Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker
Christopher Bryan Moneymakeris an American poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker. His 2003 win is said to have "revolutionized poker" because he was the "first person to become a world champion by qualifying" at an online poker site. This has been referred to in the press as the "Moneymaker Effect."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth21 November 1975
CountryUnited States of America
love money people playing poker pros wins
The pros really like all the new people playing poker because they love the dead money; but when the money wins they don't like that very much at all.
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I've talked a lot with Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. Being on Team PokerStars with them has helped me out quite a bit. I've traveled around Europe playing with them. I've also talked with Robert Williamson here and there and Jim Worth. So I've had some good people to talk to and bounce ideas off of.
enjoyed found gamble played poker sports
I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes.
online players sort taken tv
Not having the online game has made it more difficult. There are a lot of young and upcoming players in poker. But you don't get to see them because TV has sort of been taken away.
casino people player
If you're a poker player and you show up at a casino at 8 a.m., you're going to be by yourself or with some people that are rocks and just don't give you any action.
games play casinos
I actually do quite well in Omaha. It's one of my better games. I love pot-limit Omaha and Omaha high-low. I do quite well in them. If I play in a casino, I usually play some kind of mixed game with Omaha and hold 'em.
player hands class
World Class players can lay down the toughest hands and play any two cards at any time without fear. Their reads are impeccable.
beautiful thinking play
The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play.
midway
It was about midway through the (2003) tournament,
asked honored jeff licensed privilege products series team tournament work
I have had the privilege to work with Jeff and his team on a series of licensed products and I was honored to be asked to co-host this tournament with him.
human taught
It's taught me more about human interaction, which is a big thing on stage.
guess matter sinking suddenly
Then suddenly it's all over and you've won, and then it's just a matter of it sinking in. I guess that's where I am now.
That's really cool, where can I get one of those?
good hard people realize tournament
I don't play a lot of tournaments, but if I don't win a tournament in a year, people are like, 'What in the world is going on?' People don't realize how hard it is to win tournaments. You're not going to go out and play 10 tournaments and win one of them. Your odds aren't that good.