POKER INFO - PROILE - Chris Moneymaker

You people who bash him are ridiculous. Everyone who has ever won one of these events has gotten lucky at some point. The "Ivey" hand was a bad beat for Moneymaker on the turn to begin with, so that's justice in my opinion. I'm not saying he's as good as the top pros, he did get real lucky, but he did not play BAD. The bluff on Farha was great, and so was the call on Boyd (I know I would have mucked that one, but he put him on a hand and stuck to his guns). I'm fairly confident that he will never win this event again, but who knows. I wouldn't say he's terrible.

this guy is a total poser

badass93cobra, you really are like the rest of these losers who dislike Moneymaker. The only reason you and these other cockhounds feel obligated to tear him down publicly is because of your own lack of confidence in your own game.

It takes luck to make it to the final table against a field of 200 plus players... ... but to win at the final table takes skill, whether you want to admit it or not...Let's face it, Moneymaker isn't the greatest poker player in the world, but I'll be damned if he ain't one of the wealthiest right now. He could sit down now at the tables now for the next fifty years and steady lose $10k a year for the rest of his life and he STILL would still be ahead by some 2 million overall. So correct me if I'm wrong, but if poker is all just one long game, then Moneymaker has to one of the most successful poker players in the world (well at least for the next 50 years, but whose counting?)...

By Definition, your ignorant if you think MM will only lose 10k/yr playing poker. I just saw him last week playing in a $1k buy-in NL game, 30-60 blinds. You can make a killing in a game like that, but MM was in for 4k at the time. He won't be able to get away from the big games with all his money. I'm not saying he'll lose it all, but he's definitley a gambler. Go work on your gorilla math...late.

I agree...'By Def.'...consider yourself corrected!

Most of you are pissed. What you all have failed to mention, or realize do to lack of research, is that CM can play tourneys. The man cashed out a 2nd place $200,000 win a couple of months ago. He now has a track record, and perhaps his WSOP win wasn't a fluke.