Chris Moneymaker’s Historic Cooler Against Phil Ivey | 2003 WSOP Main Event

[@PokerGO]

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[@dandemmings9023]

This hand, the bluff on Farha heads up, his last name, getting into the tournament cheap on a satellite and televising the tournament with the hole card cam was the perfect storm to create the poker boom.

[@TwistedMetal32]

Too bad scum bags have ruined the reputation of this game

[@streetshbpawlowski2255]

And da Bots!

[@stevesnellgrove1518]

Yes agreed ..it was epic !!!

[@nikiyubari8410]

i didnt realise moneymakeris really is name xD

[@Apoc6]

@@nikiyubari8410 That is not his real name. It was just for tv.

[@The-Metal-Cooler]

Here from Emplemon

[@bryannaylor6341]

Moneymaker’s WSOP win was the best thing to ever happen to Poker and to Phil.

[@thesavage5783]

Why did it benefit phill?

[@rohantumkur7915]

@@thesavage5783 lots of people entered into online poker tournaments after this to become the next chris moneymaker, but most of them ended up sucking really bad, allowing people like ivey to enter in these tournaments and make tons and tons of money.

[@CaptainRedbeard.]

​@thesavage5783 it made the game of Poker like 100 times more popular in the public eye and like quadrupled the total participation at the following tournament. Just more total people to take money from now compared to then.

[@user-sd8bz2zr5j]

Poker would have exploded the exact same way if there was no moneymaker

[@IvorGabrijel]

@@user-sd8bz2zr5j the average joe loves the story of rags to riches that Moneymaker achieved,so you're hard caping bro

[@Watermelon_Man92]

I was once told by my father “They say the worst hand in poker is a 2 and 7 off suit and that’s a lie. The worst hand in Poker is the second best hand”.

[@DeliciousIcE132]

Well said.

[@click_gaming4277]

Top drawer comment. So so true. I have one for you. "knowledge is knowing a Tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"...

[@CrackBaggie]

Idk what to say, this emoji will do.. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@philipcaezarvillagonzalo6850]

In our rules, we will pay you an special amount if you win the round with 2 7 hand

[@ggaccentc]

@@philipcaezarvillagonzalo6850 we do the same. It's only $5 per person, but you get mega bragging rights.

[@alexluke_again]

phil ivey - gets up like he just finished watching a mediocre movie, no expression of any kind. win or lose, always the same face

[@josemariafilho8850]

That's why he is an expert to disguise his hands. He is pretty awesome

[@stevetreehots3583]

Beta blockers

[@ggaccentc]

That's why he's the cash game GOAT

[@josemariafilho8850]

@Mufsap True

[@pacojuanrico]

@Mufsap he plays to get paid! It's his dream job and he loves it... That part ur absolutely right about

[@RMokros]

That Ace on the River changed the course of history.

[@George_Gallop]

Professor Statisyahu how

[@knifedreamer]

George Gallop - Pro poker got a lot more attention after Moneymaker won

[@RMokros]

George Gallop because Moneymaker won the main event, as a non professional poker player, it created a sentiment that anyone could win. It spurred an influx of players and caused a poker boom. It wasnt untill about 2011 that the bubble burst. So because of Moneymakers victory, 8 years of poker insanity ensued. I remember playing against a cute young girl in a poker game, that is how crazy it was. Just regular girls with no special skills would play. You dont see that anymore.

[@SeanFerree]

Absolutely

[@tylerschoenwolf5522]

@@RMokros Everything you said is true, but it was even more than that. Moneymaker satellited into the main event. He won an $86 PokerStars satellite, to a larger satellite, to a ticket for the main. He was also one of the first to qualify via an online tournament. At the time that was absolutely unheard of. Anyone with $100 and an internet connection had a chance to win millions playing poker

[@Craig-in1un]

The funny thing is... getting drawn out on there actually made Ivey millions of dollars, by bringing many fish and whales into poker via Moneymaker's victory. Sometimes it's +EV even when you lose a massive pot, glass half full my dudes. Stay safe.

