Michael Lech is an American semi-professional online poker player and pro-am live poker player who has won two bracelets online and numerous circuit rings live.
Lech originally hails from Alma, Alabama, a tiny, unincorporated town with a population of 600.
Lech has a degree in International Business from the University of Arkansas.
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).
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 2016 World Series of Poker.
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 2023 World Series of Poker.
Lech won his second bracelet in the $500 No Limit Hold'em - PKO (Online Bracelet Event #3) ($7,605) at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
Lech has three cashes in the Main Event with finishings of 138th ($59,295; 2019), 391st ($28,356; 2016), and 881st ($15,000; 2021).
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.
As of July 2024, Lech's total live tournament winnings exceeds $1,650,000.