Andy started playing casino poker at Foxwoods in 1992, entering some small $35 weekly tournaments once a month. By the end of that year, he'd won one of the World Poker Finals tournaments, a $100 entry fee No-Limit Hold 'em tournament. That was the first time Andy had ever played No-Limit Hold 'em.
In 1997, Andy skipped his last week of law school classes to play in the World Series of Poker Main Event. He was the guinea pig in a low-tech hole-card cam trial. Tom Sims was looking for a volunteer to "sweat" and record all his hole cards, and Andy agreed. His records turned into a two-part "Card Player" Magazine article.
After passing the bar in '99, he decided to delay his law career and went back to poker.
That career got delayed even further when Andy made two WSOP final tables in 2001, a first place finish back at Foxwoods in 2002 (playing 7-Card Stud), and two World Poker Tour final tables during the tour's first season; finishing third both times.
Back in 2005, Andy scored two first-place finishes, winning the WSOP Circuit Limit Hold 'em tournament at the Rio in Las Vegas, and the Ultimate Poker Challenge $10,000 Final Event. Additionally, he secured a sixth-place finish in the Mirage Poker Showdown Pot-Limit Omaha tournament and a seventh-place finish at the Ultimate Poker Challenge's $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'em tournament.
In 2006, Andy cashed five times at the 2006 WSOP alone. And, in the $50K HORSE event, Andy placed second, winning more than $1 million dollars. In 2007, Andy had another strong WSOP, finishing seventh in the $1,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event and 11th in the 10K World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. He followed that up with another final table appearance at the World Series of Poker Europe, where he finished eighth in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament.
Andy came back strong again at the start of the 2008 WSOP, finishing second in the series first event, the $10K World Championship Pot-Limit Hold em tournament where he pocketed $448,000.
- Nicknamed "The Rock"
- 2 major victories in 2005
- Former member of the MIT Blackjack team
- Over $4.1 Million in Career Tournament Earnings
