There’s a lot of talk about this hand this week. ESPN just anointed it the hand of the decade and it’s hard to argue with the sports leader on this one.

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I can tell you where I was when I first saw this hand. I was in university, an aimless 21-year-old. After the hand aired — over and over again on ESPN — my friends and I played every Wednesday for a year. I played freeroll upon freeroll, sometimes when I was supposed to be going to lecture.

Two years later, I was playing in the main event, and I had a new goal in life: to make most of my money from poker.

I’ve met tons like me on the circuit — actually most people I meet playing poker were inspired to play because of Chris Moneymaker’s win.

If watching this hand doesn’t give you some weird kind of pleasure or excitement — well, you’re in the wrong place on the Internet.