[@pokerbeast6402]

Exactly. It's like doctor strange giving thanos the time stone because he knew to win in the end, he must lose up front

[@pokerbeast6402]

@@MrRagusauce why not? Could have had ace king or ace jack

[@notrab13]

By 2003's standards up to today, if Ivey were to fold that flop it'd be considered too nitty. Even with a player behind to act, he's getting a better than 3:1 price to call. Not floating a small/standard continuation bet on that paired board with nines is tight enough to be -EV. The tens fold is more reasonable after seeing bet and call on the flop, but I think most good players would be ok with seeing some calls in that spot too.

[@karlali7155]

MrRagusauce fold to 1 bet from the pre flop raiser with an over-pair in 2003!!! Lols

[@karlali7155]

MrRagusauce Jonny chan called it off with a naked k high flush draw against moneymaker in the same tourney and he was considered a great player back then. Need I say anymore?

[@lanecore75]

Those are the hands that age you by 10 yrs and make you swear off the game forever or at least til tomorrow evening. We gamblers are so so sick.

[@vojtizslav]

dont take it so hard. Its a game at the end of the day

[@rambojohnj.6117]

Ivy is *pure* class, even at a young age. What a final table that was! With Ivy, Sammy Farha, and Dan Harrington. Ivy was an 80% favorite to win that hand when all the money went in. An Ace on the river away from possibly/probably winning the entire Main Event. Talk about Butterfly effect, that seemingly small Ace, then Moneymaker winning the whole thing, changed the course of poker history forever.

[@michael2305]

Yeah, but on the flop MM was as big of a favourite... so ... they pretty much took turns bad beating each other.

[@rambojohnj.6117]

Michael S. I understand exactly what you are saying, but that is irrelevant, brother. The only thing that does matter is when the money goes piling in. If you want to look at like that, Ivey was favored pre tournament. Ivey was favored post buy-in. Ivey was favored pre-flop. Moneymaker out-flopped him. Ivey sucked out on the turn, then all the money went in. If there is no Ace, Q, 9, or 6 on that river, Moneymaker probably does not win that tournament, Phil Ivey doubles up huge, and probably wins it. That Ace on the river not only knocked out his biggest competition, and killed Phil’s closest shot he had at winning the M.E., but it doubled Chris up, and in the big picture (obviously) created the “poker boom”. What a fucking river card. Talk about butterfly effect.

[@akmd114379]

@@rambojohnj.6117 moneymaker had more chips

[@rambojohnj.6117]

akmd114379 Is THAT why Ivey was eliminated, because Chris had him covered?? (End sarcasm) Yes, buddy, I am aware😉

[@akmd114379]

@@rambojohnj.6117 in your reply you said it doubled Chris up. Didn't quite double him up. In fact it never says how much he had to start with. Based on the pot being 1 million, Ivey probably had 460k. I think Ivey was small stack at the table and Chris had about 2 million. Even if he lost that pot he still had enough to win the whole thing.

[@lazywallstreetnews7234]

I was 14 when this happened and i was completely fascinated by what I was watching... It wasn't just this hand, the bluff on Sammy too, but this was the perfect storm because of the card camera, the commentary (Lon McEachern has the most perfect twang in his voice for poker commentary because poker in the US started in the South especially Louisiana and Texas, it's only right the 'voice of poker' has a Texas twang and just the right timbre in his voice too), the music, the Norman Chad jokes, the little segments in the middle, the little behind the scenes Vegas stories, his name being 'Moneymaker', the dingy poker room at Binion's, Sammy Farha looking like a literal stereotype of a gambler/poker player, the fact he won $2.5 million playing cards... I mean of course it blew up! You need literally only a pulse and maybe some money to play this game. The whole thing, it was just awesome and i was absolutely fascinated by it, top to bottom. Went out and started playing poker at school, got in trouble so many times and I was just hooked. I still play to this day almost 20 years later. Thank you Mr. Moneymaker and ESPN for bringing something into our lives that we had no idea would give us so many memories, happiness and enjoyment.

[@repent.sinner]

Its distroyed far more than helped, its a sick sick game that only the high up owners and a few sponsered players profit.

[@wjkrug]

This hand and the following events is for whatever reason something I will never forget

[@sludge8506]

@@agoo7581 You don’t like the comment, but you don’t offer anything to refute it. That’s immaturity.

[@randynBroncos]

This hand is eeriely similar to mizrachi’s cooler hand in Duhamel’s year. Same whole cards, same turn and river.

[@ElmoASMR]

Mizrachi A-Q vs Jarvis 9-9. All in moment

[@davisondvm]

Whole?

[@AKordyban]

I just remember the Duhamel hand vs Matt Affleck

[@PastingKing]

@@AKordyban everyone remembers that Affleck hand. Donk call by Duhamel and he sucked out Affleck on the river which made Duhamel the overwhelming chip leader

[@jonathantrego]

Well, Mr. Ivey has extremely good composure. If this was a different Phil with this cooler, the table would be upside down.

[@DanielProkosch]

Not only Moneymaker winning changed poker but espn coverage of the wsop. Went from 1 1 hour highlight show to multiple weeks of coverage and seeing the hold cards this changed poker

[@39offsuit]

That run out didn’t just change moneymakers fortune forever, it popularized poker

[@F82M4yvr]

Yep. It made Ivey and all those other pros into multi multi millonaires.

[@squashhead1374]

Yup. If not for Moneymaker win I might still be able to find a Stud game at the poker room. Now everything is holdem.

[@augustgreig9420]

@@squashhead1374 Underrated. Can't even find a stud home game. Ivey was a stud player first BTW, it's how he made is come up. I play mostly PLO now.

[@LastlyMore]

Ivey net worth is 100 million. I think he did well for himself with Poker after this.

[@brandonbath6097]

Phil Ivey is broke

[@shaunr5450]

@@brandonbath6097 what?

[@zackmckenzie3582]

Brandon Bath or at least that’s what he’s telling the casinos.

[@cbrreezzyy69]

Brandon Bath you’re crazy if you believe that

[@tigerskob]

Hes def broke

[@Tonyc_1987]

Crazy how this exact cooler happened between mizrachi v Jarvis at 2010 wsop final table. AQ v 99

[@michael2305]

PH would have gone nuclear and turned us all into popcorn.

[@billybegood466]

He called me with Ace Queen honey!

[@M27USMC]

When it was all much easy going and fun. I do remember watching this live and the several reruns of it.❤

[@lookaguru]

Good times when you don’t get 3bet by 9’s or squeezed but 10’s. If this was today, all the chips were in preflop

[@rodneykantorski736]

I miss Binion's Horseshoe. That was the right place for the WSOP

[@SeanFerree]

I hear ya!!

[@tipsy09]

I won the daily at binions once. I went to Vegas and my goal was to just win one tournament in two weeks. I won the daily at binions before I even checked into my hotel room lol. I got off the plane. Left my bags at flamingo. Took the bus up to binions. Won the daily. Got a massive headache near the end of the tourney. Stumbled to a store on Fremont and got an Advil. Took a taxi back to the hotel and stumbled into bed smiling and my head was pounding.

[@bobkilla430]

@@tipsy09 how many people were playing there?

[@kellyplumb3561]

I played my first live hand of poker at Binions, I won a 60. Pot quit and went out and bought a pair of shoes. Lol.

[@bradlafferty6076]

Clogged toilets, old roast beef at buffett, good times

[@jonnyelworthy7805]

“He’s actually inviting calls from worse hands here” What a superb bit of outdated commentary 🤣

[@dogperson432]

Yeah poker theory sure has changed a lot

[@PunkSlapper123]

@@dogperson432 That's for sure. Today, I see most people, at that point in the tournament, folding on the flop.

[@TheDancerMacabre]

I think it still stands. Better to win a small pot than lose a large one. You shove people out early while you still have the best hand. The longer the hand is played, the more likely you are to lose by merely them staying in and getting more cards. Yeah, at "feeder tables" you wanna drag it out against tourists and pensioners, but in a tournament setting (which I would probably never see) I would be fine just bullying out people of their blinds instead of hoping for a whale and then hoping I don't get screwed.

[@soybeanrice]

@@TheDancerMacabre You don't "shove out people while you still have the best hand". Inviting calls from worse hands is a good thing. Not sure about the rest of your theory but being scared of monsters under the bed will only lead to nitty play.

