2023 World Series of Poker

Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
94
Prize
$270,700
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,858,710
Entries
2,226
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
2,226
Players Left
9

"Bucket List Event": Moneymaker Makes WSOP $50k Poker Players Championship Debut

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Twenty years after his defining victory in the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event that ignited the Poker Boom, Chris Moneymaker came to Las Vegas looking to further his already cemented status as one of the most important figures in poker history.

Only 27 years old at the time, Moneymaker spun a $40 satellite victory into $2.5 million in perhaps the most memorable and consequential WSOP victory of all time. Now a household name in poker, Moneymaker has now put up a $50,000 buy-in — the biggest of his two-decade poker career — to play the prestigious WSOP Poker Players Championship for the first time at the 2023 WSOP.

PokerNews spoke with Moneymaker during Day 1 on June 18 as he battled against the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh and two-time defending champion Dan "Jungleman" Cates, all of whom were seated at the 2003 Main Event champion's table.

Read About Moneymaker in the 2023 PPC