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 The wait is over! After eight days of play back in July, four months of waiting, and 18 hours of play on Saturday, the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has finally ended, breaking records on the way.
At about 5am EST this morning, the final hand of the longest Main Event final table ever played came to an end with Joe Cada becoming the youngest player to ever win the WSOP Main event, banking $8,547,042 for that win. Just eight days shy of his 22nd Birthday, Cada became the youngest world poker champion in the 40-year history of the WSOP, beating 2008 WSOP Main Event champ Peter Eastgate’s record by nearly a year. This was the first WSOP that Cada had been eligible to play due to his age, and throughout the duration of the competition he’s cashed in on two other events in addition to his historic win at the 2009 WSOP Main Event. The online poker ace was close to elimination on more than one occasion during the longest final table in history. At one point he was down $2.3million in chips. However, he climbed his way back and came to the final hand with $136million in chips while his opponent Darvin Moon had only $59million. "I play heads-up six days a week online," said Cada, coming into Monday night's show down with Maryland logger Darvin Moon. "On Sundays I play regular tournaments."
Miss B says: What an exciting few months it has been. Everyone had their own predictions of who the 2009 WSOP Main Event winner would be, but Joe Cada shocked a lot of us by pulling the monumental win. Congratulations Joe Cada! You’re a young poker star that’s sure to add much positive light to the game in the future.
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