Needs a goatee, just to show where his chin is! lol

To be honest I never watched the WSOP last year and could never comment on Moneymaker. However after watching a re-run on TV I began to see how truly great he played. To the comment that he was a lucky fluke, that is totally ridiculous the hand against Ivey was a hand Moneymaker had to pay off. If you can find me one pro in the circuit who would lay that hand down Ill never play again.

best bluff ever, he bluff sam farha out of "Pocket Queens"

Can anyone give REAL facts and TRUTH about Moneymaker supposedly losing most of his WSOP winnings?? Is that a fact? If so, playing what limits?

Chris Money Maker is a solid Poker Player and lucks is needed to Win Big touraments but a bluff is necessary inaany touraments. Just Remember the Name and Soon the World will no ** LOCKCHAMP KY HeadHunter** Dennis Mullins, a Retiree that is turning Pro in 2006 and will be in the WSOP 2005...Dead Money is a thing of the pass.....Confidence and long hours pay off...Beat Mark Seilf in online Ring Games, Phil Ivey And the Old Man....Mr Conservative.......Dangersous Long Champ, known as the KYHEADHUNTER

3 words describe moneymaker................. wsop braclet winner..............not our fault you play 5 dollar sit and gos while moneymaker won millions....hurry up and get back to pokerstars , isnt there a freeroll starting????

Yeah, really. It does take luck to beat hundreds of people in a tournament. However, it also takes a lot of skill to make it that far. I really doubt that he just had cards for every day of the tourney. He's a solid player, and people talk shit because they always talk shit about the champion. Just read Raymer and Varkoyni's pages. People even talk shit about Johnny Chan on this site. All of the pros on this site have talent. Some are luckier than others, but they all have talent.

this guy is newbielucky biitch

exactly what I mean.

Very well said Chad and IveyFan .... most of the people who post here are immature morons who have yet to ever leave the safety of Internet play. You must have considerable skill to win a tournament with 800 plus people, many of them professionals .... people don't seem to understand that ESPN shows you .5% of the hands that are player .... Moneymaker had 60,000 in chips after Day 1, among the leaders, he didn't attain that position by being lucky. In addition, he also cashed high in an Omaha tournament in the WSOP ... the man clearly can play poker, people should give him his props. It's quite likely that a quarter of the people currently playing Hold Em would not be doing so if not for broadcasts of his win.

he was also a bad beat away to phil gordon from winning a wpt event...even getting to the final table there took a heck of a player<in that event if you knocked out a pro and you were a non pro you got paid a bounty fee, so you know ppl were gunning for him> he came in 2nd ..he had the best hand and got beat from behind...so dont sell chros short, hes a very very good player...anybodt that doesnt see that doesnt know poker. or only things they do becase they watch" every episode of tilt" so until you know what you are talking about i suggest shutting the hell up

i like his determination to suceed at poker i think he definitely has skills but theres something about him that i dont like

Moneymaker obviously has some skill. Remember, he did win a sattelite to pay for his entry fee so he had to have skill for that. As far as the '03 WSOP is concerned, he did get very lucky and made some bad decisions like the pocket 8's vs. Brenes pp A's hand. But one great call I thought he made was his pocket 3's against Dutch Boyd's two overcards. He called the all in and called out for low cards. Definately impressive but he is still an obvious amateur who could have a future in poker.

ha! this guy is a joke. Raymer at least is a pretty good player, but moneymaker is crap. If he won again I would literally cut off my sak

Moneymaker can play period. Like some of the earlier posters said....don't be stupid enough to think that what you see on ESPN is the entire WSOP...the main event goes on all day every day for almost a week idiots!! I would bet my house that 95% of you could not sit in a game with top pros and last two hours and I'm dead serious when I say that. He sucks huh? Then why did he finish second at the shooting stars event on the WPT (actually should have won but got drawn out on), cashed in two other major tournaments in New York and finished in the top 10 in last years PLO tourney at the WSOP...no one has that kind of luck.

Smart agressive player.

i agree..i think money is a good player...time will tell if i am right or wrong tho...

I dont give a shit about what all you haters and naysayers say about him. Moneymaker obviously has skill, Jesus I mean the thing is a week long every day sure there are the lucky moments but if you totaled them all up compared to actual length of play it is miniscule. Moneymaker won because he played his best game. Period.

Moneymaker got lucky once and he hasnt won althing besides the wsop

he did make the final table at a wpt event ..he was a bad beat away from beating gordon...

wow moneymaker sucks so bad hes the worst recognized poker player i know

As much as I agree that he is a lucky player, so was everyone at the 2003 WSOP final table and so is everyone at any final table. Dan Harrington got lucky a few times as did others. Here's a little list of "lucky moments" for CM.
1. 1st - WSOP Main Event (800+ Players)
2. 2nd - Bay 101 Shooting Star (200+)
3. 3rd - Jack Binion Mid-America Poker Classic (200+)
4. 10th - WSOP Pot Limit Omaha (250+)
These Finishes are within a year of eachother...

Thank you for giving all these people some facts StudlyOmelet. People are so jealous that he won all that money it's ridiculous. I say good for him. He played well got lucky as you HAVE TO in an event like that. Luck goes hand in hand with gambling people. But to get that far that many times takes SKILL.

how many tornaments has moneymaker won???

Just shows you that if you have heart and the desire to win...nothing can get in your way. I agree Chris did get lucky, but look at the pros...they catch a card on the river and they think it's skill. Chris keep up the good work and ignore all the idots on here that bad mouth you. You are definitely an influence for all of us want to acheive what you have done...it was great watching you play and take out the top players.

moneymaker your awsome, and a very good player, ill see ya at the tables someday, ill try to knock u out! it will be hard though!

Pure amateur, doesn't slowplay, can't bluff without going all in. Poor decisions, won wsop with pocket aces a million times. Not consistent.

Chris Moneymaker has millions of reasons why he is better than any of you. If any of you had actually played in a WSOP maybe your comments would have some merit. (Probably not though)

the wsop is mostly luck did you ever even watch it? moneymaker caught great cards and you right he is a millionaire; so are the people who win the lottery. also who calls someone a moron, now days that word is meaningless.

he was the luckiest player i have ever seen online players call with anything and get lucky