Andy Frankenberger is a professional poker player from New York City

New York City

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Frankenberger won the WPT Season 9

World Poker Tour season 9 results

Below are the results of season nine of the World Poker Tour - WPT Grand Prix de Paris:* Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris, France* Buy-in: €10,000* 5-Day Event: May 8 – 15, 2010* Number of Entries: 247...

 Legends of Poker event in 2010, then followed that up with another WPT final table at the Festa al Lago event later that year. These results, combined with a 16th place finish at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, allowed him to win the World Poker Tour Player of the Year award for Season 9. At the 2011 World Series of Poker

2011 World Series of Poker

The 2011 World Series of Poker was the 42nd annual World Series of Poker . The WSOP is the most prestigious poker tournament in the world with the winner of the Main Event considered to be the World Champion. It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada between May...

, Frankenberger won his first WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event, outlasting a field of 2,500.

As of 2011, Frankenberger's live tournament winnings exceed $1,800,000. His WSOP earnings account for $620,000 of those winnings.

Frankenberger graduated from Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 with a degree in economics. He then worked on Wall Street

Wall Street

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 as a derivatives trader for JP Morgan and BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas S.A. is a global banking group, headquartered in Paris, with its second global headquarters in London. In October 2010 BNP Paribas was ranked by Bloomberg and Forbes as the largest bank and largest company in the world by assets with over $3.1 trillion. It was formed through the merger...

for 14 years.