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04 August 2006
World Series Of Poker Legend
Chris Moneymaker
The story of poker
legend Chris Moneymaker is the ultimate fantasy of any
online poker wannabe. The question remains is how did he do
it?
Chris Moneymaker was born
in 1976 in Tennessee. He was brought up in a family that
loved cards and gambling, regularly playing bridge with his
grandmother and blackjack with this father. Chris always
felt drawn to the exciting world of gambling but never tried
to pursue this passion in any serious manner. He studied
accountancy at the University of Tennessee and earned a
Master's degree in the field. Chris settled for a suburban
life of playing with numbers instead of playing with
cards.
Chris had been content
playing Texas Hold'em and other poker games with friends but
at one point he decided he wanted to try out the real thing.
He dabbled around on a few virtual poker rooms but it was
Poker Stars' Online
Poker that grabbed
him. Chris gained some experience through a few mini online
competitions and finally found his way into a $39 buy-in
satellite competition that was offering a spot in the
biggest poker tournament in the world –
The
World Series of Poker.
He still doesn't
understand how it happened but the $39 satellite tournament
against 18 other players was Chris' stepping stone into the
world of professional poker that would entirely change the
course of his life. The $39 that Chris had originally begun
playing with had grown and grown and he was finally sitting
very pretty with $10,000 – He had won a seat at the
World Series of Poker for 2003!
Chris was flown to Las
Vegas and was faced with the most famous poker stars that he
had only previously dreamt of meeting. Chris admittedly had
no real poker room and land casino experience and was afraid
that his amateurish image would be a giveaway. Chris'
original goal was to get through the first day of the
tournament without too much humiliation, to gain some
experience and to then go home. This, however, was not meant
to be.
When Chris managed to end
his first day with 60,000 chips, he decided that if he was
already in the tournament he may as well try making some
money from it! He cruised through the second day and on the
third day he found himself on one of ESPN's live televised
tables, sitting with top stars like Paul Darden, Howard
Lederer and Johnny Chan. After making some embarrassing
mistakes such as not realising it was his turn to play,
Chris somehow managed to win at that table and work his way
through to the final table.
The now famous match
between Chris Moneymaker and Sammy Farha, and Chris'
ultimate winning of the 2003 WSOP title is what made him an
instant legend. His instant move from accountancy to
professional poker was not a hard choice for Chris,
especially given the fact that he had won a lot of money in
a very short period. Since his 2003 win, Chris has continued
to win professional poker tournaments, has written a book
about his poker career and has opened his own company called
Moneymaker Gaming.
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