Chris Moneymaker is an American poker player who won the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event after qualifying through a 39 dollar online satellite tournament, becoming the first champion to reach the Main Event this way. His amateur victory is widely credited with igniting the early 2000s poker boom, a phenomenon often called the Moneymaker effect.
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Career HighlightWinner of the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, the first champion to qualify through an online satellite tournament; an amateur accountant before the win, his victory sparked a wave of amateur interest in tournament poker known as the Moneymaker effect. 1 Classification
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Won the 2003 Main Event.
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Chris Moneymaker is an American poker player who won the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event after qualifying through a 39 dollar online satellite tournament, becoming the first champion to reach the Main Event this way.
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Moneymaker was working as an accountant when he won a seat in the Main Event of the 2003 World Series of Poker through an $86 satellite tournament at the PokerStars online poker card room.
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