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THE FINAL BATTLE
Nov 09 2009 09:12 PM EST
Darvin Moon of Oakland, MD, outlasted seven other, more experienced members of the 2009 November Nine to play heads-up Monday, November 9th for over $8.5 million dollars and the World Series of Poker Main Event championship. The final obstacle between Moon and poker nirvana is Joe Cada of Shelby Township, Michigan.
With a stack of 58,850,000, Moon enters heads-up play with 30% of the chips in play, nearly the same amount that saw him coming into Saturday’s final table. Blinds are at 500,000/1,000,000 with antes at 150,000.
While 30% of a table’s chips is a phenomenal position to be in against eight other players, 30% one on one will be a challenge for the logging company owner who admits to having played less than a handful of times heads-up. This holds especially true since his opponent specializes in mano a mano tournament play.
“I play heads-up six days a week online,” said Cada, who currently sits atop 135,950,000. “On Sundays I play regular tournaments.”
With his commanding chip lead, 21-year old Cada is on the verge of becoming the youngest World Series of Poker Main Event champion in history.
Regardless of how things shape up when play resumes at 10:00 pm on the stage of The Penn and Teller Theater at The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Moon will be one of the biggest winners in WSOP history, not even reflecting his $5.1 million worse-case scenario.
“You know what, I would have been happy with nothing,” said Moon.
In fact, given the celebrity and attention that inevitably come with being the World Series of Poker Main Even Champion, one could easily ponder whether Moon has decided that a worse-case scenario isn’t that bad.
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