Professional Poker Player

You know, I think that in the world of the card pros, there is no name more fitting for the game than this one: Chris Moneymaker. Truly, since that momentous WSOP victory, this professional poker player has been busy making money.

A long time ago, Moneymaker watched Rounders (you know, that immortal movie) and thought that he could give poker a shot. At that time, he did not have the inclination to search for landbased rooms, as such, he did the next best thing, online competitions.

Finally, this professional poker player discovered Poker Stars as his niche, and for many occasions, competed in the MTTs. Being victorious in a few events was nothing monumental for this professional poker player (well, he was not yet a pro then), but when this 39-dollar satellite came, it was the start of history, both for him and the poker world. Via that, he qualified to WSOP. Trite as it is, I will say it- the rest is history.

If others thought of that as a fluke, when he defeated the best of the best (Harrington was one), they surely must have changed their opinions. The 39 dollars he invested on that online event brought fruit, and the fruit was 2,500,000 dollars.