Meet Tahoe
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It doesn't matter if it's Las Vegas or New Orleans, Southern California or Southern Indiana, if the banner says "World Series of Poker", Howard Andrew is coming to play. And with a nickname like "Tahoe", there was little doubt we'd see him in the field today.
"Tahoe" Andrew is a native of Pleasanton, California, and he is the proud owner of two WSOP gold bracelets. He won them a day apart from one another in 1976, taking down the $1,000 "Businessman's" and $2,500 preliminary events. Since that year, he's never missed the World Series of Poker Main Event, a streak that was extended to 35 consecutive years in 2010. That's more than you and me put together, and it's the longest streak running.
"Tahoe" was mentioned in the 1978 WSOP Media Guide alongside the likes of Johnny Moss, Chip Reese, Puggy Pearson, and Bobby Hoff. He was universally known as the guy most likely to get his chips into the middle light, always putting pressure on his opponents in a time when the game was admittedly more straight-forward. Since then, he's played just about everything you can think of, racking up close to $1.4 million in tournament earnings. Even well into his seventies, "Tahoe" is still booking results, finishing in 3rd place at the $5,000 Circuit Championship in Rincon earlier this year.
If "Tahoe" can cash here this week, it'll be his 20th career WSOP payday.