But I want people to understand that poker's not all glamorous, it's not all being on TV and making tons of money. It's a hard life. It's a lot of travel. It's a lot of weird hours.

This has been referred to in the press as the "Moneymaker Effect. His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion by qualifying at an online poker site. Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21 1975 in Atlanta Georgia) is an American poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP).