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online poker room. Moneymaker was one of 839 entrants in the 2003 event, an increase of roughly 200 players from 2002 and more than doubling the 393 competitors that played in 1999. By the next year, the field in the
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The game today remains much more popular than the pre-boom period, with WSOP Main Event attendance having stabilized near the 2007 level, in part due to higher growth levels internationally.
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seized and shut down by U.S. Attorney's Office for the
Southern District of New York, which alleged they were in violation of federal bank fraud and
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laws. Nevertheless, two of them continue to serve the international player pool, and numerous smaller sites continue to allow U.S. players.
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airtime with poker programming influenced the poker boom. Another view holds that the poker boom was a classic
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Two specific 2003 triggers completed the launch of the poker boom. In the spring of 2003, the
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The end of the boom is generally considered to be
October 2006, when the
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Period of increased global interest for no limit Texas hold 'em poker
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324:"34th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2003, World Championship Event"
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The seeds of the boom began in 1998, with the release of the film
374:"World Series of Poker Main Event Winner to Receive $ 12 Million"
83:. The impact of the boom was escalated in May 2003, when amateur
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that were recorded each summer and broadcast later in the year.
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273:"Poker News - Poker News & Features from Around the World!"
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466:"Poker News - History of the Boom Part 5 - PokerListings.com"
420:"Poker News - History of the Boom Part 4 - PokerListings.com"
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218:"After 'Black Friday,' American Poker Faces Cloudy Future"
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57:. These events built on the occasional telecasts of the
298:"Pokerpages.com: Is there integrity in online poker?"
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441:"Poker Boom - A Time of Great Prosperity in Poker"
137:Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
35:player pool at least doubled in size every year.
23:was a period between 2003 and 2006, during which
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487:"Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update 8/16/2010"
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513:"Online poker companies indicted for fraud"
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104:more than tripled to 2,576 players. By the
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112:, the last event before the boom started.
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188:Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom
348:"The Moneymaker Boom that almost wasn't"
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399:"Monetary Origins of the Poker Bubble"
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91:. Moneymaker won his seat via an $ 86
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608:List of poker playing card nicknames
72:'s inaugural season debuted on the
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565:Index of poker articles
980:2000s fads and trends
900:Computer poker player
59:World Series of Poker
27:, primarily no-limit
780:Community card poker
93:satellite tournament
89:2003 WSOP Main Event
247:www.carbonpoker.com
117:2004–05 NHL lockout
491:www.pokerscout.com
304:on 13 January 2012
125:speculative bubble
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801:Six-plus hold 'em
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85:Chris Moneymaker
81:cable television
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51:online poker
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820:Let It Ride
694:Check-raise
613:Tournaments
155:web domains
141:Party Poker
63:Main Events
969:Categories
756:Stud poker
742:Draw poker
728:Variations
709:Protection
684:Aggression
601:Poker boom
383:2023-12-24
358:2018-01-15
352:PokerStars
333:2023-12-24
200:References
97:PokerStars
21:poker boom
893:Computing
884:Slow play
704:Isolation
929:Category
879:Pot odds
861:Strategy
641:Position
629:Elements
591:Glossary
586:Cheating
574:Overview
496:6 August
471:6 August
450:6 August
425:6 August
404:6 August
378:WSOP.com
308:6 August
282:6 August
257:6 August
227:6 August
165:See also
87:won the
78:American
46:Rounders
953:Outline
941:Commons
596:History
581:Betting
131:Decline
95:on the
61:(WSOP)
39:Causes
714:Steal
689:Bluff
677:Plays
656:Hands
554:Poker
25:poker
772:Razz
736:Brag
699:Draw
668:Tell
636:Chip
622:Play
498:2017
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