888poker's Chris Moorman on Move to Vegas, First 2018 WSOP Cash & More
The 2018 World Series of Poker, sponsored by 888poker, is only four days in and already 888poker Ambassador Chris Moorman has notched a cash. He finished 17th in Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold��em Shootout, just missing out on a final table after losing a heads-up battle to Sam Phillips.
It was a good start to the series for online poker��s most accomplished player, who literally flew across the Atlantic days earlier after cashing the Opening Event of the 888LIVE Barcelona. Unfortunately, he had to miss that stop��s Main Event, which is currently being live reported right here on PokerNews.
��I was only there for the first event so I could come back and play the $10K WSOP Turbo,�� Moorman said. ��When I was there, a lot of the other ambassadors weren��t there yet so I didn��t get to hang out with them. I have some really good friends on the team now having been there for a couple years. So, I was sad to miss them, but obviously, the WSOP is a big attraction as well. You wait for it all year. When it comes along, you��re excited, and a lot of friends will come here too.��
888 Crew Descends on WSOP
Indeed, a roster full of 888poker Ambassadors are expected to contend this summer in Vegas including 2014 WSOP Main Event champ Martin Jacobson, Sweden��s Sofia L?vgren, and streamer Parker ��Tonkaaaa�� Talbot, just to name a few. Moorman weighed in on who he thought might make some noise.
��I feel really comfortable in six-max, I have a good track record in it.��
��I think someone like Tonkaaaa won��t play because of the Canadian tax situation, and someone like Dominick [Nitsche] might just be in the Aria high rollers all the time,�� he said. ��Obviously, if Dom plays, he��s going to win stuff, he��s won four bracelets and he��s still so young.
"I think Jacobson could do really well when he gets here. I went deep with him in a Montreal tournament a few months ago. He was really tough to play against. Every time I had the nuts I couldn��t get a chip out of him.��
The tournament Moorman was referring to was a $1,000 event at the Playground Poker Club. Moorman placed third out of 1,231 entries for $69,262, while Jacobson finished sixth for $22,038.
As for the 2018 WSOP, Moorman plans to keep the ball rolling in pursuit of his second bracelet.
��I��m looking forward to all the six-max events,�� he said. ��I feel really comfortable in six-max, I have a good track record in it. You can get a little more creative and you don��t have to just cooler people. The six-max is always more fun.��
Bracelet Hunting in Vegas
Moorman, who won the 2017 WSOP Event #27: $3,000 NLHE 6-Max for $498,682, is also looking forward to the expanded WSOP.com offerings.
��I went deep in one of the events last year,�� he said. ��I got my account reactivated yesterday. I��m ready to play the Sunday one almost certainly. I��d love to get an online bracelet just to compliment my online history. It��d be nice.��
Interestingly, this marks the first year Moorman has played the WSOP as a full-time resident of Las Vegas.
"If you asked me five years ago, Vegas would be the last place on earth I��d end up living."
"I was renting a place here for a year to just see if I liked it before moving from L.A.,�� he explained. ��Surprisingly, I really liked it, so I recently bought a house here. If you asked me five years ago, Vegas would be the last place on earth I��d end up living. It��s kind of random, but so far so good. I��ve been here four or five months, fixed it up a bit. I��m ready to have some parties this summer.��
Speaking of parties, Moorman may make an appearance at D&B Publishing's book launch for Lance Bradley's ��The Pursuit of Poker Success�� on Saturday, June 9, sponsored by 888poker.
��I��ve known Lance for a long time and was more than happy to help out,�� Moorman said of his chapter. ��It��s been interesting to see the extracts from so many great players. I like learning from top players so I��ll definitely read it.��
As for a third book from Moorman, who previously wrote two for D&B Publishing, don��t count on it anytime soon.
��No plans for a third,�� he said. ��Maybe I need to win the WSOP Main Event for that.��
