Joseph Cada is the 2009 WSOP Winner

At age 21, Joe Cada is the youngest WSOP Main Event champion ever. Cada risked estrangement from his parents to take part: he gave up college to play cards for a living, against their will. By the time the 2009 WSOP results came in, Cada had flirted with elimination several times, at one time running dead last at the table of nine. But he crept back with a sequence of uncontested bets, and then doubled his pile with a theatrical all-in face-off in which he showed three threes, and he was on his way.

What Does Joe Cada Have That Darvin Moon Doesn’t?

The 2009 event was the 40th annual World Series of Poker. It ran from May 27th, and was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final table of nine players was reached on July 15, and preparations began for the Main Event, which started on November 7. The 2009 WSOP results came in very early on Tuesday November 10, with the 2009 WSOP winner winning the 5th largest stack in World Series history.

It just wasn’t meant to be for 46-year-old Darvin Moon this year, although at times Cada seemed prepared to accept the fate of finishing in second place. Cada’s experience finally prevailed, and his coolness under pressure allowed him to keep a level head and ultimately take it down. While it was pocket nines that got him into trouble on the first hand of heads-up play, as luck would have it, just 87 hands later it was pocket nines that secured him the title.

Youngest Winner Ever Learned Poker Online

The 2009 WSOP winner developed his proficiency for poker on the Internet, making most of his money at high-stakes heads up cash games. He has already scored a win in Full Tilt’s $750,000 Guarantee and another in the Sunday Mulligan, in addition to a few other large online tournament scores. He says that one day he would like to use his prize money to open his own bar.

Moon, on the other hand, said he is done playing poker after this tournament. There have been reports that he was offered well-paid sponsorships, but he wants no part of them and is not accepting. He even affirmed that he does not want to become anyone’s “b****” in post game interviews. This self-employed logger from a tiny town in Maryland, who doesn’t even own a cell phone, just wants to keep his life simple.

Since 2004 the series – which concludes with the $10,000 no-limit Texas hold’em Main Event – has attracted contestants numbering in the thousands. All events have been tournaments with cash prizes since 1971. Long before Joseph Cada became the youngest world champion ever, there have been unforgettable moments in the World Series, including Jack Straus’ 1982 comeback win after finding out he had one $500 chip when he thought he was out of the tournament.