Joe Cada Wins the 2009 World Series of Poker
Poker November 10th, 2009Joe Cada Wins the 2009 World Series of Poker! WSOP 2009 main event results:
The 2009 World Series of Poker was an amazing ride. The final 9 players resumed poker play in November after a break over the summer. The final 9 players were dubbed the November 9.
2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Results Image
The final table included:
Darvin Moon – Amateur
Eric Buchman – Pro
Steven Begleiter – Trained Amateur
Jeff Shulman – Pro
Joseph Cada – Pro
Kevin Schaffel – Pro
Phil Ivey – Pro
Antoine Saout – Pro
James Akenhead – Pro
On Saturday 7 players were eliminated leaving Joe Cadaand Darvin Moon.
Play resumed Monday night at 10 P.M. PST and a monster pot was accumulated on the very first hand. Darvin nearly doubled-up slow playing QQ. Both players were playing a lot of pots. Cada was playing a small ball style and Moon countered by trying to play big pot Poker. Darvin Moon gained the chip lead 20 minutes into play.
Darvin Moon
Darvin Moon Photo
On a side note, Phil Hellmuth shared with listeners that Darvin Moon was offered 75k to wear a logo before play had even reached the money in the Main Event. Moon declined.
Joe Cada Photo
Cada ran into big trouble Vs Moon’s seemingly weak style of play. Cada consistently raised pre-flop and Moon typically called along. Then on the flop, Moon would either bet out or in some cases make a huge raise to push Cada out of several pots. Moon was unbluffable and Joe’s style relies on sliding chips.
After the break, Darvin came out swinging taking his stack up to 140 million and Cada’s slipped 50 million. Cada continued to bluff a calling station.
Hand 71 resulted in another huge pot as Darvin double barrel re-raises the flop for 15 million.
Darvin donk bets out on hand 72 or 74. Will Darvin make the donk bet fashionable? River poker would be the best strategy to take on Moon, but Cada continued to play aggressive.
If Cada continuation bet, Moon insta ships all in!
The tide of the tournament changed when Moon went all in with 87 with a board of 10 10 9 5 Joe Cada has J9 and calls. River 3 and Cada doubles up. “Good call” states Darvin “You’re like a tough opponent” says Joe.
Darvin Moon called an all-in bet from Cada with QJ suited VS Joe Cada’s 99. This made for a 143 million chip pot and Moon was at risk! 8 7 2 flop turn K river 7.
Joe Cada becomes the youngest World Series of Poker Main Event champion in history!
Final Money Payouts in the 2009 World Series of Poker:
1 Joe Cada $ 8,547,042
2 Darvin Moon $ 5,182,928
3 Antoine Saout $ 3,479,670
4 Eric Buchman $ 2,502,890
5 Jeff Shulman $ 1,953,452
6 Steven Begleiter $ 1,587,160
7 Phil Ivey $ 1,404,014
8 Kevin Schaffel $ 1,300,231
9 James Akenhead $ 1,263,602
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