Full
Tilt is scooping up some of the poker
players likely to receive
a lot of attention from the ESPN cameras at this year’s World
Series of Poker.
Having already inked Annette Obrestad –who is likely to be a major focus of ESPN during the early days of play, and could very well be the genesis of the television table—the popular online poker room has also come to an agreement with online poker pro Andrew Lichtenberger.
Having already inked Annette Obrestad –who is likely to be a major focus of ESPN during the early days of play, and could very well be the genesis of the television table—the popular online poker room has also come to an agreement with online poker pro Andrew Lichtenberger.
Andrew
Lichtenberger was one of
the big stories from last year’s WSOP, where he finished in 18th
place, and judging from ESPN’s track record will likely get a lot
of camera time, since he is already a known commodity to ESPN
viewers.
Full Tilt has been showing so very canny business in their recent signings, getting top quality best poker players, as well as popular and likeable poker pros that the cameras are likely to follow around.
Full Tilt has been showing so very canny business in their recent signings, getting top quality best poker players, as well as popular and likeable poker pros that the cameras are likely to follow around.
Andrew
Lichtenberger, AKA
luckychewy,
has been parlaying his online
poker success into the
live tournament world; in addition to his 5 cashes at the 2009 WSOP
–totaling over $750,000 –Lichtenberger now has over $1.1 million
in career tournament earnings thanks to his WSOP Circuit win in
April, which added $190,000 to his total winnings.
Since
then, Andrew Lichtenberger
has continued to post impressive results — highlighted by his
10th-place finish at the NAPT
Venetian main event for
$44,195 and his victory at last month’s WSOP
Circuit event at Caesars
Palace in Las Vegas for $190,137.
The
New York pro has been highly regarded for his online poker accolades
in the past, which include an August 2007 win in the PokerStars
$100 rebuy for $35,942, a third-place result in a November 2007
FTOPS event for $107,226,
a March 2008 runner-up finish in PokerStars’ Wednesday Hundred
Fifty Grand for $32,214, a November 2008 runner-up finish in the
PokerStars Sunday Million for $127,386, and a victory in an April
2009 SCOOP
event for $172,800.
“I
became a Full Tilt red pro today so now I stand out in the chat box.
Hopefully I get both my avatar and first commercial soon,”
Andrew Lichtenberger joked in his blog, announcing the news.
Andrew
Lichtenberger has the
most notable results were obtained in 2009. In the WPT Championship
he ended in 13th place. The tournament saw a number of 338
competitors. Lichtenberger finished as the runner-up in the WSOP
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout. In the WSOP
Main Event he captured the 18th place. The tournament saw a massive
field of 6,494 players.
With
his first major victory, the 22-year old has over $1.1 million in
live tournament earnings and five WSOP cashes (including a
second-place finish in the $5,000 shootout and 18th place finish in
the 2009 main event).
"It's
even more gratifying to win against such tough competition, In
tournament poker, regardless of how well you do or how much money you
get, everything eventually ends up stinging a little bit if it isn't
an outright victory, so it just feels awesome [to win]."
said Andrew Lichtenberger.
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