Michael Lech is an American semi-professional online poker player and pro-amateur live poker player that has won two

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s online and numerous circuit rings live.

Early life

Birth

Lech originally hails from Alma, Alabama, a tiny, unincorporated town with a population of 600.

Education

Lech has a degree in

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from the

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World Series of Poker Circuit

Lech is the holder of nine circuit rings with his best cash of the amateur tour including an outright win in the ''$2,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller (Event #9)'' ($106,377) at the WSOPC New Orleans (2017).

World Series of Poker

Lech won his maiden bracelet in the ''$1,500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Freezeout (Event #13) (Online)'' ($164,249) at the 2020 World Series of Poker Online, with his biggest cash to date from a runner-up finish in the ''$888 No Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights 8-Handed (re-entry) (Event #54)'' ($401,888) at the

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. Lech added another top 3 finishing to his resume in the ''$400 No Limit Hold'em - 8-Max (Online Bracelet Event 5)'' ($65,383) at the

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. Lech won his second bracelet in the ''$500 No Limit Hold'em - PKO (Online Bracelet Event #3)'' ($7,605) at the

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World Series of Poker Main Event

World Series of Poker Live Main Event

Lech has three cashes in the

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with finishings of 138th ($59,295; 2019), 391st ($28,356; 2016), and 881st ($15,000; 2021).

World Series of Poker Online Main Event

Lech has two cashes in the Main Event (Online) including a 31st place in 2020 for $55,880, and a 98th-place finish in 2021 for $29,532.

Career earnings

As of July 2024, Lech's total live tournament winnings exceeds $1,650,000.

References

External links

Card Player profileHendon Mob profileWPT profileWSOP profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lech, Michael Living people World Series of Poker Circuit event winners World Series of Poker bracelet winners American poker players Year of birth missing (living people)