[@waynedonoghue4071]

Crazy just how significant this Ace on the river was for the future of poker!

[@ljsneets7037]

All Ivey is thinking about, is getting to the cash games he should’ve been playing 2 days ago instead of this dumb tournament

[@josephquick5201]

Lol, yep.

[@Luka23567]

This was during the time when Ivey kept going broke on and off playing in LAs biggest cash games. Run up in AC and then go broke in LA.

[@morganzimmerglass9925]

Nah he just did an interview saying he was crushed and didn’t have a lot of money at the time and really needed to make that final table. He obviously did alright after this but it hurt bad at the time.

[@aznnp77]

I remember the 2003 WSOP was so iconic, and the field so small that you actually knew most of the people by name. Amir Vahedi, Sam Farha, Humberto Brenes. A lot of these people you never really heard from again.

[@vishaalkumaranandan2894]

Phil Ivey couldn't forget this moment till now That's what he said in a interview He also accepted that he didn't show his emotion to anyone and he kept it till the end

[@Stever99999]

Ivey, Harrington, Farha, Lester, Singer, Vahedi, Grey. Might be greatest final table ever.

[@robertswift6101]

this is classic poker,,you can play the best poker of your life and make all the right reads,,,and still get sucked out on a large percentage of the time

[@Franciscasieri]

A large percentage of the time...I like your in depth math analysis here...

[@wellingtonrodrigues7654]

Yeah, doesn't matter how good tou read your opponents or how good you bluff, luck still are the main factor for poker

[@gutzzgutzz6795]

@@wellingtonrodrigues7654 Thats what I used to think but how do guys like Bryn Kenney win every huge event tournament he enters? Guys up $60 million in tourneys alone.

[@steggyq8774]

@@gutzzgutzz6795 Super High Rollers.

[@kevinhammond2361]

I agree - still having a 17% chance to win after Ivy called - that’s the same as rolling a ‘6’ on one die. It was a painful bad beat, but a stretch to call it a cooler when Moneymaker had 7 outs

[@h.r.jackman2777]

I love these old WSOP videos. 2004-2006

[@misomiso8228]

Yeah incredible hand. It did change Poker history as Moneymaker was so huge for the game.

[@NorthernWindNut]

Emp sent me

[@sidneyeubanks2201]

That a sick play! Moneymaker was saved on the river with the bigger full house! That play made Ivey more determined to be the very best player in the world!

[@lupina29]

Its not a play, its pure luck.

[@2332Stephen]

If phil ivey wins, doesn't get sucked out, Chris Moneymaker is a nobody, Ivey wins the tourney, and there is no MoneyMaker effect in poker. It had to happen.

[@theejayzeeable]

There would have still been a poker boom, it just wouldn't have happened that year. Pokerstars was sending too many people to the main event in those years.

[@billyp567]

Televised poker is what changed everything. Not Moneymaker

[@2332Stephen]

@@billyp567I was 19 when Moneymaker won the tourney. They had been televising the Main event for years before he came along, but it wasn't popular because they were all poker pros from vegas. Moneymaker was a regular guy from Nashville who won a million dollars. A random nobody. He's the only reason poker took off the way it did. I was one of them who was inspired by it. If some regular guy could win this tourney, then any guy could. Ya'll are crazy if you don't think Moneymaker was the reason for the poker boom.

[@branchtana315]

The Moneymaker effect would have still happened, it just wouldn't have been called that. The popularity of Poker was already increasing rapidly, which is evident by the '03 field size. It was the largest field yet, and the roughly 30% increase from the previous year was the largest as well (save for the ones with fields under 100). Online poker was the main driving force behind the new interest in poker. Yes, everything fell in to place perfectly for a Poker boom with Moneymaker winning in '03, but we were headed in that direction anyways. I won't argue that this was the optimal outcome for Poker though; a seemingly likable and humble looking guy who's an amatuer, who spins up an online qualifier to win $2.5mil, and who's last name just happens to be Moneymaker. You really couldn't write a better script if you making a movie. LOL

[@SuperYtc1]

There would have been some other 'effect'. Poker was ripe for a booming whether it was here or from some other hand. This just happened to be the first to it, with all the modern technology etc.

