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| − | + | The rise of online poker has been evident in the last two decades, much of which is due to Chris Moneymaker. In 2003, Moneymaker entered an $86 tournament on Pokerstars and came in first place with the reward being a spot in the $10,000 World Series of Poker(WSOP) main event. He eventually won this tournament and $2.5 million. This led to a boom in the online poker industry as by 2006, the field for the WSOP main event increased ten-fold and there were more than 38 million tournaments hosted by Pokerstars.<ref> https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2020/01/24/the-incredible-rise-of-pokerstars-cofounder-isai-scheinbergand-his-surrender-to-federal-agents/?sh=45d6c0ed4fb0 </ref> | |
| + | There are numerous big name sites that command thousands of players daily, such as PokerStars, Partypoker, and Americas Cardroom. | ||
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Revision as of 21:34, 11 March 2021
The rise of online poker has been evident in the last two decades, much of which is due to Chris Moneymaker. In 2003, Moneymaker entered an $86 tournament on Pokerstars and came in first place with the reward being a spot in the $10,000 World Series of Poker(WSOP) main event. He eventually won this tournament and $2.5 million. This led to a boom in the online poker industry as by 2006, the field for the WSOP main event increased ten-fold and there were more than 38 million tournaments hosted by Pokerstars.[1] There are numerous big name sites that command thousands of players daily, such as PokerStars, Partypoker, and Americas Cardroom.
