Andrew Brown is an American professional poker player from New York, NY, United States. Before taking up poker professionally, he was a Hotel Management student from the New York University. Initially, he started playing online poker, but later moved onto live games in underground casinos. In the beginning, Andrew Brown was losing money, but eventually he improved his skills and became a full time poker professional. Though he always wanted to complete his graduation, he has been unable to do so because he does not want to give up poker, the game that offered him complete financial independence.
In 1998, Andrew Brown finished first at the Seven Card Stud event of the Station Poker Classic tournament and made $3,089. He ranked fourth in the Hold’em event of the 3rd Annual Station Poker Classic, 1999 and walked away with $2,217 in prize money. In 2002, Andrew Brown finished third in the Limit Hold’em event of Station Poker Classic tournament and $6,464 in prize money was added to his bankroll.
Andrew Brown participated in the Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event at the Trump Classic Poker tournament. His fourth-place finish at the event earned him $2,592 cash prize. A landmark winning in his poker career was his first-place finish at Event #16 - WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better in the 39th World Series of Poker 2008. He outlasted 551 entrants of the event and moved to the final table to play against Ted Forrest, five-time WSOP gold bracelet winner from Las Vegas, Nevada. After two hours of play, Andrew Brown won the event and took home his first WSOP bracelet and made $226,483. In the same tournament, he also played in Event #26 - WSOP Razz Seven Card and finished in seventh place to bag $4,019 in prize money.
Among poker pros, Andrew Brown likes Ted Forrest, Barry Greenstein, and Phil Ivey for their strategies and game play. He enjoys playing Pot-Limit Omaha and Razz games in live tournaments. Andrew Brown also states that he likes to play for long hours, and he can play better when he is really tired.
