Andrew Neeme: Poker Vlogger, WSOP Circuit Ring Winner and The Lodge Co-Owner
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Andrew Neeme has built one of poker's most recognizable careers by combining professional cash-game play with poker vlogging, community-focused Meet-Up Games and business involvement in the live poker industry.
The American player began publishing his poker vlog in 2016 and became an influential figure in the growth of poker content on YouTube. Alongside fellow vlogger Brad Owen, Neeme also helped develop and popularize the Meet-Up Game concept, giving followers an opportunity to play cash games with poker personalities rather than simply watch them online.
His career extends beyond content creation. Neeme is a co-owner of The Lodge Card Club in Texas, has served as an ambassador within the World Poker Tour and WPT Global ecosystem, and owns a World Series of Poker Circuit ring.
As of September 28, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Andrew Neeme with $324,246 in recorded live tournament earnings and a career-best live cash of $58,500. Tournament databases change as new results are added, so those figures should be treated as a current snapshot rather than a permanent career total.
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Who Is Andrew Neeme?
Andrew Neeme is an American professional poker player, cash-game specialist, poker vlogger and poker-industry entrepreneur.
Hendon Mob lists Neeme as being from East Lansing, Michigan, and residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. His recorded live tournament results date to 2010, although tournament poker represents only one part of a career that has been centered heavily on live cash games.
Before becoming widely known through YouTube, Neeme built his poker career through online and live cash games. In an account later quoted by PokerNews, he explained that he began at micro stakes online, studied the game and gradually progressed as high as $10/$20 no-limit hold'em. Poker eventually became more profitable for him than his job in music marketing, leading to his move to Las Vegas to pursue live poker professionally.
That cash-game background later became the foundation for the content that made him recognizable throughout poker.
Readers who are new to the game Neeme plays most frequently can review Angry Aces Poker's Texas Hold'em rules and gameplay guide.
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How Andrew Neeme Became a Poker Vlogger
Neeme released his first poker vlog in October 2016.
At the time, poker videos were already available online, but the format of regularly documenting the day-to-day experience of a working live poker professional was still developing. Neeme's videos combined footage from casino trips with cash-game results, hand breakdowns, travel and observations about the poker lifestyle.
That approach helped make the professional grind more accessible to viewers. Instead of seeing only televised final tables or unusually large pots, followers could see the routine decisions, winning sessions, losing sessions and strategic thought processes involved in live cash poker.
PokerNews reported that Neeme had surpassed 100,000 YouTube subscribers by the end of 2018, slightly more than two years after launching the project.
His work also received formal recognition from the poker industry. The 2019 Global Poker Awards named Andrew Neeme Vlogger of the Year.
Neeme's significance in poker therefore comes less from a traditional list of major tournament championships than from the way his content helped expand poker's modern creator culture.
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Andrew Neeme and the Meet-Up Game
One of Neeme's most visible contributions to live poker has been the development of the Meet-Up Game, commonly shortened to MUG.
Neeme and Brad Owen began organizing cash games that allowed viewers and followers to sit at the table with them. The concept turned the relationship between poker creators and their audiences into an in-person poker experience.
World Poker Tour coverage has credited Neeme and Owen with creating and popularizing the Meet-Up Game format. The games eventually expanded beyond individual casino visits and became part of major WPT festivals and other poker events.
The format is important to Neeme's career because it connects several parts of his poker identity. He is a cash-game player, content creator and community organizer, and Meet-Up Games combine all three.
WPT later brought that model into its tournament festivals. Neeme became an official WPT ambassador in 2022, and WPT events have featured him hosting Meet-Up Games alongside Owen and other poker personalities.
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Andrew Neeme and The Lodge Card Club
Neeme's involvement in poker expanded again when he became part of the ownership group behind The Lodge Card Club in Texas.
Neeme joined Doug Polk and Brad Owen in the investment group associated with the club in early 2022. The partnership connected three prominent poker content creators with one of the best-known cardrooms in the Texas poker market.
The Lodge describes Neeme as one of its co-owners and notes that he regularly plays cash games at the property.
For information about the room itself, including games, facilities and visitor details, see the Angry Aces Poker guide to The Lodge Card Club Austin.
Ownership of a poker room added a business dimension to a career that had already included professional play, online content and live community events.
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How Many WSOP Bracelets and Circuit Rings Does Andrew Neeme Have?
According to his current World Series of Poker player profile, Andrew Neeme has:
0 WSOP bracelets
1 WSOP Circuit ring
Neeme earned his first Circuit ring during the 2024 WSOP Online Circuit series for players in Michigan, Nevada and New Jersey.
He won Event #8, a $100 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty tournament. The tournament attracted 1,494 entries, and Neeme finished first for combined prize and bounty winnings of $16,224.78.
The result gave Neeme a WSOP Circuit title after years in which his public poker identity had been associated primarily with cash games and content creation.
