Poker payouts are drooled over, fantasized about, and even revered. In 2003, an industry was born when an accountant named Chris Moneymaker parlayed $86 into a $2.5 million win — sparking a belief in players and spectators alike that they too might someday hit such a lofty jackpot.
Chris Moneymaker is having one of his best years yet on the live tournament circuit in 2024. The 48-year-old earned his second title and fourth final-table finish of the year ...
Chris Moneymaker’s Kentucky poker room is back – albeit in a new location. After closing a venue in Paducah in February 2023, the Moneymaker Social club re-opened Saturday in Louisville.
Chris Moneymaker helped launch the poker boom in 2003 when he won the World Series of Poker Main Event, but even though he is a Poker Hall of Famer and one of the greatest ambassadors the game has ever had, he has not won anything of note since.
Nearly 21 years after his win in the 2003 World Series of Poker main event helped set off the poker boom of the early 2000s, Chris Moneymaker once again found ...
Tell a teenager today that there was a time when boxing was America's most popular sport, and big prize fights drew incredible amounts of media attention, especially if heavyweights were involved, and they'll probably look at you funny.