The WPT brings in a lot of players trying their hardest to earn money along the way to the title of WPT Player of the Year. Of course, in the end and much like a tournament, only one person will be left standing. In 2011 it’s Andy Frankenberger.
Andy Frankenberger’s life isn’t some straightforward fairy tale. He was heavily involved in Wall Street and became rather good at it. Even with the success he must have been missing something because he left the job. It wasn’t for poker, but he has always had a knack to play, just for fun.
Lo-and-behold in his rookie season he would be crowned WPT Player of the Year. And don’t think he’s been playing for long either. He was playing low-limit buy-in tournaments even in 2008, some just to make a good impression at his job. Of course this tournament would be won by Andy and got him into the WSOP Main Event that year, busting on Day 3 and just outside the money.
It wasn’t until 2010 when he really devoted a good amount of time into the game. He was free from his job and eager to learn. It didn’t take long for him to start cashing in some of these tournaments and for him to gain even more interest.
In only 8 months Andy has won over $1 million. Though he had to sweat a couple of eliminations in the WPT Championship, this was enough for him to earn the player of the year. Kudos to Andy for making what seems to be the right decision to not only quit his job, but start playing poker more serious.