On the occasion of the beginning of Infobeto's collaboration with William Hill and the dynamic entry of the site into the magical world of poker, I thought of opening a topic that would refer to the great poker players who in their way and achievements played an important role in the development. of this favorite game ...
Any user can add what he wants and make his own tribute ... But a warm request ... You also write two words and do not make this topic a simple mention of names ...
After this short prologue I start with a professional (now) player for whom there may be reactions ... I say this because anyone who would start such a tribute would prefer as a first player a legend of the game like Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim Preston or Johny Moss or someone with the biggest record like poker-brat Phil Hellmuth or some great player like Daniel Negreanu or some of his favorite players (like in my case Chris "Jesus" Ferguson or Joe Hatchem) or finally with, admittedly, the best player in the world Phil Ivey ...
For my part, however, I choose as the first player in the tribute the winner of the main event of the WSOP (World Series of Poker) 2003 Chris Moneymaker ...
I choose him knowing that he is not in the category of the above players ... Personally, I consider that they are some classes below ... But I choose him because his aforementioned victory in 2003 changed the face of modern poker ....
Until 2003 poker (and especially the big live tournaments) was considered a "battlefield" only for experienced professional players .... Amateurs simply had no place in there ... So what Moneymaker did then is still considered today as a reference point for the evolution of poker ... What did he achieve? Quite simply, the accountant at the time, Moneymaker, won a $ 39 ticket to the WSOP 2003 main event in Las Vegas through an online tournament for $ 838, and after a great tournament, he outscored 2.500.000 opponents (throwing out important professionals) to beat him. title of world champion and together the amount of $ XNUMX ...
His most important achievement was that this victory gave the faith to the "common mortals" that anything can happen ... It gave hope to millions of amateurs of online platforms that they can also become world champions ... It gave the necessary impetus to game to soar .... Since then nothing has been the same ... Countless amateurs (of all ages, teenagers and even petite) take part in tournaments and look professionals in the eyes culminating in this year's WSOP 2009 finalist Darwin Moon (lumberjack in the profession) who won the participation through a satellite tournament $ 139 and reached one step before being declared a world champion (of course he did not miss the $ 5.000.000 he received as a finalist) ...
Suffice it to say that after Moneymaker's victory the number of participants in the WSOP main event (entry costing $ 10.000) tripled and from 839 in 2003 it jumped to 2.576 in 2004 and reached a record number of 6.844 in 2008 (sample of how much this victory greatly influenced) ....
Since then, of course, Moneymaker turned it into a professional .... He wrote a book about his victory, became a commentator and now plays professionally .... But without much success ... His class is not such that rank among the big ones but his achievement puts him directly in the hearts of poker fans everywhere ....
In the video below you can see the last game at WSOP 2003 ... A huge player prevailed (old-fashioned poker player - it's like watching Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca) Sam Farha ....
Any user can add what he wants and make his own tribute ... But a warm request ... You also write two words and do not make this topic a simple mention of names ...
After this short prologue I start with a professional (now) player for whom there may be reactions ... I say this because anyone who would start such a tribute would prefer as a first player a legend of the game like Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim Preston or Johny Moss or someone with the biggest record like poker-brat Phil Hellmuth or some great player like Daniel Negreanu or some of his favorite players (like in my case Chris "Jesus" Ferguson or Joe Hatchem) or finally with, admittedly, the best player in the world Phil Ivey ...
For my part, however, I choose as the first player in the tribute the winner of the main event of the WSOP (World Series of Poker) 2003 Chris Moneymaker ...
I choose him knowing that he is not in the category of the above players ... Personally, I consider that they are some classes below ... But I choose him because his aforementioned victory in 2003 changed the face of modern poker ....
Until 2003 poker (and especially the big live tournaments) was considered a "battlefield" only for experienced professional players .... Amateurs simply had no place in there ... So what Moneymaker did then is still considered today as a reference point for the evolution of poker ... What did he achieve? Quite simply, the accountant at the time, Moneymaker, won a $ 39 ticket to the WSOP 2003 main event in Las Vegas through an online tournament for $ 838, and after a great tournament, he outscored 2.500.000 opponents (throwing out important professionals) to beat him. title of world champion and together the amount of $ XNUMX ...
His most important achievement was that this victory gave the faith to the "common mortals" that anything can happen ... It gave hope to millions of amateurs of online platforms that they can also become world champions ... It gave the necessary impetus to game to soar .... Since then nothing has been the same ... Countless amateurs (of all ages, teenagers and even petite) take part in tournaments and look professionals in the eyes culminating in this year's WSOP 2009 finalist Darwin Moon (lumberjack in the profession) who won the participation through a satellite tournament $ 139 and reached one step before being declared a world champion (of course he did not miss the $ 5.000.000 he received as a finalist) ...
Suffice it to say that after Moneymaker's victory the number of participants in the WSOP main event (entry costing $ 10.000) tripled and from 839 in 2003 it jumped to 2.576 in 2004 and reached a record number of 6.844 in 2008 (sample of how much this victory greatly influenced) ....
Since then, of course, Moneymaker turned it into a professional .... He wrote a book about his victory, became a commentator and now plays professionally .... But without much success ... His class is not such that rank among the big ones but his achievement puts him directly in the hearts of poker fans everywhere ....
In the video below you can see the last game at WSOP 2003 ... A huge player prevailed (old-fashioned poker player - it's like watching Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca) Sam Farha ....
