Moneymaker
How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 Into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 28, 2006
In 2004 the number of entrants -- and the winning pool -- at the World Series of Poker tripled, thanks in large part to Chris Moneymaker, an amateur player who came out of nowhere to win the 2003 Series, and prove to newcomers and poker pros alike that anything is possible with a chip and a chair.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk poker memoir pairs an unlikely tournament run with the close-reading pleasure of major hands.
- Themes
- Poker tournament victory, Amateur success, Gambling
- Pacing
- Fast
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In 2004 the number of entrants -- and the winning pool -- at the World Series of Poker tripled, thanks in large part to Chris Moneymaker, an amateur player who came out of nowhere to win the 2003 Series, and prove to newcomers and poker pros alike that anything is possible with a chip and a chair. Moneymaker was a young accountant from Tennessee who loved to gamble but only took up cards after college.
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Three years later he was playing a $40 game of online Texas Hold 'Em and won a coveted seat at the 2003 World Series of Poker. Borrowing money to get to Las Vegas, he entered his first real-time tournament and spent the next four days battling for a top spot at the final table. Filled with everything from his early gambling ventures to a play-by-play of his major hands at the World Series of Poker, Moneymaker is a gripping, fast-paced story for anyone who has ever dreamed of winning it big.
The Long Shot
A brisk poker memoir pairs an unlikely tournament run with the close-reading pleasure of major hands.
Come here for
- The leap from a $40 online game to poker’s biggest table
- Major hands described play by play
Expect
- Early gambling ventures and four days fighting for a final-table place
- An amateur’s 2003 World Series win, told at tournament speed
Where it sits
| Poker | 84% |
|---|---|
| Sports Lives | 55% |
| Gambling | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sports Lives
- Women's Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- Card Games
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- Poker
- Casino Games
- Activity Books
- World History
- Authors
- Chris Moneymaker
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 28, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Poker tournament victory · Amateur success · Gambling
- Reading lane
- Sports Lives