Top 7 of the GPI ranking remained unchanged after today’s update. German players Dominik Nitsche and Martin Finger entered top 10 this week and Davidi Kitai dropped 2 positions to rank 10th.
The notable player that will be paid a bit more attention in this article is American poker pro Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger. This week, he climbed one position and now ranks 39th with 3,055.86 points. The player managed to collect those since the beginning of 2015.
Lichtenberger cashed in 6 events this year and scooped more than $1.2 million at those. In May, the player won the Aria High Roller IX No-Limit Hold’em for a first-place prize of $398,160. In June, he appeared at the tables of the 46th Annual World Series of Poker, making 3 in-the-money finishes. His best cash in this year’s edition of the Series was his 9th place in the $111,111 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for ONE DROP. He received $390,875 for his performance.
In July, he emerged victorious over the field of the Aria High Roller X No-Limit Hold’em for a payout of $432,980.
After his latest cash, Lichtenberger’s live tournament earnings amount to $7,131,498. He collected them over the span of the past 8 years. His first-ever cash from a live poker tournament came in November 2007, when he received $3,693 for his 5th place in a Turning Stone Resort & Casino tournament.
Lichtenberger’s best live cash amounted to $1,770,692 and he captured it in December 2014 for topping the field of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em Alpha8 Las Vegas.
Although the player has not won a WSOP gold bracelet yet, he is the holder of one WSOP Circuit gold ring. He received it for winning the 2010 WSOP Circuit Caesars Palace $5,150 Main Event. His triumph also secured him with $190,317 in prize money.
In 2009, Lichtenberger collected a significant amount of money in the WSOP $10,000 Main Event. He finished 18th back then and received $500,557 for his efforts. This was not his only in-the-money finish in the Main Event over the course of his poker career. Yet, it was then that he was closest to topping the field of the world’s most prestigious tournament and becoming its champion.
The poker pro, who was born in East Northport, New York but currently resides in Las Vegas, has a long list of various other poker achievements and will most definitely win a lot more.
