Moore grew up the son of sharecroppers. He quit school in the eighth grade and soon afterwards entered into military service. After the military he worked as a civil servant and for fun he would play poker. When he realized he was making more money playing poker, he quit his job and in 1968 moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Moore has played at the World Series of Poker since 1974, but has never won the main event (although no limit Texas hold 'em is not his preferred game). As of 2004 he has one WSOP bracelet, and career earnings of over $400,000. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1997.
Moore owns the Pine Bluff Golf Course and Country Club in Eastman, Georgia.
Moore has two children.
External links
Poker Books interview (http://www.pokerbooks.com/imoorer.htm)
While playing in a poker game in a saloon at Deadwood in the Dakota Territory (now South Dakota), he was shot in the back by "Crooked Nose" McCall and died on August 2, 1876, at age thirty-nine.
Retired from professional poker, Boyd was selected to be a Hall-of-Famer in 1981, and lived in Las Vegas until his death on Nov. 21, 1997.
A tempered player who was skilled at all forms of poker, he was selected for the Hall of Fame in 1986.
Moore has played at the World Series of Poker since 1974, but has never won the main event (although no limit Texas hold 'em is not his preferred game).
He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1997.
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