Andrew Moreno

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 holdem 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 didnt 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 Ive 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 its 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 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 PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s	22nd	$5,765
2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #11: $888 No-Limit Hold’em Crazy 8’s	5th	$53,862
2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #10: $400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack	32nd	$3,864
2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em	125th	$6,411
2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions	376th	$4,070
2023 World Series of PokerEvent #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 Championship2023 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 PokerEvent #86: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship	56th	$16,000
2022 World Series of PokerEvent #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 PokerEvent #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em	497th	$4,172
2022 World Series of PokerEvent #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 SeriesEvent #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 PokerEvent #43: $1,000 Double Stack	128th	$3,557
2021 MSPT Venetian$1,600 Main Event	102nd	$3,822
2021 World Series of PokerEvent #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 PokerEvent #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 SeriesMSPT Sycuan $1,110 Main Event	6th	$20,281
2019 World Series of PokerEvent #50: Monster Stack - $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em	49th	$18,462
2019 World Series of PokerEvent #31: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed	70th	$4,948
2019 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed	38th	$8,545
2012 World Series of PokerEvent 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event	177th	$44,655
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - RinconMain Event	20th	$3,000

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