[@DibbzTV]

Historic is truly the right word for this

[@tubenachos]

Ivey's expression never changed what a cool customer

[@chriss4836]

This is how the game was played 17 years ago. 9s/10s flat, preflop, they didn’t even know what ICM meant to give ICM considerations. They were just playing cautiously given the ere and the stakes of where they were in the event. In these days if you there significant raises and reraises, someone was thought to have AA every time

[@gerainedoss7123]

Phil Ivey is the modern GOAT of you ask me. You can’t really compare him to those in the old days but he’s the best in this generation if you ask me.

[@Apoc6]

The consensus will say that Ivey is GOAT. Even until now with NLHE SD, where luck is more of an equalizer to skill. Ivey is still winning tournaments to this day. Ivey is on a run that has lasted into two decades.

[@steggyq8774]

@@Apoc6 Consensus of people who know what they're talking about say Stu Ungar. But Ivey is second for a whole bunch of them.

[@mooneulogy8717]

@@steggyq8774 sounds like you got into poker about two years ago and now just regurgitate what you've heard and read. Ungar was a hyper aggro in an era of nits. Yea he's a legend of course for his achievements, but Ivey has stood the test of time in an era of math wiz's. Stu wasn't even a break even cash game player. You don't know what you're talking about.

[@steggyq8774]

@@mooneulogy8717 6 years ago, and I just believe what the pros say, they're the ones who played against him.

[@mooneulogy8717]

@@steggyq8774 guys that lost to him and are obliged to say he's the best? Pretty much everyone from that era blows besides chip Reese and Stu, who cares what they say.

[@RyansColoradoRailProductions]

Seven years later, the exact same hand would happen between Mizrachi and Jarvis at the 2010 main event final table. AQ vs 99, board Q8Q9A. Only difference was the overcard was different and both players were all in pre flop then.

[@mpup54]

the people Chris bested after this was also amazing. You still had Lester, Harrington, Singer and Farha all sitting there. sheesh!

[@mr.virtualreality4205]

This hand played out nearly identical to the hand between Matt Jarvis and Michael Mizrachi at the final table in 2010.

[@kevinlange5930]

Ace from Space!!!

[@Shizzmoney74]

this is how you win poker tournaments

[@id10t98]

What amazing skill it took to get that A card on the river! Incredible!

[@depalma13]

Almost as much as it took to get a 9 on the turn.

[@lupina29]

Thats pure luck even Money can't believe it when he saw ivey's hand full house already.

[@clintonthomas875]

Ivey still Poker Goat 💯👏👏

[@nelsonmejiaslozada9362]

Chris celebrates like an average gambler in a casino hahahahaha

[@Criss_981]

Nelson Mejias Lozada How else would an amateur poker play celebrate taking out Phil Ivey? #moron

[@johnnytravis6697]

Cris Diego *Sucking our on Phil Ivey. Phill made the perfect play, it just didn’t pan out.

[@schroederluck7984]

@@johnnytravis6697 you could say it was a suck out cause when they got the $ in Chris MM was a huge dog, but the hand itself was pretty standard. Neither player did anything wrong on any street.

[@johnnytravis6697]

Schroeder Luck Correct.

[@blowc1612]

Schroeder Luck Wrong, going all in without the best hand with one more streak is not a good move at all. I would had raised it but definitely not all in with Phil’s hand. In my mind I could be beat by QQ, which is reasonable, the unlikely Q6. Then considering the river to fill up the likely chance he has any queen.

[@kokoth]

Weird, they cut out the part where Ivey refuses to shake his hand.

[@kennethking2301]

I was there that year. Moneymaker was a card catching machine at that tournament. Every time someone went all-in against him, he either had a slightly better hand, or he would hit some low percentage draw.

[@thomaspeterson8357]

Happened to me once. Won 5 games in row against 10 people. Everytime they called my bluff I'd get a 5% chance card on the river

[@antoinettejohnson8295]

remember this like it was yesterday

[@SeanFerree]

Same!

[@Arjun1234]

that was a billion dollar ace for online poker sites.....

