Friday, November 13, 2009

Youngest poker champion-Joe Cada sets world record

  LAS VEGAS, USA -- Joe Cada (21) of Shelby Township, Mich., a poker professional who chose cards over college won the World Series of Poker main event winning $8.55 million and setting the new world record for the Youngest poker champion .

 Photo: Joe Cada, 21, is the youngest champion ever in the World Series of Poker. / Reuters photo
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   Cada's record-breaking win breaks a record for the tournament's youngest winner set last year by 22-year-old Peter Eastgate of Denmark. The previous Guinness world records holder for the title of Youngest poker champion , Phil Hellmuth, held the record for over two decades. He was 24 when he won for the first time in 1984.

   He battled 41-year-old logger Darvin Moon and at one point held only one per cent of the chips in play. Cada, who turns 22 next week, took home $8.5 million early Nov. 10 when he outlasted Maryland logger Darvin Moon (and 6,492 other competitors) at No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em to win the sport's biggest prize.

Joe Cada turned over a pair of nines early after 46-year old Darvin Moon called his all-in wager with a suited queen-jack, setting up an about-even race for most of the chips on the table.
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   "I ran really well and I never really thought this was possible," Cada said. "It was one of those dreams and I'm thankful it came true."

   He told reporters: 'Luck always helps. I'll take all the luck I can get.' The player was virtually unknown when he started the competition, but he is now worth approximately £5.1million.

   The finale pitted the youthful professional - who makes a living playing poker online - against a self-employed logger who, until this year's World Series of Poker, had never been on an airplane or gambled for high stakes.


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Friday, November 13, 2009

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