by wildcherry on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | News, Sports | No Comments

Joe Cada beat out Darvin Moon in WSOP 2009 Main Event results. 21-year-old Joe Cada became the youngest ever champion at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Monday night after defeating 45-year-old logger Darvin Moon in a heads-up match that lasted nearly 90 hands. The Shelby Township, Michigan native overcame several obstacles during the final table to claim victory and receive the top prize of $8.55 million. Cada’s title comes one year after a then-22-year old Peter Eastgate supplanted Phil Hellmuth as the youngest champion in the history of the event.

Moon says he is happy with his over $5 million win, compared to the $8.5 million earned by Cada. Final Results are as follows: 3 - Antoine Saout $3,479,485, 4 - Eric Buchman $2,502,787, 5- Jeff Shulman $1,953,395, 6 - Steve Begleiter $1,587,133, 7 - Phil Ivey $1,404,002, 8 - Kevin Schaffel $1,300,228, 9- James Akenhead $1,263,602

Cada thanked his family and friends: “I want to thank my friends and family for taking time away from work and school to be here. I’ve dreamed of winning this tournament, and to do it the first year out of the gate is unbelievable. This is just amazing.”

Joe walked away with $8,547,042 and a record as WSOP’s youngest winner in the tournament’s 40 year history.

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