Chris Moneymaker’s stunning storybook victory in the 2003 World Series of Poker is rightly remembered as the seminal event when poker went from smoke-filled backrooms to boardrooms and living rooms. It the moment when poker grew up. It’s the dividing line between the good old days and the modern era. It ignited what became known as “the poker boom.”
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Tales of Fast Money, Wicked Beats, and Broken Mice:
Chapter Four — Star of the Party (2004-2006)
[Note: Read INTRODUCTION to this series here, and PART ONE here, and PART TWO here and PART THREE here.]
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Tales of Fast Money, Wicked Beats, and Broken Mice:
Chapter Three — Poker’s Sonic Boom (2003-2004)
[Note: Read INTRODUCTION to this series here, and PART ONE here, and PART TWO here.]
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Tales of Fast Money, Wicked Beats, and Broken Mice:
Chapter Two — Flops, Bets, Raises, and Folds (2001-2003)
[Note: Read INTRODUCTION to this series here, and PART ONE here.]
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Tales of Fast Money, Wicked Beats, and Broken Mice:
Chapter One — Discovering a New Planet and Finding Paradise
[Note: Read INTRODUCTION to this series here]
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