Andrew Martin is a highly capable English professional poker player and tournament regular from Shrewsbury, England. Martin has established a formidable presence across both domestic series and prestigious international fields. In June 2026, Martin captured massive headlines at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, supplementing an impressive deep championship tournament run with an unexpected, highly viral tableside incident that took the global poker community by storm.

Career Earnings & Biggest Results

With total live tournament earnings exceeding $76,700 across his tracked career (according to The Hendon Mob), Andrew Martin has continually demonstrated his ability to outlast massive player pools. The absolute peak of his financial tournament career came during the historic 2019 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas . Navigating through a colossal field of world-class professionals and international qualifiers, Martin orchestrated a stellar run in the iconic $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship, ultimately finishing in 190th place for a career-best payday of $50,855. His consistent cashes across Europe and the United States contribute to an estimated net worth of over $150,000.

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Biography & The Viral Card Protector Controversy

Andrew Martin initially developed his tactical instincts grinding the highly competitive regional circuits of the United Kingdom , turning the famous Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) card club in Nottingham into his primary training ground. Routinely locking up final tables at localized events, Martin refined his deep-stack mechanics before regularly traveling to Las Vegas to clash with the game\’s elite at the annual World Series of Poker, earning multi-day finishes across FLAGSHIP tournaments like the Lucky 7s and the Hall of Fame Bounty.

However, it was his performance in June 2026 that permanently etched Martin’s name into modern poker folklore. Competing on Day 2 of the massive 3,323-entry WSOP $1,000 Super Seniors tournament, Martin built up a massive, top-tier stack of over 300,000 chips. While dominating the felt, table mates and tournament staff noticed he was utilizing a highly explicit, silver X-rated adult novelty toy as his personal card protector, balanced directly on top of his chip castle.

WSOP floor management intervened, officially deeming the item inappropriate for the tournament floor and ordering its immediate removal. Martin complied but openly questioned the formal ruling, noting to media outlets that he could find no explicit clause within the official WSOP tournament rulebook prohibiting such an item. Though the controversy triggered immense debate across global poker forums and podcast circuits, Martin brushed off the media storm with absolute composure, maintaining his focus to push deep into the tournament’s final 200 players as he hunted for the $355,263 first-place prize.

Play Style & Strategy

Martin employs a “patient, mathematically grounded, and fundamentally rigid” tournament strategy. Having logged thousands of repetitions in fields-heavy UK freezeouts, he excels at navigating through large, volatile tournament pools where variance control is crucial. Rather than executing hyper-aggressive pre-flop bluffs, Martin focuses on post-flop street maximization, precise range containment, and exploiting the structural imbalances of over-active opponents. His unmatched emotional discipline and lighthearted tableside demeanor allow him to endure exhausting, multi-day marathons without succumbing to fatigue or mental tilt.

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