Episode 2 Ft. Chris Moneymaker

Cracking Aces

Barstool Sports

Sports, Leisure, Games

4.6 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week on Cracking Aces we are joined by the one and only Chris Moneymaker. He talks about winning the 2003 Main Event, the very early days of Poker Stars, and how nervous he was to go on David Letterman. Jake and Nate also talk about playing underground games, where to play online these days, and Jake tells the best story ever. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	What's up, Cracking Ace's listeners? You can find every episode on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and Prime
0:07.2	members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:11.2	Oh yeah, remember that Texas sent you last night?
0:15.0	From the underground game?
0:17.0	Yeah, from the underground game.
0:18.0	I...
0:21.0	That's actually something we should talk about is... I know you don't play a ton of live cash but like when to get up during a cash game is the trickiest thing in the world.
0:30.4	The guy to my left was so drunk. I mean he was fall over could not
0:37.0	comprehend anything drunk. So obviously you want to stay as long as like the
0:40.9	drunkest guy in the world was at the table I was in for and
0:43.7	technically you have the worst seat yeah yeah but like he was like blind raising and
0:48.3	stuff it was definitely profitable to stay at the table. It sounds like it.
0:52.6	So yeah, I was in for eight.
0:54.3	I was up to 24 when I sent you that text and it was like 12.30 in the morning.
1:00.4	I'd been playing since, you you know seven or so.
1:03.0	So you just go there after work?
1:05.0	Yeah I was going to go to the gym and then a couple people wanted to go get a drink and I was like well I'm not going to the gym anymore I'm gonna go get a couple drinks I was on an
1:13.4	empty stomach so I got some drinks in me and then when I get a couple drinks in me I
1:17.4	want to go play poker so I went to the game and I was in for eight and you know or I was in for five and things
1:26.2	went poorly and then I bought in more and things went great.
1:30.3	Yeah I mean it was pretty smooth sailing.
1:33.4	It also helps me run really, really, really well.
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