Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker
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"Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker" is Chris Moneymaker’s autobiographical book recounting his unlikely rise from online amateur to World Series of Poker champion and the poker boom it helped ignite.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23284350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker Context triple: [Chris Moneymaker, notableWork, Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker]
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Shake Your Moneymaker
"Shake Your Moneymaker" is a classic electric blues song, first recorded in 1961, that became one of Elmore James's most influential and frequently covered works.
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"Politics and Poker"
"Politics and Poker" is a satirical song from the Broadway musical *Fiorello!* that humorously contrasts backroom political deal-making with the uncertainties of a card game.
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C.
The Card Player
The Card Player is a 2004 Italian giallo crime thriller film directed by Dario Argento that follows a police investigation into a serial killer who gambles with victims' lives through online poker.
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D.
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a globally televised series of high-stakes poker tournaments that helped popularize professional poker in the 2000s.
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E.
The Poker House
The Poker House is a 2008 independent drama film directed by Lori Petty, loosely based on her troubled childhood and known for its gritty portrayal of abuse and survival.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker Target entity description: "Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker" is Chris Moneymaker’s autobiographical book recounting his unlikely rise from online amateur to World Series of Poker champion and the poker boom it helped ignite.
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A.
Shake Your Moneymaker
"Shake Your Moneymaker" is a classic electric blues song, first recorded in 1961, that became one of Elmore James's most influential and frequently covered works.
-
B.
"Politics and Poker"
"Politics and Poker" is a satirical song from the Broadway musical *Fiorello!* that humorously contrasts backroom political deal-making with the uncertainties of a card game.
-
C.
The Card Player
The Card Player is a 2004 Italian giallo crime thriller film directed by Dario Argento that follows a police investigation into a serial killer who gambles with victims' lives through online poker.
-
D.
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a globally televised series of high-stakes poker tournaments that helped popularize professional poker in the 2000s.
-
E.
The Poker House
The Poker House is a 2008 independent drama film directed by Lori Petty, loosely based on her troubled childhood and known for its gritty portrayal of abuse and survival.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Chris Moneymaker
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Moneymaker: How an Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 into $2.5 Million at the World Series of Poker
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