Andy Bloch Hits a Flush CardPlayer TV -- Amnon Filippi Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Kevin Saul, Shaun Deeb Level 1 Update - Andy Bloch Hits Straight FlushApr 18, '09 Level: 1 Key Hands: Tough Table Matchups: Player Tags: Andy Bloch |
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| Mar 16, '09 | 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star | WPT Championship - Event 2 | 1 | + |
Level 2 UpdateMar 16, '09
Jerry Yang moved all in on a board of Q Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Jerry Yang |
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| Mar 06, '09 | 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Championship | NBC Heads Up Championship Event | 1 | + |
Peter Eastgate Defeats Andy BlochMar 06, '09
Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Peter Eastgate |
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| Jul 01, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 53 - Limit Hold'em Shootout | 1 | + |
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout - Level 13 - End of DayJul 01, '08 Play has ended for the evening. Of the 90 players who returned to play four levels in round two, only 18 were eliminated, though they included notables J.C. Tran, Andy Bloch, Allen Le, Terrence Chan, and John Myung. Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Andy Bloch, David Bach, Connie Kim, Eric Rivkin, John Kranyak $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout - Level 7Jul 01, '08 Blinds: 300/500 Player Tags: Davood Mehrmand, Andy Bloch, David Bach, Jean-Robert Bellande |
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Dee Luong Eliminated
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Andy Bloch Eliminated in Two Parts
She Must Have Hit A Nerve
Party Like It’s 99
Full Boat Good For Chainsaw
John Juanda Knocked Out
Max Pescatori Gone
Pairs Are Bad, Unless He Has A Bigger One
Brett Richey Doubles Up
What Game Is It Again?
Bach Takes Nice Pot Off Lunkin
Jennifer Harman Crippled, Then Busts
Ivey Runs Into Doyle’s Slick
Glantz Wins Big Pot In Battle Of The Blinds With Turner
Bonomo Betters Deeb
The Art Of Catching On The River
Seed Scoops Bloch
Juanda Crippled As Chiu Scoops
Mizzi On Short End of Three-Way All In
Tom Schneider Eliminated by Ville Wahlbeck
Hoyt Corkins vs. David Chiu
Jason Mercier Takes Out Adam Geyer
Chris Moore Doubles Through Andy Black
Phil Hellmuth Crippled By Alan “The Usher” Sass
Nam Le Flops a Set, Climbs Up the Leaderboard
Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante
Key Hands:
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Andy Bloch Nearly Doubles Up With Straight Flush
Big Hands:
Andy Bloch was behind in the match and behind in the hand when he and Peter Eastgate got it all in on an ace-high flop with two hearts. 
Hoyt Corkins raised to 2000 and drew calls from three players including both blinds. The flop came 4
David Bach had a short-stacked opponent coming back from the 20-minute break, and it only took one hand for all the chips to go into the middle when they returned. Bach held A| Jump to | | Page 1 of 6 | Next |
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