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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 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.
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.
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]
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 ...
Joe Cada won the WSOP Main Event in 2009.. The following is the list of World Series of Poker Main Event champions.The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, Best,and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". [1]
The rise in popularity among the 2004 Main Event and some preliminary 2004 WSOP events could be attributed to the coverage of Chris Moneymaker's victory from the prior year. [3] Each entry paid $10,000 to enter, with the top 225 players finishing in the money.
In June 2007, Negreanu signed with PokerStars, joining Chris Moneymaker and many other professional poker players as a member of Team PokerStars. [32] His Full Contact Poker site has since returned to being a forum and informational site.