Chris Moneymaker
- Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion after qualifying at an online poker site.
- Chris Moneymaker and PokerStars parted ways at the end of 2020, ending a 17-year relationship between the 2003 World Series of Poker main event champion and one of the world’s largest poker sites.
- Jan 08, 2021 Chris Moneymaker may not be the greatest poker player to have ever lived in terms of results, but there is hardly a more important name in poker history. It was his unprecedented victory in the.
- Chris Moneymaker left PokerStars Team Pro The world online poker legend, the author of its first boom — American Chris Moneymaker, announced the end of his cooperation with PokerStars. The player in his social networks said that after 17 years of work for this room, he will not sign a new contract.
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As far as the press is concerned, the achievement is called the Moneymaker Effect. Well, how well do you know about Chris Moneymaker? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Chris Moneymaker’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life.
Christopher Bryan Moneymaker is a poker player and is a World champion of the 2003 World Series of Poker. He has been married twice. He divorced his first wife in 2004. He was an accountant before his poker face took on. The main reason for divorce, according to Chris is that, she was married to an accountant who stays at home and not traveling around the world. Once he started poker and changed his lifestyle, she was not able to cope with the new change. He tried changing himself and taking up his old job for her; but, he couldn't continue in it and he didn't want to do so. Thus, their marriage ended in separation just after a year of his championship.
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He has a daughter from his first marital relationship. She was born just 3 months prior to the World Series of Poker event. He then married Christina Wren in 2005. He is now currently living with her in Tennessee. When it comes to his first separation, he agrees that what happened was for the best. For the good of his daughter, it is the best to leave her with her step father, according to him. He does not see her a lot after the separation. He and Christina has three kids.
The ugly part of his separation is a gossip that has not yet proved to be just a story. It is said that Chris has been cheating on his wife and they were on the brim of separation, long before the series started. There are no in-depth details about this secret affair. The marital life came to a stake when he knocked off his girlfriend and his wife came to know about the pregnancy. It was also said that he was not able to get out of Vegas due to this incident. He married Christina in Vegas. There is no information about whether Christina is the girl in this knocked up story.
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When interviewed about his success immediately after the Series, he said that he has no intention of becoming a poker player and wanted to continue his accountant job and spend a lot of time with his family. He did not do any of those three things. He quit the job, left his family and also became a professional poker player. Soon, due to heavy losses, he reduced his poker involvement too. It is said that his first lucky win got to his head and moved away from his family and job for more riches. But, the separation made him lose a big amount of his prize money.
His marital life was not very smooth with Christine. There was news about his separation from Christine. No details about the reason were provided, but, he announced that he is moving away from his wife. After a few days, he announced that he is planning to start again with Christina as he is very crazy about their daughter. Neither Christina nor his first spouse happened to contribute information about their personal life with Chris. Chris does not talk much about his personal life except for the divorce news.
Chris Moneymaker has found a new home. The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion will now represent US-facing site Americas Cardroom (ACR) after parting ways with PokerStars.
When Moneymaker announced his departure from the world’s largest onlinepoker site, he cited his intention to spend more time with his family as one of the reasons for ending his 17-year relationship with the brand.
ACR is currently serving the US market via an offshore license. The poker operator is looking to expand its presence in the U.S and signing Moneymaker is a strategic move by the poker room. Moneymaker will be donning the ACR logo in his future poker endeavors, both live and online, and will also help with their promotions.
Moneymaker’s first appearance as ACR’s newest ambassador took place on 03 Feb, when he showed up during the final table broadcast of the $8 million-guaranteed Venom, doing the commentary.
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News of ACR signing Moneymaker as the latest member of its Team Pro comes as a surprise to many in the poker community, but the site will benefit from the move, considering that Moneymaker has remained among the most popular poker figures of all time, since his epic victory in the 2003 WSOP Main Event, a historic moment widely credited for the “poker boom“.
ACR has also recently become the go-to place for players using Bitcoin, making it one of the busiest onlinepoker sites at the moment. With Moneymaker joining on board, ACR is expecting to see an increase in U.S player registrations.
ACR Deal Coincides With Moneymaker’s Future Plans
Chris Moneymaker Today
Chris Moneymaker was off the road for most of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that allowed him to realign his priorities. While travel restrictions were ongoing in 2020, Moneymaker was restricting to playing pokeronline and during that time he realized the importance of staying at home and be with his family more often.
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As a PokerStars ambassador, he needed to do a lot of travel from his home in Mississippi to states where PokerStars was licensed to operate like New Jersey. The timing was right when Moneymaker met with Phil Nagy, CEO of Winning Poker Network, the mother network of ACR. The talks resulted in a sponsorship deal, and Moneymaker took the opportunity with ACR.
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Moneymaker is excited for this new chapter in his career, and is looking forward to making the most of it as an ACR ambassador.