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Born on July 20, 1965 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Andy Black – nicknamed “The Monk” – is a famous poker player with a long and interesting career. He currently resides in Dublin, Ireland and his total tournament winnings are in excess of $4 million.
Andy Black began playing poker seriously in 1986 while he was studying law at Trinity College in Dublin. He would make frequent trips to the Griffin Casino, although there are rumors that he did this just for the free food and coffee.
Andy Black played in the 1997 World Series of Poker Main Event, where he became friends with Stu Ungar. However, Stu Ungar was never serious about the friendship and he used Black’s trust against him, driving the knife into his back at the perfect moment to take Andy Black’s chips. Stu Ungar went on to win the 1997 WSOP and Andy Black was left to walk away in defeat.
The next year, 1998, a documentary team decided to follow Andy Black on his return to the WSOP. Project coin fruit machines. However, the documentary, Million Dollar Deal, was only able to chronicle another crushing defeat.
After the 1998 WSOP Main Event, Andy Black gave away everything he had to live as a semi-monastic Buddhist. He returned to the poker scene five years later in peak physical, mental, and emotional condition, and went on to became a force to be reckoned with. Andy Black played poker extremely well in European poker tournaments and placed 5th in the 2005 WSOP Main Event. In this Main Event, Andy Black was a final table chip leader with more than a 1/3 of the chips. However, bad beats were dealt left and right by his opponents, and he only finished in 5th place taking home nearly $2 million.
Andy Black’s power surge has continued since then, having nearly 20 money finishes in major poker tournaments in 2006 and the first four months of 2007. Andy Black is now one of the most dangerous professional poker players in the world.
Andy Black had his own website, andyblackpoker.com, but it has since been taken offline.
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www.andyblackpoker.com| Andy Black | |
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Andy Black at the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas | |
| Nickname(s) | The Monk |
| Residence | Dublin, Ireland |
| Born | July 20, 1965 (age 55) |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 36 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 5th, 2005 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 5 |
| Information accurate as of 9 June 2020. | |
Andrew Black (born 20 July 1965) is a poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who presently resides in Dublin.
Early Life
Black played cards with his mother when he was younger. He began playing more seriously in 1986, whilst he was studying for a law degree at Trinity College, Dublin. He also began playing in the Griffin Casino in Dublin, reportedly because of the free food and coffee.
Career
He was knocked out of the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event by the eventual winner, Stu Ungar. The following year a documentary titled Million Dollar Deal (narrated by John Hurt) was made of his visit to the same tournament. When he lost that too, he discarded all his possessions, travelled to England and lived in a semi-monasticBuddhist environment for 5 years.[1]
Black successfully returned to poker in 2004, dominating in Irish tournaments and placing fifth in the 2005 World Series of Poker main event. He led the final table of the main event at one stage holding over 1/3 of the chips in play, however, he was unable to maintain this lead and finished 5th, winning $1.75m.
In 2005 he appeared on the chatshow Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his faith and his poker career. Since the 2005 World Series of Poker main event, he has made a money finish on both the European Poker Tour and the World Poker Tour. In 2006 Black made the final table of the Tournament of Champions where he once again held a huge chip lead only to cripple his stack when he overplayed AK and ran into Daniel Negreanu holding pocket Kings. Black once again was eliminated in 5th place earning $100,000.
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Black enjoyed a spectacular start to 2007 placing 2nd for $100,000 in the Pot Limit Omaha event and 3rd in the No Limit Main Event for $750,000 at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia. At the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Black once again enjoyed a deep run in a major event reaching the final table before exiting in 7th for $320,000. In 2007, Black won the Pot Limit Omaha side event at the Irish Open. He got €54,589 for the win. He defeated Michael Greco heads-up.
At the 2007 World Series of Poker, Black finished in the money in two Pot Limit Omaha events, finishing 7th and 11th respectively. At the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, Black played day 1A. He was one of the early chip leaders, building his stack from 20,000 to over 80,000. Despite this, Black did not make it past day 1. He was eliminated when his 45 ran into AA on a 433 flop.
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In 2008, Black beat Roland De Wolfe heads-ups to win Premier League Poker II and $250,000. His 2008 continued with a 16th place in the WPT World Poker Classic for $105,525 and three further cash finishes in the WSOP.
He has had deep runs in the Irish Poker Open in 2010-2013, finishing just outside the final table in 10th place in 2011 and in 8th place in 2012. In 2010 he was the subject of RTÉ Radio One's Shuffle Up And Deal. Black joined 616 players at Dublin’s Bonnington Hotel for the €230/$248 Amateur Championship of Poker (ACOP) in February 2019, placing first. As of September 2020, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,885,354.[2] His 36 cashes as the WSOP account for $2,527,162 of those winnings.[3]
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- ^Vishvapani. 'Raising the Stakes'. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ^Hendon Mob tournament results
- ^World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com
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