Chris Moneymaker Vol. 26, No. 12 Card Player Magazine

Chris Moneymaker Ten Years After the Boom

by Julio Rodriguez

You’ve heard the story a dozen times before. A 27-year-old accountant from Tennessee wins his World Series of Poker main event seat in a $39 online satellite and parlays it into a $2.5 million payday by beating the world’s best players in Las Vegas. His name is Chris Moneymaker, and because of his everyman persona...