Chris Moneymaker is a professional poker player that is no stranger to winning the big bucks. Believe it or not, his last name is legit and it is not an alias. Moneymaker was born in Georgia in 1975 and holds a Master’s Degree in accounting earned at the University of Texas.
Sportsbook.com has made Chris Moneymaker 400 to 1 odds to win the 2007 WSOP Main Event.
Following his college endeavors, Chris held a job as an accountant. After winning a satellite tournament seat in the World Series of Poker he won an astounding $2.5 million and his poker career began.
Leaving the accounting job behind, he became a representative and spokesman for the online poker room Poker Stars and Harrah’s Entertainment. Chris Moneymaker is married and has a small daughter. Chris offers advice to new poker players and suggests that anyone interested in playing professional poker should always have a plan B. Keeping a steady job is important in the poker business according to the 2003 World Series of Poker Bracelet holder, the earnings from tournaments can be infrequent or none at all depending upon one’s luck.
Like many other professional poker players, Moneymaker has a special admiration for Johnny Chan. He felt extraordinarily privileged to be playing at the same tables with Chan.
Similar to Chan, Moneymaker quickly became a household name after his 2003 win at the WSOP Main Event. The idea that an average guy can take a $40 buy in and turn it into a couple of million is an American dream come true. Yet, he cautions that it isn’t as easy as it seems, playing poker takes considerable time, skill and a lot of luck.
Monday through Friday
1:00 PM EST – $2,000.00 guaranteed, $10.00+$1.00 buy-in
4:00 PM EST – $6,000.00 guaranteed, $25.00+$2.50 buy-in
6:30 PM EST – $2,000.00 guaranteed, $10.00+$1.00 buy-in
9:30 PM EST – $10,000.00 guaranteed, $30.00+$3 buy-in
10:00 PM EST – $1,000 guaranteed, $5+$0.50 buy-in
MIDNIGHT EST – $2,000.00 guaranteed, $10.00+$1.00 buy-in
Sportsbook.com has posted the following
2007 WSOP odds on the poker player that will win the Main Event at the World Series of Poker:Alan Betson 600-1
Alan Goehring 500-1
Allan Cunningham 200-1
Amarillo Slim 600-1
Amir Vahedi 600-1
Andy Black 400-1
Annie Duke 400-1
Antonio Esfandiari 250-1
Ash Derei 600-1
Barny Boatman 400-1
Barry Greenstein 500-1
Barry Shulman 500-1
Ben Affleck 800-1
Ben Roberts 600-1
Bill Gazes 600-1
Bruno Fitoussi 600-1
Chip Jett 600-1
Chip Reese 400-1
Chris Bigler 500-1
Chris Bjorin 500-1
Chris Fergusen 175-1
Chris Moneymaker 400-1
Chris Tsiprailidis 600-1
Dan Harrington 200-1
Daniel Negreanu 75-1
Danny Nguyen 600-1
Dave Colclough 400-1
Dave Ulliott 250-1
David Chiu 600-1
David Pham 400-1
David Singer 600-1
David Sklansky 600-1
David Williams 400-1
Dewey Tomko 600-1
Donnacha ODea 600-1
Doyle Brunson 500-1
Eric Seidel 200-1
Erick Lindgren 300-1
Evelyn Ng 600-1
Freddy Bonyadi 600-1
Freddy Deeb 600-1
Greg Raymer 250-1
Gus Hansen 200-1
Harry Demetriou 400-1
Hasin Habib 500-1
Howard Lederer 200-1
Huck Seed 500-1
Humberto Brenes 500-1
Jamie Gold 400-1
Jeff Lisandro 500-1
Jennifer Harman 600-1
Joe Beevers 600-1
Joe Hachem 500-1
Johan Storakers 400-1
John Cernuto 600-1
John Hennigan 400-1
John Juanda 250-1
John Phan 600-1
Johnny Chan 150-1
Josh Arieh 400-1
Juha Helppi 600-1
Julian Gardner 400-1
Kenna James 600-1
Layne Flack 500-1
Lucy Rokach 600-1
Marcel Luske 300-1
Mark Seif 600-1
Martin De Knijff 400-1
Mattias Andersson 400-1
Max Pescatori 500-1
Mel Judah 500-1
Men Nguyen 400-1
Michael Mizrachi 300-1
Mickey Wernick 600-1
Noah Boeken 600-1
Pascal Perrault 400-1
Paul Maxfield 600-1
Paul Phillips 600-1
Peter Costa 400-1
Peter Hedlund 600-1
Phil Gordon 500-1
Phil Hellmuth 75-1
Phil Ivey 75-1
Phil Laak 300-1
Prahlad Friedman 600-1
Ram Vaswani 300-1
Randy Holland 500-1
Rob Hollink 500-1
Robert Varkonyi 600-1
Ross Boatman 600-1
Sam Farha 400-1
Scotty Nguyen 200-1
Simon Trumper 500-1
Surinder Sunar 500-1
TJ Coultier 300-1
Ted Forrest 400-1
Tobias Persson 600-1
Todd Brunson 500-1
Tony Bloom 600-1
Tony G 500-1
Willie Tann 500-1
