Chris Moneymaker Makes Poker Fan Dream a Reality

When 24 year old Donald Hobbs got to the Amazon poker room at the Rio this year, it was in a wheelchair - but don't feel bad for this survivor of a horrible car accident, his doctors are calling his progress miraculous. One reason Hobbs was motivated to recover from shattered legs and burns covering 70% of his body - a visit paid to him in 2007 by Chris Moneymaker, 2003 WSOP champion, who told him if he got better he would be a guest of Moneymaker's at the 2008 WSOP. Not only was Hobbs a guest but Moneymaker paid his entry fee, allowing the poker fan to play in the biggest poker game in the world.