Not having the online game has made it more difficult. There are a lot of young and upcoming players in poker. But you don’t get to see them because TV has sort of been taken away. Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
My biggest fear was public speaking, and then having everyone know who I was, it was definitely weird at first. When I first won, it was definitely a culture shock, it was something I wasn’t quite ready for. Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
When I was broke, no one ever offered to buy me a beer. Now that I have quite a bit of money, everybody tries to buy me beers. Where were all these people back when I was in college and broke? Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
I actually do quite well in Omaha. It’s one of my better games. I love pot-limit Omaha and Omaha high-low. I do quite well in them. If I play in a casino, I usually play some kind of mixed game with Omaha and hold ’em. Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
I’m comfortable with the hold ’em, Omaha and stud high-low. But the other two games aren’t my strongest games. I’m not comfortable at all with razz or stud. Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
If you see me playing a $1/$2 no-limit on PokerStars, I’m probably experimenting with something, trying something new seeing how it works. Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
Although I have to say, it’s become a lot harder for me since I won the world series because everyone wants to beat me. For example, bluffing is really tough now, because there’s always someone who calls me on the off-chance that they’ll then be able to say they read a world champion’s bluff. Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
I don’t play a lot of tournaments, but if I don’t win a tournament in a year, people are like, ‘What in the world is going on?’ People don’t realize how hard it is to win tournaments. You’re not going to go out and play 10 tournaments and win one of them. Your odds aren’t that good. Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
For the most part, I get to do what I want to do. If I want to play poker, I can. If I don’t want to play poker, I don’t have to. Chris Moneymaker Read Quote
