Poker's defining moments
The poker boom, Black Friday, the Full Tilt collapse, the Moneymaker Effect — the pivotal moments in poker history told with documentary depth and editorial rigour.
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Full Tilt Poker owed players $390 million when the DOJ shut it down on Black Friday 2011. Inside the fraud that destroyed the world's most popular poker site and shook the industry to its core.
From Moneymaker's miracle to the UIGEA's hammer blow, the poker boom era transformed a card game into a global phenomenon. Here's how it happened and why it ended.
Chris Moneymaker's 2003 WSOP Main Event win triggered the poker boom. An accountant who qualified online for $86 beat 838 players to win $2.5M and rewired the world's relationship with poker.