INTERNATIONAL BREAK - Chris Moneymaker - An Accountant's Best Investment

Dear faithful listener, Unfortunately, the Wild World of Sport team have had a massive few weeks with work, international travel, and just life in general. We love bringing you a new wild story every week... but this is not that week.But to make up for it, and for any new listeners who haven't yet combed through our older episodes (shame), we're bringing you one of our all time favourites from season one - Chris Moneymaker. Arguably the episode we started to properly find our feet and come into our own, our fifth episode of season one is a story about luck, fate, and chance.We will be back next week with a brand new story on our journey to find the wildest story from the world of sport. Love from the Wild World of Sport team x-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chris Moneymaker wasn’t a pro, wasn’t sponsored, and had never played an in-person tournament before. But in 2003, this unknown accountant from Tennessee bluffed his way past the best players in the world and changed poker forever - all because of an $86 online poker tournament.On what could be our wildest story yet, we go through every step of Chris Moneymakers improbable journey at The World Series of Poker. From sleeping in and missing his start time, to 'the bluff of the century', we explain how one ordinary man created one of the most extraordinary stories in our search for the wildest sports story ever to be told.Sources:https://www.amazon.com/Moneymaker-Amateur-Player-Turned-Million/dp/0060746750https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Series_of_Poker_Main_Event_championshttps://www.espn.com/poker/story/_/id/23594337/world-series-poker-life-legacy-chris-moneymaker-15-years-2003-wsop-main-event-win-changed-world-pokerhttps://grantland.com/features/the-oral-history-2003-world-series-poker-which-chris-moneymaker-turned-39-25-million/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_World_Series_of_Pokerhttps://youtu.be/AcgeoaqGRSg?si=bBbY8NTgZsS9usy9Presenters:James WhybrowBen WhybrowCarlin SheavesMusic and cover art:Zoe Behrendt