Andrew Lichtenberger Signs with Full Tilt Poker‘Luckychewy’ Becomes Newest Red Pro |
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Thanks to Andrew Lichtenberger’s deep run in last year’s World Series of Poker main event — wherein he benefited from a lot of ESPN air time en route to his 18th-place finish — he is one of the few online pros who has made it into the mainstream poker public eye.
Now, likely because of that high-profile finish along with a number of impressive scores in the last couple months, Lichtenberger has signed with Full Tilt Poker to become the site’s latest Red Pro.
“I became a Full Tilt red pro today so now I stand out in the chat box. Hopefully I get both my avatar and first commercial soon,” Lichtenberger joked in his blog, announcing the news.
Lichtenberger, more commonly known as “luckychewy” online, first gained success on the virtual felts before becoming a legitimate force on the live tournament trail. In the 2009 WSOP, he cashed in five events, including a second-place finish in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em shootout for $215,403. But that was only his second biggest score of the summer, due to the $500,557 he earned for his main-event run.
Since then, Lichtenberger has continued to post impressive results — highlighted by his 10th-place finish at the NAPT Venetian main event for $44,195 and his victory at last month’s WSOP Circuit event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for $190,137.
The New York pro has been highly regarded for his online poker accolades in the past, which include an August 2007 win in the PokerStars $100 rebuy for $35,942, a third-place result in a November 2007 FTOPS event for $107,226, a March 2008 runner-up finish in PokerStars’ Wednesday Hundred Fifty Grand for $32,214, a November 2008 runner-up finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $127,386, and a victory in an April 2009 SCOOP event for $172,800.
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