[@813oneup]

Moneymaker snapcalled the all in not thinking how much he was risking it if he was currently beat... just shows you how much poker has changed nowadays. Regardless nothing beats bad luck

[@HopyHop1]

Isn't that a standard call even today when getting better than 4:1 pot odds? Ivey could easily have a weaker queen there.

[@MacLuckyPTP]

It's still a snapcall 20 years later.

[@guittadabe5214]

Wow! I didn't realize he had to get so lucky on this hand on his way to making history.

[@SeanFerree]

I had forgotten about it! Crazy to see again

[@sportsjefe]

Well, he didn't have to, Moneymaker would've still had a lot of chips. The bigger deal was getting Ivey out.

[@sportsjefe]

@ThunderLawyer It's titled 'Historic Cooler'?

[@rockwithyou2006]

He got lucky in almost every hand he played.

[@Whynotmini]

teaching my little brothers poker, the 9 year old lost to the 11 year old 9 year old had ace 10 and got 2 aces on flop, 11 year old had ace 6 and got a full house, 9 year old cried and I showed him this to tell him even the best get beat

[@raydalton1110]

Ivey did a RARE tell but money maker missed it, even though most all people would call his all in anyway with ace and queen. Watch what Ivey does AFTER the turn 9 comes, he got excited and wanted to bet and for a second forgot that it wasnt his turn to bet, Iveys hand went str8 to his chips for a second, out of turn

[@stevenhunter5480]

Clearly jinxed by the Announcers... “If and when he (Ivey) wins this...”... 😂

[@Sam-xx4kw]

They recorded the dialog afterwards. They already knew the result.

[@rossmcleod399]

Love this clip

[@Dreamville512]

In a way we have to be happy that Ivey lost here, or else we wouldn’t be here right now

[@josephrufo8082]

Moneymaker had a huge chip lead

[@234CHRISTY]

Why?

[@theejayzeeable]

I celebrate like Moneymaker in limped, head-up pots that are checked down to showdown and my hand wins the tiny $2 pot. Like him here ---> 3:00

[@briany7658]

That's the type of brutal beat that would make a lot of players quit right there...

[@kevind1980]

A 7-outer hitting on the river? I don't think anyone is quitting over that. Maybe a 1-outer, that's brutal.

[@richard7645]

All have bad beats from time to time 😎

[@philipchiu9835]

That's the poker God's for you

[@chriscloutier1588]

Is there any place to watch the 2003 wsop? It's not on Pokergo as far as i can see.

[@ericveneto1593]

When did they start using % for each player?

[@Mitjitsu]

Shocked that Lester folded on the flop. Given the c-bet was tiny. Just shows you how weak and nitty many of the live pros were back then.

[@mrjornun2673]

What a convenient name to have

[@capnoddy1905]

A nearly same hand appears in 2010 WSOP Final Table, Jarvis vs. Mizrachi.... History always repeats....

[@scammi]

if that ace from space doesn’t come down on this hand, ivey maybe has a main event bracelet, the most coveted accolade in poker, but the poker boom maybe doesn’t happen. such a historic hand

[@bigstar66]

"Don't expect Chris Moneymaker to do anything huge." I think Lon might know the result of the tournament guys...

[@shannonsutherland2450]

Miss these old poker days. Many characters. Great viewing. These days so boring to watch

[@bobloblaw7030]

Agree. Everything is worse during the age of Trumptardism

[@steve7189]

bob loblaw umm 🤔 I think poker was worse way before President Trump came along. It’s boring nowadays cuz everyone just goes all in as a crutch. Play poker and see a flop

[@bobloblaw7030]

@@steve7189 people had more fun in poker and in everything else in life before Russia handed the presidency to Trump. Ever since then it seems everything has gone downhill. People dont want to have fun when a maniac is in charge of most powerful country in world and has spread hate throughout society like a virus

[@steve7189]

bob loblaw I’m not making light about anyone’s hardships in life. However from Bush to Obama to Trump my life hasn’t changed. I get up work go home. No president has ever changed my life in anyway. The only thing I’ve noticed nowadays is gas is 1.39 a gallon compared to 2.39 or 3.39 a year or two ago. I’m to old for war to young to care. Work, home, video games. Just wish the casino was open to I can get back to card playing.

