Andrew Moreno

Andrew Moreno

Nationality
United States
United States
GPI Rank 91
Total Live Earnings $4,614,109
The Hendon Mob Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

Andrew Moreno, the husband of former PokerNews hostess Kristy Moreno (former Kirsty Arnett), has been playing poker since the early 2000s. Originally from the Midwest where he worked at a factory running a steel-cutting machine, Moreno met his future wife after overhearing her talk about poker.

In 2006, the duo moved to Las Vegas where he started grinding $1-$2 no-limit hold’em cash games, working his way up to $25-$50 over the next decade. In 2021, Moreno turned his attention to tournaments with two goals – to surpass $1 million in lifetime earnings (he was $100K short at the time) and to notch his first seven-figure score.

It didn’t take him long to accomplish both.

First, in June 2021, he won the Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series Event #58: $1,100 NLH for $127,740 to meet his first goal. Just over a week later, he accomplished the other when he topped a 1,328-entry field to win the inaugural $10,000 buy-in Wynn Millions for $1,460,106, a win that vaulted Moreno into the next level of poker superstar.

Since then he also won another Venetian tournament in February 2022 for $242,293 (a tournament he famously refused to chop), and in the summer of 2022 nearly won another Wynn major, ultimately finishing runner-up in the Wynn Summer Classic $3,500 Championship for $460,529.

“What I’ve learned over the years is that poker and life are mirrors for one another,” said Moreno, who welcomed his first child shortly after his career scores in 2021. “Both are skill games with elements of luck. Whatever holds you back in poker, holds you back in life, whether it’s an unhealthy attachment to money, inability to take calculated risks, inflated ego, or self doubt. Improve your game, improve your life, and vice versa.”

As of September 2022, Moreno has just shy of $3.5 million in lifetime tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #98: $1,500 The Closer
195th $3,965
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship
28th $31,716
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
747th $3,384
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em
692nd $2,230
2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
$1,500 Main Event
81st $3,600
2023 NAPT Las Vegas
$1,650 Main Event
126th $2,980
2023 World Series of Poker
Online Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's
22nd $5,765
2023 World Series of Poker
Online Event #11: $888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy 8's
5th $53,862
2023 World Series of Poker
Online Event #10: $400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack
32nd $3,864
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
125th $6,411
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions
376th $4,070
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
143rd $3,564
2023 Wynn Millions
$3,500 Main Event
100th $9,808
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
66th $61,400
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,300 PCA Main Event
90th $22,300
2022 RunGood Poker Series Season Finale
$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)
48th $4,100
2022 MSPT Venetian November
$1,600 Main Event
36th $5,872
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship
56th $16,000
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop
74th $7,633
2022 Wynn Summer Classic
$3,500 NLH Championship
2nd $460,529
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em
497th $4,172
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
184th $4,804
2022 MSPT Venetian
$1,600 Main Event 197 [$2,000,000 GTD]
105th $4,217
2022 The Lodge Championship Series
Event #13: $3,000 Main Event
22nd $12,000
2022 Wynn Millions
$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]
23rd $71,657
2022 RGPS Jamul Casino
$575 RunGood Main Event
8th $6,520
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack
128th $3,557
2021 MSPT Venetian
$1,600 Main Event
102nd $3,822
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #30: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
287th $3,423
2021 MSPT Venetian
$1,100 Main Event
181st $2,184
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em
1184th $1,001
$10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD)
$10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD)
1st $1,460,106
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)
22nd $18,627
2021 MSPT Showdown Series
MSPT Sycuan $1,110 Main Event
6th $20,281
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #50: Monster Stack - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
49th $18,462
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
70th $4,948
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
38th $8,545
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
177th $44,655
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Rincon
Main Event
20th $3,000

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