POKER INFO - PROILE - Chris Moneymaker

Moneymaker might just be the luckiest man alive....He plays on the boat near my home, and believe me he sux! One of my buddies took about 10 grand off of him.

When given the choice of luck or skill, I'd choose luck any day.

I can't believe how many people think Chris Moneymaker was just lucky. First of all he had to qualify against a couple of thousand people on-line of which probably 5-10% where pros trying to get in the cheaper way ($40). Then he had to play a live tournament (1st one)in a field of 800-900 players. Then he had to take down some of the greatest players in the world including former champions and you guys call that LUCK??? AWWW COME ON CUZ, YOU KILLIN ME!!! I think the only lucky thing that happened at the 2003 WSOP is the previous winners are lucky that this was his first live tournament!!! Chris Moneymaker will be back at more final tables that's for sure!!! STU UNGAR...BY FAR SECOND TO NONE!!!

1st time in Tunica on July 25th, bought in 100.oo1/2 blinds, won high hand 10-11pm and 300 cash!! the ben on the table I was on were very very confused. Learn the rules/strategy and go fo it girls.Poker is GAMBLING/GAMBLING is CHANCE/so call me chance. Let's go Annie ~~~chance~~~

Moneymaker would bitch up all you haters real quick he is a great player... raymer and varkonyi are the shitty players who got lucky go hate on them.Moneymaker is the only respectable champ in recent years

Johnny Chan 03WSOP-"Oh I'm in bad shape...Throw a duece out there dealer..."Im Sure You all remember that great play chris

Moneymaker is terrible, but even a broken clock is right twice a day.

is moneymaker great, no but he is a good player although not as good as some of those he beat. and you cant say he is the only respectable player in recent years when chris ferguson won it in 2000. now thats a great player.

Chris Ferguson is most over-rated player along with Sam Farha and Amarillo Slim researh on his win he just got lucky vs T.J Cloutier

chris ferguson has 5 wsop bracelets

he did get lucky...88s beating AAs? since when?

how can u say he is not lucky? there were at least 4 occasions shown on tv that he had more luck than an irish man with 12 cold coins, 6 horse shoes, a rabbits foot, 15 four leaf clovers, honestly, if i had that kind of luck i would win the lottery 5 or 6 times in a day. look at his success in the wsop 2004 events, he has had no success, why? cuz he doesnt have enuff skills, i like him he seems like a nice guy and he also donated that 25k but i dont see alot of success in his future really, but good luck cuz u have alot of it

He was somewhat lucky, of course, but he's one to look up to for not getting pushed around by the so called pros.. great job.. What makes a PRO a PRO?? He's a millionaire twice by poker..?? Thanks Moneymaker.. Your awesome!!!

Moneymaker is a lucky man. He is an aggressive poker player which i like, but i believe he still needs lot of work not to mention i do not expect to see him in anymore final tables

Quite possibily the most OVERRATED player... All I see and hear from media all the way down to the clowns I take money from on monday nights is "Moneymaker"... The clowns I play with even call my sunglasses I wear "The Moneymakers"

If he ever sits down at my table again, I will give him jelly doughnuts as much as possible to distract him.

u guys are idiots. moneymaker is so lucky? how come he placed 2nd on wpt bellagio tourn. and he hit the final tables on 2 other wsop tourneys...check the stats bitchez

Moneymaker won an 800 person tournament, no one wins that without skill, he made mistakes like any HUMAN, but he made so non-amature calls like the pocket threes, any other internet amature would have folded. He deserves that money, nice job Chris. good luck defending your title!!

Moneymaker won with skill, icy veins, and an innate ability to read his opponents. All you haterz should show up to Bellagio and play no limit with Moneymaker. Don't forget to wear your "depends" when you lose quick

moneymaker sucks i mean like he didnt even get past Day one in 2004 WSOP main event

how can u bluff with A 10 with a KK9 board...get raised all in with a guy holding K8...and call instantly? oh he dint hit aces on the turn and the river, wat happened to the luck?

HOW CAN U SAY HE WON WITH SKILL???????? so overrated and wont win another bracelet in his life unless he enters the womens event

"Posted by: bill/billye/billye1111@comcast.net on Feb 22, 2004 He Put All His Money In When He was behind several times..He made so many mistakes a typical internet player makes.. If he gets to final table again I will walk to Vegas....P.S. His dad was a total idiot as well!!!!"<br>
hey bill, did'ja see the bay 101? better start walkin'.

it amazes me to see so many people hating chris moneymaker, both on here and at the live games i play in.here's a guy who had NEVER played in a live tournament before who came out of nowhere to win the biggest event in poker. a guy who, like most of the people on here, started playing on the internet and could only dream of playing at the wsop, much less winning. a guy who took a 40.00 shot and played through over a thousand players just to win his seat.chris moneymaker is US! he lived the dream we all share. why would anyone not be happy to see joe nobody come out of nowhere to win the day? he's rocky with a beer belly!and for all of you criticizing his calls? you do understand that the reason poker pros are poker pros is that you can never tell whether they have the hand or not, don't you? if you lay down your cards every time there's a better possibility on the board and someone fires a bullet at the pot, you're not going to last very long.and moneymaker's bluff of farha was incredible poker. a guy playing in his first live tournament ever gets all the way to the final table, is down to two players, is playing against one of the best, trickiest players in the game, yet has the guts and presence of mind to follow a read he got and put it all in on a stone-cold bluff, then sit there stoic as a stone? that's balls ... and great poker.i don't know whether moneymaker is one of the best, but winning the wsop and coming in 2nd at the bay 101 is enough to convince me he's good enough to deserve my respect and admiration.bottom line? chris moneymaker's everyman wins story is one of the best things that's ever happened to poker. americans love to see the little guy win, and that's one of the biggest reasons we saw the field at this year's wsop DOUBLE from last year's record-setting field. i'm a fan.

not me, i hate when people get lucky on the turn or river especially againts my main man Phil Hellmuth, its bad to see people winning when they dont have any skill

chris is just a decent player who got lucky in one tourmant i dont hate him but he is not that good he didnt make a final table in any event in this years wsop

well its really really hard to do that, and to win one of those things you gotta get really freakin lucky sooner or later but I can't believe he made that call with a A 10

is there a story behind his name? Moneymaker doesn't seem like a common name.

I have to saw, after watching the wsop last year I though that Moneymaker was just a lucky amature who happened to beat out a mediocre final table. After watching Bay 101,however, Moneymakers improved play, and great reads against guys like Gordin convinced me that he is for real and is truely a great poker player

Chris moneymaker has a software for sale for 29.95, what it's and the number and contact info for it. it an instructional software on hold'em. thank you