Moneymaker Receives a Bust
This year marks the 10th anniversary since Chris Moneymaker changed poker history by outlasting a field of 839 players to turn a $39 satellite seat into a $2.5 million payday. The win is credit as a major contributing factor to the poker boom and multiplied entries into the Main Event for years to come.
Moneymaker, who play Day 1b and advanced to Day 2b, defeated Sammy Farha that year (he also won winning his Invitational Rematch against Farha at the 2011 WSOP) in what is easily the most memorable final table in WSOP history.
To commemorate the ten-year anniversary, the WSOP unveiled a bronze bust of Moneymaker in his signature pose. That makes Moneymaker just the second man to receive one of these busts after Doyle Brunson was given one on Day 1b.
"Think of it as the first step in a more tangible Poker Hall of Fame," Stewart had said on Day 1b.
