Chris Moorman

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Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman (2019)
Chris Moorman (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth July 12, 1985
place of birth United KingdomUnited Kingdom Basildon
Nicknames
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Moorman 1PokerStars & partypoker

Moorman I.Full Tilt Poker

Bonjour12340PokerStars.FR

Whoareya1Americas cardroom

888 Moorman888poker
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brighton
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,068,690
Total prize money $ 5,942,729
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 58
Best main event 273rd ( 2018 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 5
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 2
Last updated: August 1st, 2020

Christopher "Chris" Moorman (born July 12, 1985 in Basildon ) is a professional British poker player and author from England . He won so far about 16.5 million US dollars with online poker , which he one of the most successful players to online poker tournament prize money is.

As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , Moorman was named one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Personal

Moorman played the card game bridge from the age of twelve and won national championships in it. At the university he played pool and won the National University Championship as captain of the university team. Moorman graduated from the University of Essex at Colchester with a degree in economics . He is married to the poker player Katie Lindsay and lives with her in Brighton .

Poker career

On-line

Moorman can be found on all common poker platforms and plays there under a wide variety of nicknames, among others. a. Moorman1 ( PokerStars and partypoker ) , MoormanI ( Full Tilt Poker ) , Bonjour12340 (PokerStars.FR) , Whoareya1 (WinnningPoker) and PaulFoltyn ( Winamax ) . At the end of August 2008, he was number one for a week for the first time in the PocketFives ranking, which determines the world's most successful online tournament players. He held this position for a total of 24 weeks , most recently in April 2014. Moorman has been part of Team888 under the nickname 888Moorman since June 2016 and is thus sponsored by 888poker . Its total revenue from online poker tournaments amount to about 16.5 million US dollars , which he one of the most successful players to online poker tournament prize money is. In early April 2019, Moorman received the PocketFives Legacy Award at the Global Poker Awards .

In 2014 he published the book Moorman's Book of Poker: Improve your poker game with Moorman1, the most successful online poker tournament player in history , which contains 80 hand analyzes.

live

Since 2008, Moorman has also taken part in renowned live tournaments .

In June 2008 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed in two tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant . In January 2011, he finished seventh in the Main Event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship for a purse of 175,000 Australian dollars . At the 2011 WSOP , Moorman reached two final tables: first, he finished third in a Six Handed event for around $ 270,000, and later he finished second in the Six Handed Championship behind Joe Ebanks for more than 700,000 US dollars. At the WSOP Europe , which was held in Cannes in October 2011 , Moorman again reached the final table in the main event and finished the tournament behind Elio Fox in second place for his highest prize money to date of 800,000 euros . Because of these achievements, Moorman took third place in the 2011 WSOP Player of the Year ranking. In early March 2014, he won the main event of the World Poker Tour in Los Angeles with a prize of over one million US dollars. In mid-August 2016, Moorman took third place at the main event of the Estrellas Poker Tour in Barcelona for around 240,000 euros in prize money. At the 2017 WSOP , he won a six-handed tournament and with it his first bracelet as well as a prize of almost 500,000 US dollars.

In total, Moorman has earned almost $ 6 million in poker in live tournaments. From April to November 2016 he played as part of the London Royals in the Global Poker League and made it to the playoffs with his team.

Works

  • Book Moorman's Book of Poker: Improve your poker game with Moorman1, the most successful online poker tournament player in history - D&B Publishing, 2014, ISBN 978-1909457393 .

Web links

Commons : Chris Moorman  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Moorman in the Global Poker Index database, accessed February 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Chris Moorman in the World Series of Poker database, accessed February 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed August 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ About Chris Moorman on his official website, accessed February 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ Event # 7: WSOP Europe Main Event - € 10,400 No-Limit Hold'em in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on February 28, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Championship: Poker Power Couples on seminolehardrockpokeropen.com on November 27, 2016, accessed on February 28, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ a b moorman1 on pocketfives.com, accessed on February 28, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ # 1 Ranked Players on pocketfives.com, accessed on February 28, 2017 (English).
  9. ↑ Chris Moorman under contract with Team888 ( March 1, 2017 memento on the Internet Archive ) on 888poker.com June 9, 2016, accessed February 28, 2017.
  10. ↑ Global Poker Awards: Imsirovic named Breakout Player of the Year, Bonomo named Moment of the Year on pokernews.com on April 8, 2019, accessed on April 9, 2019.
  11. ↑ Moorman's Book of Poker: The Secrets of the Most Successful Tournament Player in Online Poker on amazon.de , accessed on April 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ a b c Chris Moorman in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ 2011 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 28, 2017.
  15. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 28, 2017.
  16. ↑ 2011 World Series of Poker - Europe (€ 10,000 + 400 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 28, 2017 (English).
  17. ↑ 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year ( memento January 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on bluff.com, accessed on February 28, 2017 (English).
  18. ↑ WPT - LA Poker Classic ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - WPT LA Poker Classic Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 28, 2017 (English).
  19. ↑ EPT - 13 - ESPT - 7 - Barcelona (€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas Main Event (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 28, 2017 (English).
  20. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed (Event # 27)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 17, 2017 (English).
  21. ↑ London Royals on the Global Poker League website, accessed February 28, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Moorman, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moorman, Christopher (full name); Moorman1 (nickname); MoormanI (nickname); Bonjour12340 (nickname); Whoareya1 (nickname); Paul Foltyn 888 (nickname); Moorman (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poker player and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Basildon , England , UK