The official WSOP website had a nice interview with Andy Bloch yesterday, discussing his impressions on day one of the 39th annual World Series of Poker, and how he was already buying into a number of events. The interview highlighted what a mellow, nice guy Andy is, but it also brought something to our attention that, given a few weeks, would have become obvious anyway.
Andy Bloch is a dangerous man
Poker is certainly a smart man's (and woman's!) game, and Andy is nothing if he is not a smart guy. One of the former MIT Blackjack team members (those players who gave Vegas a run for their money some years ago), Andy knows the numbers when it comes to Texas Holdem, and - here is where he gets really dangerous - all the other poker games out there.
Now, it would be bad enough if Andy was sitting across from you in a No Limit Texas Holdem game, but at least you have the pressure of betting big to give you an edge now and again. But sit across from Mr. Bloch in a limit game, (fixed or pot) and now the edge slips away towards the numbers guy. And when you mix the limits and game types, like the big $50k H.O.R.S.E. game when it debuted at the WSOP? Just remember that Andy finished second.
So what about all these $10k events, and what do they have to do with Andy Bloch? Simply this: for a player to score consistently well in any number of events beyond one, they have to be either outlandishly lucky, or outlandishly good. Bloch is the latter, and our prediction is that you will see his name in more final day lists of the $10k events than any other player.
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