And now, from his initial $86 satellite entry fee granting him a seat at the WSOP – the price of admission to enter the tournament at Binion’s Hotel in Las Vegas could have been $10,000 – a million-dollar payout was guaranteed. Sure, he was the chip leader at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) having miraculously, and literally, battled against the odds all the way to make it to the final table out of 839 entrants. When the cards were dealt, Chris Moneymaker could hardly have been happy.
