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Chris about his victory at the 2003 WSOP Main Event
21.11.1975
Atlanta, US
Scorpio
Married
2 daughters
Spring Hill, US
USA
Degree in accounting at the University of Tennessee
Worked as an accountant, owns the slot-machine company "Moneymaker Gaming" as well as a chip business
Spending time with his family
Rounders
...in 2000 after having seen the movie "Rounders"
n/a
Aggressive
Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer and many more
...he would change all no-limit tournaments to pot-limit
"Moneymaker" is his real name; won his seat at the WSOP Main Event of 2003 through an online stallite tournament and caused a downright boom of online poker
Poker star Christopher Brian Moneymaker (and that is his real last name) was born on November 21st, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. Playing card games had always been a favorite family pastime; he often played Bridge with his grandmother and Black Jack with his father...
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