Andy Black

Biography

Andrew Black is a poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who presently resides in Dublin.

• Andrew Black is a poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who presently resides in Dublin.
• Printed cashes are gross payouts, never profit.

Public career

Andrew Black is a poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who presently resides in Dublin.

How to read a cash

Printed cashes are gross payouts, never profit. For more detail, see our guide: Cashes are not profit.

Opened, and left off

Public chronology

1. 1965

   Andrew Black (born 20 July 1965) is a poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who presently resides in Dublin.

2. 1986

   Black played cards with his mother when he was younger. He began playing more seriously in 1986, whilst he was studying for a law degree at Trinity College, Dublin. Black also began playing in the Griffin Casino in Dubli

3. 1997

   Black was knocked out of the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event by the eventual winner, Stu Ungar. The following year, a documentary titled Million Dollar Deal (narrated by John Hurt)

4. 2004

   Black successfully returned to poker in 2004, dominating in Irish tournaments and placing fifth in the 2005 World Series of Poker main event. He led the final table of the main event at one stage holding over one-third

5. 2005

   In 2005, he appeared on the chat show Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his faith and his poker career. Since the 2005 World Series of Poker main event, he had made a money finish on both the European Poker Tour a

6. 2007

   Black enjoyed a spectacular start to 2007, placing second for $100,000 in the Pot Limit Omaha event and third in the No Limit Main Event for $700,000, at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia. At

7. 2010

   Black had deep runs in the Irish Poker Open in 2010–2013, finishing just outside the final table in 10th place in 2011 and in eighth place in 2012. In 2010, he was the subject of RTÉ Radio One's Shuffle Up And Deal. Blac

8. 2019

   Andy Black Scores Another Home Win at 2019 Dublin Amateur Poker Festival

Sources for this record (1)

1. Andy Black (poker player) · read 16 August 2026