by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2015 | FTR AMAs & Interviews
Chris Moneymaker is widely credited with jumpstarting the global poker boom when he won the World Series of Poker Main Event and took home $2.5M in 2003. He is also considered to be one of the nicest people in the game, both on and away from the felt. Moneymaker is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2015 | Press Releases
CHRIS MONEYMAKER TO HAVE UPCOMING ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH FLOPTURNRIVER.COM Moneymaker to answer questions live at 12pm ET on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Born into a family that historically made gold and silver coins, Chris Moneymaker was literally born to make money. Of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 23, 2015 | Editorials
It takes luck to win any individual tournament. If you are an amateur player, you need a lot more luck to do it. It’s fairly easy for an amateur player to win a small entry field tournament in his local casino, but most major tournaments across the world attract the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 10, 2014 | Editorials
Over the past decade, Phil Ivey has appeared on numerous TV shows and tournament broadcasts, providing the poker world with hundreds of entertaining moments. Let’s take a look at ten moments from Ivey’s televised appearances that show off his abilities. 10. Making...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2014 | Editorials
Every tournament, especially the most high profile ones, usually has several bubbles. It can be soul-crushing to get knocked out on the money bubble of the WSOP or WPT Main Event, but what really hurts is just missing out on the final table. Perhaps the worst thing...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2014 | Editorials
Now that the World Series of Poker is underway, I got together with some self-proclaimed poker know-it-alls to come up with a list of the people we think are the most likely to win this year’s Main Event. Naturally, as the alcohol flowed and conversation continued, we...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2012 | Poker News
When he saw a replay of Chris Moneymaker’s unlikely run to victory in the 2003 World Series of Poker during a JetBlue flight in 2008, film director Douglas Tirola was inspired. The story of Chris Moneymaker, a restaurant accountant who perfected his poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 19, 2010 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The Poker Hall of Fame is a collection of the best poker players in the world. It was founded by Benny Binion in 1979 who also owned the rights to the World Series of Poker. However, when Harrah’s Entertainment acquired the rights to the WSOP in 2004, they also...
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