When an accountant and amateur poker player from Tennessee won his way into the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event through a $39 PokerStars satellite, took on the best professional players on the planet and captured a World title, the game, and countless people's lives, were forever changed.
Chris Moneymaker's legendary story helped ignite the poker boom, drawing huge numbers to the game, but it took a little time before he could see exactly what he'd done.
"I went back to work, because I didn't realize I could be making enough money to retire or quit doing what I was doing," Moneymaker told PokerNews.