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21 year old wins the 2009 WSOP - takes home $8.5m
Darvin Moon was seven outs from the World Series of Poker Main Event Championship, but it wasn’t meant to be for the 46-year-old everyman from Maryland.
Instead, the title belongs to 21-year-old online professional Joseph Cada, who eclipsed Peter Eastgate’s record for youngest Main Event winner in poker history.
The win was anything but easy for the Michigan native, who at times seemed resigned to his fate of finishing runner-up to the more inexperienced Moon.
But experience ultimately prevailed and it was Cada’s calm under pressure that allowed him to keep a level head and eventually, take it down.
Ironically, it was pocket nines that got Cada into trouble on the first hand of heads-up play. Just 87 hands later, it was pocket nines that secured him the title.