We asked Chris what motivated him to launch his own circuit and he told us that he was motivated to do something mainly by: “the amount of shadiness in the poker tournament industry.

Once he started his social club in Kentucky and wanted to get his tour launched, he reached out to me and the rest is history.” We hit it off and kept in contact over the years and through COVID times. This is how Tony remembers the first time he met Chris: “I met him back in 2018 when he worked for PokerStars and visited the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida for the Road to PSPC. We reached out to Tony Burns, Executive Manager of the circuit and its creator and namesake Chris Moneymaker, to get their thoughts about “how well they’ve done” in year one and what their goals are for 2024. As they’ve now staged four successful stops, the poker world is eager to know what the Moneymaker Tour’s plans will be for next year. In May of this year, a new poker circuit debuted: the Moneymaker Tour.

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