making a run at a second World Series of Poker Main Event championship. He first turned poker on its head in 2003: coming from out of nowhere, winning the WSOP, earning $2.5 million, and inspiring legions of kids — including reigning superstars such as Tom “durrr” Dwan and Andrew Roble — to quit college and take up cards.
Now, after a streak of bad years in which he was all but written off, Moneymaker ranks 12th out of 1,000 remaining players (the Series started with 6,650 entrants).It’s particularly stunning because since Moneymaker’s 2003 victory, his poker tournament career has been lackluster.
So much so that PokerStars, the online gambling sight that signed him to a sponsorship deal before he had even won the 2003 tournament, dropped.
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