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What do you think of Moneymaker, was he luck or was he an expert?:p
 
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Calling off all with 33 post flop vs Dutch Boyd was pretty silly. even though it turned out he was ahead it was still silly. So yes pretty lucky he did not bust out right there and not a single person would remember his name. Since that WSOPME I think he has become a pretty good player though.
 
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Both he was a decent player to even qualify and got lucky along the way. He's made a living doing it since. It is better than most players
 
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is a champion world-class, your game has evolved and more and plays best
 
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The reason people like me got into the game.
 
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Moneymaker is an amazing player in poker, he's a professional not some luck here not connected with his heights he reached
 
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I think that Chris has been a decent regular at the moment he qualified to wsop through $40 satellite. It's known that at some point of time before of that, he did quitted his two jobs, although he still had his debts and concentrated on playing full-time poker. I don't know how good he was, but he putted indeed some work and time in his poker education, when he decide to dive in it professionally. Of course there is always a bit of luck in poker. And even the best of the best have to win coin flips sometimes, but i don't think that his win was a pure luck of somekind of donkey, who has no idea how to play poker... Well i mean it depends.. of course if you put Moneymaker on a table with Phil Ivey and i don't know Jungleman, durrrr.. His play can look a bit poor and those guys would make him a real hard times for sure, but it doesn't mean Chris is so bad, it's simply top-highroller field, where he plays pretty often is too hard. But comparing to the average regs, i think he is pretty good player. Simply look at his graph here:
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The guy made not only his $39 to $2,5M, but he made his $2,5M to $3,7M and never been down really since his win in 2002 and still play on highest limits till today. Obviously he is not a lucky fish, who just hit the stars once.
 
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His play reminds me of your average joe at a bar poker game, nothing special to watch. Everything he does is pretty much standard.
 
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Hey he won. If not for him, we wouldn't be here.
 
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Not gonna like Moneymaker is what got me into Hold'em. I remember watching him on TV and wanting the same chance to win. Probably will never happen but hey I can hope.
 
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What Chris did for Poker is invaluable.

Yes he was a novice who got lucky but he paved the way to make Poker what it is.
 
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Eh solid reg. Nothing Stu Ungar level. Though his win made a contribution to poker. Now if only a sponsored non-pro can win the one drop then we would have another poker boom.
 
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Let's just say he sure as hell had more than a lifetime worth of luck.
 
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Chris Moneymaker is poker history period. The battle between Sam Farha and him are incredible footage. Moneymaker had some huge bluffs and was lucky. It proves that anyone can win on any given day!
 
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The MoneyMaker yep he did end up losing a bit on poker after dark.But from what i see he is still playing in tournaments. How could he not make money all the fish want to play him.
 
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What do you think of Moneymaker, was he luck or was he an expert?:p
ofcourse all poker players need goodluck..but for him to accomplish all he has, he is also a very good player
 
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I think that Chris has been a decent regular at the moment he qualified to WSOP through $40 satellite. It's known that at some point of time before of that, he did quitted his two jobs, although he still had his debts and concentrated on playing full-time poker. I don't know how good he was, but he putted indeed some work and time in his poker education, when he decide to dive in it professionally. Of course there is always a bit of luck in poker. And even the best of the best have to win coin flips sometimes, but i don't think that his win was a pure luck of somekind of donkey, who has no idea how to play poker... Well i mean it depends.. of course if you put Moneymaker on a table with Phil Ivey and i don't know Jungleman, durrrr.. His play can look a bit poor and those guys would make him a real hard times for sure, but it doesn't mean Chris is so bad, it's simply top-highroller field, where he plays pretty often is too hard. But comparing to the average regs, i think he is pretty good player. Simply look at his graph here:
2C6q4.jpg

The guy made not only his $39 to $2,5M, but he made his $2,5M to $3,7M and never been down really since his win in 2002 and still play on highest limits till today. Obviously he is not a lucky fish, who just hit the stars once.
Excellent statistics! Moneymaker is a good player!
 
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Chris Moneymaker is poker history period. The battle between Sam Farha and him are incredible footage. Moneymaker had some huge bluffs and was lucky. It proves that anyone can win on any given day!


Well said. Both him and Farha are part of poker history and also both skilled players.

I think one thing that makes Moneymaker good is that his plays aren't often flashy, his strategy isn't overly complex, and his image overall is average joe kind of player. Obviously part of his appeal and his impact on poker when he won too but long term he's proven he can play solid poker against an increasingly difficult field.

He isn't as ballsy with his plays as say Dwan, Islidur, or Ivey and he isn't, at least seemingly, as mathematically based a player as say Ferguson or Harrington, he isn't as calculated as Harman or Cunninghman, nor is he as animated at Helmuth or Polk or Neagranu but he's a solid player and really I think represents a purity of poker the average joe players can relate to.

It speaks volumes that he has remained relevant in the game after a seemingly miraculous ME run.
 
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He is a good player or else he would not stay on top of the games
 
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Of course he's a good player, you don't win wsop main event from a 40 dollar satellite if your just lucky that's for sure
 
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I think if he can win the main anyone can.
 
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I think that Chris has been a decent regular at the moment he qualified to WSOP through $40 satellite. It's known that at some point of time before of that, he did quitted his two jobs, although he still had his debts and concentrated on playing full-time poker. I don't know how good he was, but he putted indeed some work and time in his poker education, when he decide to dive in it professionally. Of course there is always a bit of luck in poker. And even the best of the best have to win coin flips sometimes, but i don't think that his win was a pure luck of somekind of donkey, who has no idea how to play poker... Well i mean it depends.. of course if you put Moneymaker on a table with Phil Ivey and i don't know Jungleman, durrrr..His play can look a bit poor and those guys would make him a real hard times for sure, but it doesn't mean Chris is so bad, it's simply top-highroller field, where he plays pretty often is too hard. But comparing to the average regs, i think he is pretty good player. Simply look athis graph here:
2C6q4.jpg

The guy made not only his $39 to $2,5M, but he made his $2,5M to $3,7M and never been down really since his win in 2002 and still play on highest limits till today. Obviously he is not a lucky fish, who just hit the stars once.

Truth is no wonder that it is a great many different professional guy plays very very great style of play.
 
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