POKER INFO - PROILE - Chris Moneymaker

u played hard and caught some good cards but everyone gets lucky

Moneymaker is the classic example of a slightly above-average player hitting it big.The donkeys keep playing and donating their money to the pros because they see guys like Chris Moneymaker.He will have ZERO staying power in the poker world, as poker is a game of long term- measured in months and years- and he just doesn't have the chops to make it.Luck wins you hands, and luck can even win you tournaments (including the WSOP). Luck doesn't give you a poker career.Career poker players win over the long term. They can sit in a ring game with $1,000,000, lose every dime of it and be back a month later with the same sized wad to win a few million more. They take their losses as they come and know that in due time, they will be back up again. Moneymaker is an example of someone who was very, very fortunate at the right time in a huge tournament in a game that was exploding in popularity (and had a fantastically marketable last name) who won't last in poker.He should have taken 3/4th of his after-tax winnings and put it in a mutual fund. It will yield him a far better return than his poker skills ever will.In a few years, you too can have your taxes done by an accountant who is also a former WSOP winner.

Too bad you don't play in games. Even the low limit games are pretty fun to go and steamroll from time to time.

I met Mr. Moneymaker at this year's WSOP main event. He was on a break outside RIO. Nice guy. Very approachable. Ego wasn't in the way of a decent conversation. I've met other celebrities, and some of them have class, and some don't. Chris does. I never believed much in luck 'til I started playing NLHE. This game requires courage, luck, acting ability...Chris displayed all of these attributes. He proves to us that we can do it too, not because he got lucky, but because he was unknown to the Poker community when he started the series, and won. That tells me that I can face Phil Ivey and win. That tells me that I can face Humberto Brenes and win. And it tells me that I can succeed without the success inflating my ego. Thanks Mr. Moneymaker.

Moneymaker Sucks! In The Poker Stars Tournment Against Some Of The Greatest Players Ever He Finished Liek Dead Last! Dident Even Advance To Super Sixteen! Ya Good For Him He Got Lucky Got A Few Millions Anyone Would Lover It. But Face It Kids The Man Will Not Stand Tall In The Poker World! And Anyone Who Said Johnny Chan Suck. Will That Comment Along Proves You Know Jackshit About Poker. Have A Good Day

I bet anything Moneymaker has blown his earnings from the 2003 WSOP main event since he doesn't win shit in any other tournament. He's living off of those residual checks from that stupid pokerstars commercial. Pokerstars is one of the shittiest poker sites on the web.