[@donaldpaluga]

@@steve7189 like I tell the Trumpologists America was great BEFORE Obama and it will be great AFTER we fire Cheeto Jesus

[@michaelgeorge1712]

Ivey takes his loss with class

[@stuartsiglain3972]

Michael George Oh yeah. Ivey has class....NO f’ing way. He wouldn’t even shack CM’s hand. And ivey has always been a shithead whenever he loses .

[@gutzzgutzz6795]

Ivey has NO class at all even got busted cheating by two casinos. So many people suck his dong and he wouldnt give any of em the time of day.

[@steggyq8774]

@@gutzzgutzz6795 There are so many videos of people saying Ivey was in the right lol.

[@BaddogSports]

Imagine Phil Hellmuth's reaction to that beat! LOL!

[@dicklongstroke5414]

Would cuss and flip the table. LOL.

[@brandonmcgillis]

History might repeat itself this year .

[@fa7al596]

How did this hand change poker? I'm a noob.. Genuinely curious

[@SeanFerree]

Moneymaker is the best poker name ever

[@austinbrewer4067]

Phil took it like a champ. Gotta respect the guy.

[@austinbrewer4067]

@Sebastian Keleher but he didn’t freak the hell out like Phil Helmuth would

[@marktito6169]

If that ace from space does not, oh how different our lives would have been....

[@arthurbekkerman]

What if the 9 doesn't come on the turn, and instead Ivey folds on the turn to a bet.

[@wheelerking8380]

iTz_BeKK EXACTLY!!!!! Ivey called garbage...he was crushed....NO OUTS...only card to save him was 9....TOTAL LUCK AND HE STILL LOST....but people on his nuts....it’s laughable

[@johnphillips5374]

If your folding 99 on the flop to a 1/3 size bet on the flop you are very bad.

[@greatestever6107]

If that ace doesn’t hit the river then I never fall in love with the game of poker and my life would have been redirected down a different path

[@ttran5083]

Tell us how so

[@morganzimmerglass9925]

I had the total opposite effect. I was a rooting hard for Ivy and had followed him for a year or so before this when poker started being on tv a ton. So I was super pissed Ivy didn’t win this. I would have liked poker even more if my favorite player won the main event.

[@AcesHunteRRR]

So he said in an interview that he should have folded preflop. Since the game wasn’t solved yet but now he knows… can someone explain the reasoning for his thinking of folding now? Since he has position

[@ludwigbeethoven3119]

Life is the sickest freeroll-The Magician Antonio Esfandiari Life is a risk, if you don't understand that your not living in reality-Marylin Vos Savant Life is like a box chocolates you never know...

[@Infamous1991]

The most legendary hand of all time

[@VinchenzoC]

Am I just imagining or were things really way better back then?

[@miamivlad]

Vinchenzo C Seems that way to me.

[@TheBeastNC]

Its just Nostalgia. For some reason to me, old poker videos looks really cozy. Idk lol

[@EraserNZ]

poker is all just all boring math players now, very lame to watch compared to the OG players.

[@winthorpetrois]

You're not imagining. TV poker today is better for my napping life, though.

[@Joe-Bourbon]

Yeah man. Shortly after this playing Friday nights on Party Poker the game selection was insane. Several hundred tables ranging from .25/50 cents to 10/20 going at once. But, dead money started drying up and bam, then Black Friday killed a lot of the action. Nowadays I think you need a lot more than ABC poker, good game selection, and bankroll management to be a winning player.

[@jonhendrickson9701]

Who knows what would have happened if Ivey just folded after the flop.

[@robbiereekie3694]

Everyone loses respect for Iveys game after a super nitty fold probably?!

[@jpate1103]

He would have if Lester 3b with his 10s possibly. Lester, like Dan Harrington had a penchant for playing pretty tight (which we saw obviously in the video) but if he made it like 175-200k pre, I think Ivey would know his 9s were no good. And who knows just how well he could have ran rest of the way....

[@steggyq8774]

@@robbiereekie3694 Ivey said recently in an interview that he put him on the exact hand that he had, and called because if the 9 hit he was getting everything. It wasn't 2021, that wouldn't have been a nitty fold, especially with his read.

