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Chris Moneymaker (Christopher Bryan Moneymaker) was born on 21 November, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S, is an American poker player (born 1975). Discover Chris Moneymaker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

Popular As Christopher Bryan Moneymaker
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Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 21 November 1975
Birthday 21 November
Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia, U.S
Nationality Georgia

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1975

Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975), is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

2003

His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion after qualifying at an online poker site.

This has been referred to in the press as the "Moneymaker effect".

Moneymaker was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

He attended Farragut High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, and later earned a master's degree in accounting from the University of Tennessee.

After receiving his master's degree, Moneymaker worked as a comptroller.

He was also a part-time employee at a local restaurant, in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Moneymaker claimed that his ancestors made silver and gold coins and chose the name "Moneymaker" as a modification of their German last name, "Nurmacher".

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.

Although largely unknown prior to the tournament, on day one of the tournament his skills caught the attention of professional sports handicapper Lou Diamond, who called Moneymaker his "dark horse to win the whole tournament."

Moneymaker went on to win the first prize of $2.5 million, instantly garnering poker superstar status.

The 2003 WSOP Main Event was his first live poker tournament.

One of Moneymaker's most memorable hands was heads-up against Sam Farha, when on the river he bluffed "all in" with King high.

Farha folded a pair of nines, quickly changing the momentum of the match.

Moneymaker eventually won the tournament when his beat Farha's on a board of, giving Moneymaker a full house to Farha's two pairs.

After winning the Main Event, he quit his job to serve as a celebrity spokesman for Series owner Harrah's Entertainment as well as PokerStars.

He also started his own company, Moneymaker Gaming, and began traveling to play in more numerous and larger buy-in tournaments.

Eric Raskin, editor of All In Magazine, compiled an oral history of the 2003 WSOP Main Event, which included input from three dozen top poker personalities who were involved, also titled The "Moneymaker Effect."

As part of Moneymaker's success, it appears that Moneymaker misremembered the buy-in to the satellite that he won on PokerStars, leading to the error in the title of his autobiography, which refers to winning a $40 satellite, rather than the correct figure of $86.

2004

On the World Poker Tour, Moneymaker finished second at the 2004 Shooting Stars event and won $200,000.

He and his first wife divorced in 2004; in an interview for a 10-year retrospective on the 2003 WSOP Main Event, he said "The main reason was me wanting to be a traveling poker pro. She didn't sign up for that life. She was married to a stay-at-home accountant who was not traveling the world, gone all the time, and gambling a lot of money. And it was a choice I had to make. I tried to be good, stay at my job, and be that accountant, but in all honesty I didn't want to."

With his first wife, Moneymaker has a daughter.

2005

His autobiography, Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker was published in March 2005.

He married again in 2005.

, they live just outside of Memphis, Tennessee.

2008

During Event 5 of the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker, which was a $10,300 buy-in of No Limit Hold'em, Moneymaker finished in sixth place, taking home over $139,000.

He also did well in Event 16, the $215 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys, where he finished fifth, earning over $28,000.

2009

Moneymaker won the Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha event of the World Poker Open tournament in July 2009 and won $15,889.

2011

Moneymaker placed 11th in the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, earning $130,000.

In 2011 Moneymaker placed second at the National Heads Up Poker Tournament against Erik Seidel, earning $300,000.

As of 2022, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,950,000, over $2,550,000 of which has come from the World Series of Poker.

2019

In 2019, Moneymaker was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Moneymaker has been married twice.