Live Poker Player - Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker has a Masters Degree in Accounting from the University of Tennessee. He was working as an accountant. Chris initially started playing bridge with his grandmother. He later, developed a passion for the game blackjack and started playing the same with his father. Later after seeing the film "Rounders", he was on his way playing Texas Hold'em with his friends. He won his entry into the World Series of Poker, but unfortunately, he was not blessed with sufficient money.

He then sold part of this qualifying to his father and also to his friend to cover the expenditure of the whole trip. Many people presume that Chris was very lucky to get away with the championship. But time and again, he proved them wrong by pulling some great victories, but winning at a tournament really mattered a lot for Chris. He proved everyone with his famous triumph at the 2003 World Series of Poker. ThE good thing is that he did not repeat the mistakes of Robert Varkhoni (previous winner) who played well only when he had pocket full of Aces.

Another strong part of Moneymaker’s game was his strong instinct and ability to read the opponents, which helped him to win the crown. He later became a celebrity and hasn’t turned back since then. Since then, he faced almost 20 players, and learnt a lot about the game and tournaments play, polishing his poker skills accordingly. Instead of being a tutored, he indeed turned out to be tutor and secured a seat to the 64 player World Series of Poker satellite. After being a winner, he even confronted with a bigger challenge to beat players like Dan Harrington, Phil Ivey, etc. But after a few months of gambling, he found himself at the final table and got the chance to win the most famous tournament in poker. With a big and new bankroll, Chris began to travel all the places across the globe unpredictably. In fact, he also started his own company and literally became the sportsperson for the online poker room.