Every year, a new star player rises to the top of the poker charts. And in the 21st century, it has become even easier, as anyone with access to the Internet and enough skill can become a professional player in the poker industry. Holding the place at the top is much harder. Some players, however, manage to occupy the headline of the poker news for decades.
Name of poker player Andrew Lichtenberger has been known to poker fans since 2007 when he started playing at major live events. Other players and fans also know the 33-year-old poker pro as LuckyChewy, which is also his alias for online poker rooms.
Lichtenberger was born on the 20th of September, 1987, in East Northport, NY. During his teen years, the future star of poker was a competitive bowler and even worked at a bowling alley. This was the only job he ever held.
At the age of 18, Andrew Lichtenberger started playing at poker rooms online while studying at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. After playing for around a year, LuckyChewy dropped out of school, deciding to pursue a career in poker. Andrew Lichtenberger won over $1 million while playing on poker websites.
In 2007, Andrew took a part in his first live poker event – Super Stack Hold ’em Series NLH game in Verona, New York, where he won $3 693.
Currently, LuckyChewy is based in the poker capital of the US, Las Vegas, and enjoys coaching poker, basketball, bowling, and traveling in his free time.
A poker player is a fan of a healthy lifestyle and wrote a book, named “The Yoga of Poker”.
Top winnings of Andrew Lichtenberger
Poker star Andrew Lichtenberger is best known for obtaining high rankings and big winnings at major live events like WSOP, WPT, and EPT.
Andrew’s first major winning came in 2009 during the WPT World Championship when the future legend of poker Andrew Lichtenberger won $81 710 and got to the thirteenth place. In total, LuckyChewy has won ten WPT cashers (over $3.5 million) and made it to four final tables of WPT events.
Winning a WSOP bracelet during the 2016 WSOP tournament was one of the highest points in Lichtenberger’s poker career. The player came out of the $3k NL Hold’em event victorious, gaining over $500k in one night. LuckyChewy also played at 5 final tables of WSOP and won 2 circuit rings. In 2021, his total earnings from WSOP games exceeded $4.4 million.
According to the sports news, LuckyChewy continues to actively participate in major poker championships. In February 2021, the poker player has won his second circuit ring at the well-recognized competition sponsored by Caesars Entertainment
Andrew Lichtenberger’s best tournaments
| Year | Tournament | Place | Winnings |
| 2010 | WSOP Circuit Main Event | #1 (Caesars Palace circuit ring) | $190 137 |
| 2014 | WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas No-Limit event | #1 | $2 104 245 |
| 2016 | WSOP $3k NL Hold’em event | #1 (WSOP Bracelet) | $569 158 |
| 2018 | WPT 5 Diamond World Poker Classic | #3 | $802 973 |
| 2019 | 50th annual WSOP $50k NLH event | #2 | $917 232 |
| 2021 | WSOP.com Circuit NLH high roller | #1 (circuit ring) | $43 428 |
Andrew Lichtenberger: net worth, personal life, social media
Although the famous poker player keeps his total net worth in secret, it is known that in May 2020 his overall earnings from live poker tournaments are over $10.46 million. Experts in the poker industry estimate that the current net worth of Andrew Lichtenberger is between $1m and $5m.
Little to nothing is known about poker player’s personal life and there is little information about Andrew Lichtenberger on social networks. Poker-pro didn’t share information about a girlfriend or a wife.
The star poker player is fairly active on Twitter under the alias LuckyChewy, where he shares his thoughts on poker, lifestyle, and more. Instagram of Andrew Lichtenberger is not found on the Internet, as well as accounts on other social media.
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