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The tournaments and idiot box coverage has catapulted poker into the limelight and given the poker-championship winners celebrity status. We give below profiles of two eminent poker celebrities.

Phil Ivey

Not very old in years, thirty plus Phil is wise in poker years and has razor sharp memory and a ruthless clinical approach to the game of poker. Phil Ivey grew up in New Jersey and started his poker profession from Atlantic city. Not only a romantic with poker, surprisingly a romantic by heart as well he married his high school sweetheart and set up a home in Las Vegas-the Mecca of gambling.

The first feather in his cap was the winning of the Work Poker Series championship title at a very young age of twenty plus. He kept on collecting kudos and winning championships bracelets and is on record of being the youngest ever player to have won seven odd championships bracelets. His winnings and tournament victories make the game of poker biblical reading and his fortunes have crossed the threshold of twelve million US dollars thus proving that not all fortunes are made in US stock markets alone – poker can be very lucrative!

Chris Moneymaker

Another pioneer the poker circuit is Chris Moneymaker. He was born in Tennessee in USA and presently resides the Nashville USA. His money earning abilities has endeared him to millions of poker players and earned him the nickname of money.

He was educated and majored in Accounts from the University of Tennessee. In 2003, a freak entry in an online world championship poker event catapulted Chris to fame and he eventually won the first take home prize money of two and a half million US dollars in the significant World Series poker main event.

The transformation from an accounting profession to a savvy sharp poker championship winner made Chris a cult figure in the poker circle making him the Who’s who with poker pundits. Chris put his championship earnings into good use by becoming a professional poker player willing to trot the globe in pursuit of his profession and participating in all major poker tournaments and championship events.

Chris has also formed his own company and is an official spokesperson for online poker. Both these players have taken Poker to different heights. The affinity to grow and create a niche in the game of poker has made them famous and versatile players.