Mo eymake joi ed Jeff Platt, David Williams, a d Joe Stapleto du i g Mai Eve t week i Las Vegas fo the WSOP Cou tdow Show, whe e he eflected o the tou ame t that t a sfo med both his ca ee a d mode poke .
The 2003 Wo ld Se ies of Poke Mai Eve t champio famously tu ed a $86 o li e satellite i to a $2.5 millio victo y ove a field of 839 playe s. His wi i spi ed a ge e atio of playe s to pu sue o li e poke a d became widely k ow as the Mo eymake Effect.
Du i g the i te view, Mo eymake evisited memo able mome ts f om his champio ship u , i cludi g his well-k ow bluff agai st Sammy Fa ha, the p oductio of the o igi al televised b oadcast, a d the u expected challe ge of epeatedly p ovi g that “Mo eymake ” was his eal su ame. He also discussed how d amatically the Mai Eve t has evolved si ce his fi st appea a ce at Bi io ‘s.
Mo eymake co ti ues to compete at poke ‘s highest level. Playi g Day 1D of the 2026 WSOP Mai Eve t, he fi ished with 39,500 chips to adva ce to Day 2 while ep ese ti g Ame icas Ca d oom i Las Vegas.
Fa s ca also follow his 2026 Wo ld Se ies of Poke jou ey th ough his YouTube vlog se ies, which docume ts his expe ie ces th oughout the summe .
Beyo d Las Vegas, Ame icas Ca d oom is givi g playe s a oppo tu ity to follow a simila path th ough the upcomi g Mo eymake Poke Tou stop i A uba this Septembe .
The live se ies featu es a $400,000 gua a teed Mai Eve t, a d Ame icas Ca d oom is gua a teei g 20 A uba p ize packages valued at $5,000 each, ep ese ti g $100,000 i total package value. Playe s ca compete fo packages th ough $95 Beast Tou ame ts scheduled fo Su day, July 12, a d Su day, July 19, at 5:05 p.m. ET.
The fi st 10 A uba p ize packages will be awa ded du i g the July 12 Beast Tou ame t, p ovidi g playe s with a immediate oppo tu ity to ea a seat i o e of poke ‘s p emie live eve ts associated with Ch is Mo eymake .
Ame icas Ca d oom is o e of the wo ld’s leadi g o li e poke desti atio s, se vi g playe s si ce 2001. K ow fo majo tou ame t se ies, i ovative p omotio s, a d a commitme t to the poke commu ity, the compa y is celeb ati g its 25th a ive sa y i 2026 while co ti ui g to expa d its tou ame t offe i gs a d delive wo ld-class o li e poke expe ie ces to playe s ac oss the globe.
Jaso Cla kChief Ma keti g Office