The WSOP database currently credits him with one ring and no bracelets.
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Andrew Neeme's Biggest Live Tournament Results
Although Neeme is best known as a cash-game player, he has accumulated more than $300,000 in recorded live tournament earnings.
His largest recorded live score came in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Neeme finished 164th in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, earning $58,500. Hendon Mob lists that result as the largest live tournament cash of his career.
He returned to the Main Event money in 2025, finishing 382nd for $40,000.
Other notable live results include:
43rd in the 2022 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Championship for $25,000
286th in the 2022 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas for $19,150
19th in the 2024 WPT Voyage Championship for $17,000
52nd in the 2026 RunGood Poker Series Main Event at The Lodge Card Club for $1,751
Neeme has not won a WSOP bracelet or a WPT Championship title. His tournament accomplishments instead complement a career built primarily around cash poker.
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Andrew Neeme's Playing Style and Poker Focus
Neeme is most closely associated with live no-limit hold'em cash games.
His vlog has documented years of cash-game sessions at Las Vegas casinos, poker rooms across the United States and other destinations. The format frequently includes post-session hand analysis in which Neeme explains his decisions, ranges and reasoning.
That makes his playing reputation different from that of a tournament specialist whose career is measured mainly through titles and final tables.
Neeme's public poker work has consistently centered on the cash-game environment: choosing games, navigating changing table dynamics, reviewing individual hands and managing the routine swings of professional live poker.
He has nevertheless continued playing tournaments, including WSOP, WPT and regional events.
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Andrew Neeme's Impact on Poker Content
Neeme's larger influence is tied to the development of poker as a creator-driven form of entertainment.
Poker television traditionally placed viewers outside the game. Vlogging offered another perspective: a professional player could document the trip to the casino, show selected hands, explain decisions afterward and discuss the financial result of an ordinary session.
Neeme became one of the most prominent early creators using that format consistently.
His success also demonstrated that a poker professional could build a broader career around playing, media, sponsorship opportunities, live events and business ownership rather than depending exclusively on tournament winnings.
The Meet-Up Game took that connection another step by moving the online audience into a live cardroom. World Poker Tour events later adopted the concept as a recurring part of major festivals.
Neeme's influence therefore reaches beyond the statistics recorded in poker databases. His career helped establish poker vlogging and creator-led live poker events as recognizable parts of the modern poker industry.
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Is Andrew Neeme Still Active in Poker?
Yes. Available results and industry coverage show Andrew Neeme remaining active in poker in 2026.
Hendon Mob records a cash in the $600 RunGood Poker Series Main Event at The Lodge in January 2026 and also lists his participation in a $10,000 Hustler Casino Live Sit & Go in June.
His ongoing connection to The Lodge also keeps him involved in the live cash-game side of the industry.
Tournament volume alone does not provide a complete picture of Neeme's activity because much of his career has always taken place in cash games, which are not recorded in public tournament databases.
As of September 2026, he remains best understood as a cash-game professional, poker content creator, Meet-Up Game pioneer and poker-room co-owner whose tournament résumé includes a WSOP Circuit ring and multiple deep runs in major championship events.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Andrew Neeme won in live poker tournaments?
As of September 28, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Andrew Neeme with $324,246 in recorded live tournament earnings. The figure can change as additional tournament results are recorded.
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What is Andrew Neeme's biggest tournament cash?
Neeme's largest recorded live tournament cash is $58,500. He earned it by finishing 164th in the 2023 WSOP Main Event.
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Does Andrew Neeme have a WSOP bracelet?
No. The World Series of Poker currently lists Andrew Neeme with zero WSOP bracelets.
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Does Andrew Neeme have a WSOP Circuit ring?
Yes. Andrew Neeme has one WSOP Circuit ring. He won it in a 2024 WSOP Online Circuit Mystery Bounty event.
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Did Andrew Neeme win a WPT title?
Neeme has recorded multiple World Poker Tour cashes, but the records reviewed do not list him as a WPT Championship title winner.
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Is Andrew Neeme a tournament player or cash-game player?
Neeme plays both, but he is primarily known as a live no-limit hold'em cash-game professional. His poker vlog and Meet-Up Games have focused heavily on cash poker throughout his career.
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When did Andrew Neeme start his poker vlog?
Neeme published his first poker vlog in October 2016. The channel became one of the early major examples of the modern poker-vlogging format.
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What poker award has Andrew Neeme won?
Andrew Neeme was named Vlogger of the Year at the 2019 Global Poker Awards.
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Is Andrew Neeme an owner of The Lodge Card Club?
Yes. Neeme is part of the ownership group at The Lodge Card Club in Texas alongside other poker-industry figures including Doug Polk and Brad Owen.
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Where is Andrew Neeme from?
Hendon Mob lists Andrew Neeme as being from East Lansing, Michigan, and currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.