Chris Moneymaker

losses, not Vanguard’s choice of investments. Nonetheless, “Black Friday” took many by surprise as online poker rapidly attained a level of perceived legitimacy as those companies had advertised heavily on major television networks for years. Likewise, a massive resurgence in the popularity of poker occurred after the World Poker Tour enabled TV viewers to see the players’ hidden cards. In addition, a real life story played out like a Hollywood script involving a man with an appropriate name, Chris Moneymaker. Yes, that’s his real name. He wasn’t a professional gambler. Instead, he was an accountant holding down two jobs when he won the World Series of Poker in 2003. Moneymaker reluctantly gained entry into the World Series of Poker by winning an online poker tournament. Moneymaker didn’t even entertain thoughts of winning the World Series of Poker at that time and he was disappointed that he didn’t win the cash prize from second place in that online tournament. In the end, Moneymaker took home the $2.5 million prize after making one of the most iconic, all-in bluffs while millions of viewers watched the live broadcast. The timing of “Black Friday” was particularly surprising because it looked like online poker was about to become fully legalized fairly soon. In fact, government-operated online poker was legalized within the District of Columbia just 8 days prior to the Black Friday indictments! In addition, Nevada introduced a bill one month earlier for legal and…

The use of symbolism in Betty Keller’s play Tea Party is prominently focused on how isolated the characters Hester and Alma feel. The two elderly women in their late seventies do everything they can possibly think of to prepare themselves and their home for the boy who delivers their paper. The poor lonely women decide where it will be best for them and the boy to sit and discuss what topics they wish to converse with the boy. Meanwhile, they are also preparing a tea trolley with snacks and…

Throughout history, the human species have not always been able to read or write. One thing humans have always understood are pictures. The cavemen painted on walls in order to document and tell the stories of their lives. In the more modern era, books, especially for children, are filled with pictures in order to help convey the ideas of the writer to all who read his books. This idea of pictures to help support book is shown very well in Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s book Days of Destruction…

Case Study 8.8: “Is Lying Always Lying?” documents the University of Michigan Men’s Basketball scandal surrounding Ed Martin, a booster, and the faction of players known as the Fab Five. The Fab Five consisted of the following players: Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. To debrief the case study, discussed was how Ed Martin was indicted by the U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit for being accused of laundering $616,000 dollars from illegal gambling operations. He…

Chris Crutcher argues in his article, “How They Do It”, that school systems should not become easily persuaded by the parents’ complaints to censor books that should be a part of the curriculum that their children benefit from due to the fact that the students can relate, learn, and build off of the books that are censored. Crutcher builds his argument throughout his article by including the use of personal anecdotes, pathos, and repetition. Due to the fact that Crutcher includes the use of…

Government founded the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance or BSAA for short. Officially backed by the United Nations, our main purpose is to combat, prevent, and exterminate bio-terrorism. The BSAA was founded in 2003 by Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, Clive R. O'Brian, Barry Burton, Carlos Olivera, Rebecca Chambers- Coen, Billy Coen, myself and a further four others shortly after the fall of Umbrella, to combat the increasing numbers of B.O.W.s being sold on the black market as a result…

Within this essay there will be sereval topics and explanations about what forensic psychology can offer to the comprehension of wrongdoing. Criminal forensic psychology is the application of methods, theories and findings from a wide variety of areas in psychology to the settings and worries of criminal and civil justice. The settings in which forensic psychologists’ work include the police, the courts, prisons, secure units, hospitals, probations and other community based services and finally…

The Benchwarmers If you like hilarious, sporty, and entertaining movies, then The Benchwarmers is for you! The first time I watched the Benchwarmers about six months ago I automatically fell in love with it.I was able to find it on Netflix after someone told me that it was the best movie ever and that I would like it. Since then I have watched it four different times. The movie The Benchwarmers is rated PG 13. It was created in 2006, so it’s not too old. The writers are Allen Covert…

In the beginning, Doodle’s brother is aware of a bad trait inside of him, a cruel streak, and does not fight it, but by the end, his cruelty dissolves as he learns the terrible consequences of pride. The narrator of the story, Doodle’s brother has always wanted a younger brother to play with. When he finally receives a baby brother, he is dismayed to find out that his new sibling is an invalid. The baby is named William Armstrong but is called “Doodle” by the family, and as he grows older, his…

The Pursuit of Happyness is a film based on a real story of Christopher Gardner, a renowned author, philanthropist, stockbroker, investor, entrepreneur, and a motivational speaker. While trying to highlight the most admired aspects of the life of Gardner, portrayed by Will Smith, the film also depicts the underside of Christopher Gardner. The film took place in San Francisco, California in the year 2006. Christopher Gardner is married to Linda, who for most of the film seems to have an unstable…