Poker professional Andy Bloch went back to UNLV to speak to students about gambling and the problems that can go with it if your become addicted. If you are not familiar with Andy he is an MIT graduate and former member of the famous MIT card counting blackjack team. Andy holds an engineering degree and a Harvard Law degree. Clearly he has an extremely high degree of academic intellect. Somehow he managed to put a bit of it to use during his tenure making money at the high stakes blackjack tables.

Andy and his team were the subject of the movie “21″. He spoke to students about how the movie was accurate in some areas and a little Hollywood in others but overall portrayed the goings on fairly well. He did mention that the hand signals in the movie were not the same ones used in real life though. He went on to speak to the kids about his life on the poker tour and gambling addiction . I still haven’t figured out whey he was that silly hat.

Anyhow, Andy bloch has over $3.4 Million dollars in poker tournament winnings including winning the Ultimate Poker Challenge. He also finished second in the WSOP Championship H.O.R.S.E event to Freddy Deep and took second in the 2008 WSOP POT Limit Championship. Andy has indicated he would still like to practice law at some point on a regular basis. I kinda get the feeling that won’t be happening for quite some time.