[@TehhGonzo]

Ivey handled it like a beast

[@maxpower9178]

He refused to shake Moneymaker's hand...

[@TehhGonzo]

Max Power not true

[@prisonmike3665]

Gonzo no he didn’t.

[@maxpower9178]

@@TehhGonzo It's cut from this video

[@NickWuebker]

2:36 Moneymaker: Damn it!

[@matthewlangdale]

Looks like a run-out that occurs on Pokerstars every other hand.

[@tonyattardo9350]

Thinking the same thing lol. Hit trip queens on the turn, push half my chips, someone calls with 2/5 suited and hits a straight on the river 🤦‍♂️

[@MARQUITOSGUALACBA]

@@tonyattardo9350 GG póker to

[@albertgutierrez1015]

That rockets jersey is fire! 🔥 🚀

[@JDBallerr]

That’s what Ivey gets for wearing a Steve Francis jersey

[@skolnation4206]

Jaxon 13 hahah bruh he was nice tho

[@donaldpaluga]

That rag is the worst thing since sliced bread

[@itsBayFreshALLday]

LOVE THAT !!!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@DaveyJonesLocka]

Norman jinxed Phil when he said “If and when Phil wins this pot…”

[@NecronomThe4th]

Maybe the most important hand in poker history.

[@youronlyhereoncebigcat5310]

Watched it live!

[@BiznizTrader]

That hand changed poker

[@SimoNedelchev]

Ace from space

[@joeya8721]

This video doesn't show Ivey completely ignoring Moneymaker's attempted hand shake.

[@matthewofarrell7542]

Moneymaker was lucky to win the 2003 WSOP let that be made clear.

[@mickey6275]

Man, that hurt

[@pumanation]

Ivey vs Moneymaker 2003: AQ vs 99. 2 queens on flop. 9 on turn. Ace of spades on river. Matt Jarvis vs Mike Mizrachi 2010: AQ vs 99. 2 queens on flop. 9 on turn. Ace of spades on river.

[@tonyperez3920]

When moneymaker turned his Queen over the look on Ivy's face was that he knew moneymaker had outs and it wasn't over Ivy knew he was going to lose before the last Ace showed up almost scary

[@wheelerking8380]

Tony Perez that’s what I’m saying...everyone on Iveys nuts....he called garbage....he was crushed...shoulda folded, had no outs...ONLY CARD TO SAVE HIM WAS THE 9...yet everyone here bashing Moneymaker....it’s dumb

[@moctrof2451]

@@wheelerking8380 He should fold only if he knows for sure that moneyberg have queen but that was not sure at all: only 2 queens left. So I think it was a good thing to call here at least one time

[@kingmarcos9066]

@@wheelerking8380 Money maker is a bum.

[@steggyq8774]

@@moctrof2451 He actually did know that moneymaker had the queen, he put him on that exact hand lol. It was just a different time and he knew if a 9 hit he was getting all the chips, now that poker is "solved" he wouldn't do that.

[@Eighthousand]

10 handed, those were the days.

[@TheDesperateArtist]

...and at that moment, Barry G got the title for his book...

[@natestrasburg]

Arguably the most important hand in poker history

[@Enginshim]

How so? I was a poker player/fan in college but I have no idea why.

[@4ROTATIONAL4]

Because Moneymaker winning that tournament brought a wave of amateurs into the game and grew it's popularity. If he doesn't win that hand and win the tournament, then the game may not have grown into what it did.

[@KailuaDoug]

It played out as the cards dictated. I'd say Moneymakers successful bluff against Farha in the heads up was far more important of a hand. If Sammy had called, Chris would have been crippled and probably not have won the event.

[@natestrasburg]

@@KailuaDoug of course if moneymaker doesn't hit full house on river then there is no heads up vs farha. Which is why I said it's arguably the most important. If this hand doesn't happen, we wouldn't be debating this.

[@4ROTATIONAL4]

Yeah Ivey more than likely wins this tournament if he wins that hand

[@depalma13]

That river ace made Ivey far more money than he ever would have made had he went on to win the Main Event that year.

[@gutzzgutzz6795]

How is that?

[@depalma13]

@@gutzzgutzz6795 It convinced millions of people that they could play poker just like the pros.