Shortly after Phil Galfond announced that he will start his own online poker network in early 2017, another prominent poker pro confirmed the launch of his own website. Andrew ‘LuckyChewy’ Lichtenberger has unveiled in a series of recent Tweets that he has started an online poker network created by players and intended to cater to players.
Branded LuckyChewyPoker, the website is now live and offering play-money games. Real-money offering may become available very soon, if the newly launched poker network is granted the necessary licenses. Here it is important to note that the site has been reviewed by the UK Gambling Commission and its software for the provision of online poker products has been given the nod by the gambling regulator.
Lichtenberger himself said that his new project will be undergoing constant updates and upgrades to have its functionality devised in a manner that will cater to all players. The player further noted that the website will feature low rake and “great rewards” as well as opportunities for all participants in both cash games and tournaments to connect, communicate, and share experience and skills. LuckyChewyPoker is also planned to feature a poker school in future. Lichtenberger has previously coached poker on Phil Ivey’s Ivey League, so training will not be terra incognita for him.
LuckyChewy, as he is known in the poker community, has done his best to place his name among the poker’s biggest. His live tournament earnings of more than $8.5 million and solid presence both on the live circuit and online are certainly more than enough to cement his reputation.
Earlier this year, the 29-year-old New York State-born poker professional won his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet. During the 47th WSOP, the player bested the field of the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournament for $569,158 and the prestigious gold piece. Lichtenberger scored his best live result in 2014 when he won the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 Alpha8 event for a first-place prize of $1,770,692.
Over the years, he has also won several EPT tournaments as well as Aria High Roller ones for quite attractive amounts in prize money, and has cashed in a serious number of some of the world’s most prestigious poker events.
