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Harold Vanderbilt. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge. He came from a famous family of entrepreneurs, and was also an avid sailor, winning the Regatta of the America Cup three times.

Chris Moneymaker. The impact of the boom was escalated in May 2003, when amateur Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 WSOP Main Event. Moneymaker won his seat via a $39 satellite tournament on the PokerStars online poker room. Moneymaker was one of 839 entrants in the 2003 event. By the next year, the field in the 2004 Main Event more than tripled to 2576 players. By the 2006 Main Event, there were 8773 competitors, some 14 times as many as had entered the last 2002 pre-boom Main Event.

The United States. From 1950, the championship was played 43 times (most recently in 2017 in French Lyon). Two representations definitely dominate in the history of sports bridge. The most victories in the Bermuda Bowl are the current world champion USA - 19, Italy - 15, and the rest of the world - only 9, including 1 time Poland, and France and the Netherlands 2 times.