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Chris Moneymaker

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Chris Moneymaker is a poker champion recognized for winning the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event after qualifying through an online satellite tournament, an underdog victory that sparked the modern poker boom. As a guest on late-night radio, his remarkable story of going from amateur to world champion demonstrated how a single event can transform an individual's life and reshape an entire industry.

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Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker

2005

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February 19, 2005: UFOs and Coverups - Timothy Good | Poker Champion - Chris Moneymaker

Feb 19, 2005

2h 54m

Art Bell interviews Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker champion who turned a forty-dollar Internet entry into a 2.5-million-dollar prize. Moneymaker describes the mental exhaustion of fourteen-hour sessions and how he learned to read tells, shift between aggressive and conservative play, and exploit op...