Nanonoko

word type: noun

  1. The screen name of Randy Lew.
  2. A mid and high stakes professional online poker player who is a member of Team PokerStars Online.

Biography

Randy Lew, otherwise known as 'nanonoko' on PokerStars, first was known as a professional video game player while attending UC Davis. While on the video game tour he met Hevad Khan, who told Randy that he and a few others were moving from video games to online poker. Randy then promptly opened a PokerStars account and enjoyed immediate success. He made the SuperNova Elite status level in both 2008 and 2009 by 24-tabling 6-max No Limit Hold'em cash games. "Nanonoko" as he is now known to the online poker community was part of the inaugural Team PokerStars Online team.

Winnings

Nanonoko has been on fire at the PokerStars cash game tables. Since the middle of 2008, he has won over $1.23 million, not counting any rewards money received from achieving SuperNova Elite, which is worth about $115,000 per year. He has played over a million hands at the $400nl and $600nl levels each.