| 词条 | Moneymaker effect |
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The Moneymaker effect is the name of the sudden growth in interest in poker after the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event.[1][1] HistoryThe term was created after Chris Moneymaker, a 27-year-old accountant and amateur poker player from Tennessee, United States, outlasted 838 other players to win the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, thereby winning the US$2.5 million prize and the title of World Champion.[1] Moneymaker became the new poster boy for poker, inspiring potential players to believe that "staying at home in front of a computer screen could be more profitable than going to work."[2] His improbable win also started a new era in poker in which "a nobody could topple the feared pros."[5] According to an article in the Las Vegas Sun, Moneymaker's victory has been credited with launching the "poker craze", along with assistance from televised tournaments with hole-card cameras and the increased popularity of online poker.[3] Moneymaker gained entrance to the 2003 World Series of Poker by winning a $86 poker satellite tournament at the online poker card room PokerStars. This win gave him a seat at a table in a larger satellite tournament whose grand prize was a seat at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Nevada, which costs $10,000. Moneymaker won that tournament and went on to compete in the 2003 WSOP event. Now a member of Team PokerStars, Moneymaker's biography on the PokerStars website reads: "His story sparked a tidal wave of interest in poker, a phenomenon that’s been nicknamed the 'Moneymaker Effect' [...] he’ll always be remembered for that epic victory in 2003. It’s a legacy he is clearly proud of and one that’s given him the kind of life all poker players dream of."[7] Moneymaker's story of how an amateur beat some of the best poker players in the world and win a multimillion-dollar cash prize is believed to have inspired millions of people to begin playing poker, both online and in card rooms around the world.[4] At the 2004 World Series of Poker the following year, a semi-professional player, Greg Raymer, also qualified online and went on to win that year's Main Event, along with its $5 million grand prize, against a much larger field of 2,576 players.[5] See also
References1. ^[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/moneymaker-method-can-show-the-way-to-a-fortune-j7mpcn9jppq Moneymaker method can show the way to a fortune, Marrch 18 2006] 2. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Moneymaker method can show the way to a fortune—Poker |work=The Times |date=March 18, 2006 |author=Swains, Howard }} 3. ^Las Vegas Sun, The Biggest Stories in the World Series of Poker. December 18, 2009 . 4. ^1 {{cite web |accessdate=July 1, 2009 |url=http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/chris-moneymaker/ |title=Chris Moneymaker |publisher=PokerStars }} 5. ^1 {{cite news |title=Internet Levels Playing Field for Poker Glory |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=May 31, 2004 |author=Goldman, Adam }} 1 : Poker gameplay and terminology |
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