Chris Moneymaker

Full Name: Christopher Brian Moneymaker
Born: 1976
Birthplace: Tennessee
Started Playing Poker: After watching Rounders (the movie)

Top Poker Player - Chris Moneymaker Moneymaker's poker success is a real fairy tale. He was a humble accountant from Nashville, he won his seat to the 2003 WSOP by winning a $40 online satellite tournament at Poker Stars. Because he was unable to pay for his trip to the tournament, his father and a family friend sponsored him with a promise of sharing a portion of any winnings he will get. As we all know by now, Chris won the prize pool of $2.5 million beating such poker greats as Phil Ivey and Sammy Farha. Thanking lady luck, he donated part of his WSOP winnings to cancer research.

Poker Achievements:

  • WSOP 2003 Champion
  • 2nd place Bay 101 Shooting Stars World Poker Tour, 2004

Poker Players
Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan , TJ Cloutier , Layne Flack , Chris Ferguson , Phil Gordon , Joe Hachem , Gus Hansen , Phil Hellmuth Jr. , Howard Lederer , Chris Moneymaker , Daniel Negreanu , Phil Ivey , Men Nguyen , Thomas Preston , Dave Ulliott

Women of Poker
Annie Duke , Barbara Enright , Jennifer Harman , Susie Isaacs, Kathy Liebert, Cyndy Violette, Isabelle Mercier



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