When Chris Moneymaker vaulted poker into the mainstream by winning the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, one of the side effects was the instant minting of new poker stars, those who happened to be in the right place at the right time.
One of those players was "Minneapolis" Jim Meehan, who just a couple weeks before Moneymaker's big win topped a field of 407 players to win the 2003 WSOP Event #5: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em for a gold bracelet and $280,100 top prize.
Meehan, who hails from Eagan, Minnesota, and attended law school in St.