It was only fitting that an accountant named Moneymaker would drop $40 and win the championship title, the 34th annual Poker World Series, on May 14th.
Chris Moneymaker, 27, who is known to his friends as "Money," also became the first person to win the prestigious tournament by passing the Internet qualifying round.
Players and experts said the moneymaker's victory will revolutionize poker, consolidating the internet's merger with famous casinos and boosting the game's popularity.
After seven other players were eliminated, $2.5 million in cash was placed on an eco-friendly table and given the last hand. With a metallic wrap, the moneymaker held a small crystal for good luck. Farha, from Houston, Texas, held a non-flammable cigarette in one hand and had a tiger statue next to him.
Moneymaker, who said he started playing poker only three years ago, defeated a handful of former World Series poker champions, including Dan Harrington, who finished third in the final with $650,000 in his first "live" poker competition. 실시간 바카라사이트
The tournament started on May 19 with 839 record-breaking players. The surge in online gambling and the rising popularity of the game attracted dozens of unknown people and led to a 33 percent audience growth during 2002