This hour began shortly after a 20-minute break, and Darvin Moon seemed by far the more refreshed. He was the aggressor in all of the early pots and took most of them down, regularly making reraises of about five million, which was consistently too rich for Cada.
The Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein, watching from the wings, was impressed by Moon’s attitude in the early stages, and told our video blog team how he saw the opening salvos, a video that sets the tone for the action to follow. Here’s Greenstein, interviewed during the break.
Watch WSOP 2009 November Nine – Barry Greenstein On Playing Heads Up on PokerStars.tv
The action that followed, though, showed that Cada is made of stern stuff. One key pots hauled him right back in it. The next one won the title. Check out the action:
Cada raises to three million and Moon calls for a flop of 10♣ 5♦ 9♥ . Check, check. The turn is 10♦ and Cada bets three million, which brings out the patented Darvin Moon overbet. It really is an overbet too, he announces that he’s all in, which of course covers Cada’s stack. Cada goes into the tank and is told that it’ll cost his entire stack of 48,150,000 to call. But call he does, and he’s ahead. Cada has J♥ 9♦ and he’s going to have to fade seven outs as Moon shows 7â™ 8â™ . The river is neither a six nor a jack and Cada’s fans go wild. He now has 108 million and has regained the chip lead.
Cada raised pre-flop to three million. So far so normal. Moon made it eight million. So far so normal. Cada now shoved all in. So far, not so normal. Moon called. Wow, wow, wow. This pot would almost certainly decide where the bracelet went.
Cada showed 9♦ 9♣ . Moon showed J♦ Q♦ .
They were flipping for it, and after much delay, the board came: 8♣ 2♣ 7â™ … K♥ … 7♣ .
The stage became a mass of bouncing canaries as Cada’s supporters mobbed the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Full wrap up and quotes to follow. Phew.
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