Chris Moneymaker - 2003 WSOP Champion Chris Moneymaker 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker, a 27 year-old, made his way to poker fame by winning the World Series of Poker in 2003. With a minimal investment, forty dollars to be precise, and help from close friends and family members, Chris Moneymaker won himself an incredible 2,500,000.00 dollars. Thus, with just a little over three years of non-professional poker playing under his belt, Chris Moneymaker managed to play with the best poker players in the business and come out on top of the game. So how did 40 dollars get Chris Moneymaker where he is today? Playing at PokerStars.com afforded Chris Moneymaker the opportunity to win a 10,000 dollar buy-in at the World Series of Poker. Once he won the buy-in cash, friends and family did the rest-they helped Chris Moneymaker get the money that he required for travel and accommodations and the rest is poker history. Chris Moneymaker ended up playing against some of his all time favorites like Johnny Chan and he did so with steely nerves on his side. With no fear to sway him, Chris Moneymaker was not at all intimidated by his big name opponents-in fact, when Chris Moneymaker reflects on the day he admits that he probably should have been a bit unnerved by the whole situation, but wasn't. If you're looking for the new-wave of online poker, Join PlayersOnly, the poker room where the true players are! Because of the Sleekness of their Interface and incredible bonus structure, PlayersOnly is America's Fastest Growing Poker Room! Receive an Instant 10% CASH BONUS and a 100% match poker bonus upto $650 and there are NO FEES for making a deposit! PlayersOnly hosts a $1,000,000.00 Freeroll Series and is Guaranteeing $3,000,000.00 in tournament prize money this month with one $150,000.00 guaranteed event at least once a month! Along with the three years he spent playing the game he loved; Chris Moneymaker also played both blackjack and bridge as a child. As he got older, he picked up the game of Texas Holdem. Eventually, Chris Moneymaker graduated to online gambling and playing regular tournaments offered on the Internet. Finally, it is easy to see the progression of Chris Moneymaker's obsession-from play to real gambling, from real gambling to professional poker. Chris Moneymaker is the kind of guy that doesn't forget where he came from: with his World Series of Poker winnings he gave some money to his friends that helped him fulfill his dreams and later donated 25,000 to cancer research. Poker fans everywhere have embraced Chris Moneymaker as one of the lead players in the business, and rightfully so-winning the World Series of Poker against all the world's best poker players is no easy accomplishment. Thus, Chris Moneymaker's win is a dream made into reality and the fans were fast to embrace him as a poker hero-an average Joe that made it to the top with a couple of dollars and a big dream. --- by Bones McCoy at 1800-sports.com on August 10, 2007
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