Howard Andrew

{{Short description|American poker player (1934–2021)}}

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|nickname=Tahoe

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|hometown= Walnut Creek, California

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|wsop bracelet count=2

|wsop money finishes=23

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|wsop main event best finish rank=8th

|wsop main event best finish year=1984

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Howard Andrew (1934 – January 13, 2021) was an American poker player, best known for his success at the 1976 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He participated in the WSOP Main Event each year from 1974 until his death, the longest such streak of any player.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-07 |title=WSOP 2014: 41 Years at the WSOP with Howard "Tahoe" Andrew |url=https://www.pokernews.com/video/wsop-2014-41-years-at-the-wsop-with-howard-tahoe-andrew-9025.htm |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=PokerNews |language=en}}[http://news.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-by-the-numbers-the-2011-wsop-in-review-24124/ WSOP By The Numbers: The 2011 WSOP In Review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525223747/http://news.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-by-the-numbers-the-2011-wsop-in-review-24124/ |date=May 25, 2012 }} from Bluff Magazine

Andrew won "both The Horseshoe's Businessmen's and Preliminary Hold-Em tournaments in 1976",{{Cite web |year=1978 |title=Early Player Biographies |url=http://gaming.unlv.edu/WSOP/player_bios78.html |access-date=July 28, 2011 |website=World Series of Poker: A Retrospective |publisher=UNLV Lied Library's Center for Gaming Research}} earning him two bracelets in consecutive days. The 1978 WSOP Media Guide called him "one of the World Series of Poker's most formidable non-pros ... an industrial engineer ... [with] a daredevil reputation. If an award were given out to the player who shoved all his chips to the center of the pot most often, he'd probably win it."

Andrew finished in the money in other events at the WSOP, including an 8th-place finish at the 1984 World Series of Poker main event, which earned him $26,400, the same share won by 7th-place finisher Mike Allen and 9th-place finisher Rusty La Page.{{Cite web |year=1984 |title=Summary of 1984 Tournament |url=http://gaming.unlv.edu/WSOP/annual/1984.html |access-date=July 28, 2011 |website=World Series of Poker: A Retrospective |publisher=UNLV Lied Library's Center for Gaming Research}}

Andrew died on January 13, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Chad |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Poker Elder Statesman Howard "Tahoe" Andrew Passes Away (1934-2021) |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/01/howard-tahoe-andrew-passes-away-38525.htm |access-date=January 14, 2021 |website=PokerNews}} At the time of his death, his live tournament winnings exceeded $1,500,000.{{Cite web |title=Howard Andrew's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=8014 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}