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Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). [3] His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion after qualifying at an online poker site. [4]
Moneymaker: Winning hand of Chris Moneymaker, 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion [27] 53 Bully Johnson: A poker player that Doyle Brunson described as being "laid back and quiet". He played this hand after being raised preflop and caught a straight on the flop to beat another guy's trip aces [30] Juggernaut
The term was created after Chris Moneymaker, a 27-year-old accountant and amateur poker player from Tennessee, United States, outlasted 838 other players to win the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, thereby winning the US$2.5 million prize and the title of World Champion. [1]
He was eliminated by eventual champion Chris Moneymaker on a hand where Ivey's full house was defeated by Moneymaker's larger full house on a river card. [34] [35] In his 7th place finish in 2009, his A ♣ K ♠ lost to Darvin Moon's A ♦ Q ♠ when a queen paired Moon on the flop; he ended his 2009 Main Event with winnings of $1,404,002. [36]
Many entrants, including the overall winner Chris Moneymaker, won their seat in online poker tournaments. [3] The 2003 Main Event was the first tournament to pay out at least $2,500,000 to the winner.
Moneymaker won his seat via an $86 satellite tournament on the PokerStars online poker room. [6] Moneymaker was one of 839 entrants in the 2003 event, an increase of roughly 200 players from 2002 and more than doubling the 393 competitors that played in 1999. By the next year, the field in the 2004 Main Event more than tripled to 2,576 players.
A PokerStars.com online satellite tournament produced the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) [5] champion, Chris Moneymaker. As the first person to become a world champion by qualifying at an online poker site, [6] Moneymaker's 2003 win was an important factor in catalyzing the poker boom of the mid-2000s. The press has called this the ...
He has written for Cardplayer magazine and authored several poker books including Play Poker like the Pros, Bad Beats and Lucky Draws, The Greatest Poker Hands ever Played, and Poker Brat. In May 2004 he partnered with Oasys Mobile to create a mobile app called Texas Hold'em by Phil Hellmuth. [ 62 ]