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Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker
 
 

Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker [Kindle Edition]

Chris Moneymaker
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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. 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.

About the Author

Chris Moneymaker is the winner of the 2003 World Series of Poker. Dan Paisner is a New York Times bestselling author who has written numerous books.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 227 KB
  • Print Length: 256 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins e-books (13 Oct 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B000FCK1KC
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #241,757 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Read once only 18 July 2006
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is anything but a self-help poker manual. It's much more a warts-and-all account of how a fairly ordinary guy with an extraordinarily apt name and an almost uncontrollable problem managed to parlay a small-stakes online satellite tournament entry into a seven-figure sum at the WSOP Main Event and in the process drag his life away from the gutter into which it had previously been headed.

While you won't learn how to play poker better, there's much of interest in following Chris' career (both senses of the word) develop and seeing how the biggest tournament in world poker unfolds. It's rather refreshing, though, to discover that Chris isn't painted as some poker genius, or even a particularly successful - or likeable - human being.

Probably just about worth reading once, but give it away or sell it thereafter: there's nothing that you'll want - or need - to go back to.
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Exciting 24 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback
really very interesting book, not too much to learn about how to play poker, but really very very intriguing book
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Moneytaker 6 Mar 2007
Format:Paperback
I read this book on the flight over to the World Series last year to see if it would provide me with any insight into what i might expect. There were a few interesting observations but nothing earth shattering. I wouldn't say it is 'unputdownable' but it is a fairly enjoyable read. It won't provide you with any real tips to improve your play, it merely documents Moneymaker's ride to the world series and how he felt during his journey to eventually winning it.

It's not a bad book.
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