Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour Title(s) None Final table(s) 1 Money finish(es) 2 European Poker Tour Title(s) None Final table(s) None Money finish(es) 2 Information accurate as of 17 September 2010.
Christopher Bryan Moneymaker
Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP).[1] His 2003 win is said to have "revolutionized poker" because he was the "first person to become a world champion by qualifying" at an online poker site.[2] This has been referred to in the press as the "Moneymaker Effect."[3] Personal life[edit]Moneymaker's ancestors made silver and gold coins and chose the name "Moneymaker" as a modification of their German last name: "Nurmacher."[4]