Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Boatman ya fara cin nasara a cikin gasar World Series of Poker (WSOP) a shekara ta 2000 a cikin $ 3,000 ba tare da iyaka ba. Kwana 4 bayan haka ya gama a cikin kudi a cikin $ 10,000 babu iyaka hold'em babban taron, gama a 16th wuri. (A cewar littafin James McManus "Positively Fifth Street", shi ne shugaban kwakwalwan kwamfuta don yawancin gasar.) Ya kuma gama a cikin kudi na babban taron a 2001 (33rd) da kuma
2006 (854th).