Joe Cada wins the WSOP Main Event 2009

What many thought would be a relative cake walk for the young PokerStars sponsored Joe Cada, turned out to be quite a ride that ended with Cada being crowned the 2009 World Series of Poker Champion.

After and huge up and down match Joe Cada seized the title on the 364th hand with pocket 9’s vs Moons QJos.

Payouts:

1 $ 8,547,042 Joe Cada
2 $ 5,182,928 Darvin Moon
3 $ 3,479,670 Antoine Saout
4 $ 2,502,890 Eric Buchman
5 $ 1,953,452 Jeff Shulman
6 $ 1,587,160 Steven Begleiter
7 $ 1,404,014 Phil Ivey
8 $ 1,300,231 Kevin Schaffel
9 $ 1,263,602 James Akenhead

/update You can now watch the final table by clicking here

Win your Piece of Ivey

Phil Ivey is in position to win the 2009 WSOP Main Event. Join the action from October 8th through November 5th by playing for the chance to claim a piece of Ivey’s Main Event winnings, along with cash prizes and Freeroll entries.

If you want to join the action create an account at Full Tilt Poker.

Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch and the $2 mln story

If Phil Ivey, one of the WSOP november nine and a member of Team Full Tilt Poker, is capable of winning the WSOP 2009 Main Event hey collects $10,000,000 by Full Tilt Poker.

Fellow Team Full Tilt player Andy Bloch made a sidebet with 2400 players remaining in the event: If Ivey wins the Main Event it will cost Andy about $2,000,000.

So if Phil wins the Main Event he wil collect about $20,000,000!! Go Phil, go Phil..

WSOP November nine 2009

The November Nine are on a 115-day break and the chipleader is a logger from Maryland who plans on going back to his day-job. He’s got the biggest stack but not the biggest name of the November Nine, part two.

Phil Ivey, considered by most to be the best player in the world, is also in the mix and though he’s only got 9,765,000 in chips, he’s the name that everybody will talk about the players reconvene in November.

Here are the chip counts of the November Nine:

1. Darvin Moon - 58,930,000
2. Eric Buchman - 34,800,000
3. Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000
4. Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000
5. Joseph Cada - 13,215,000
6. Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000
7. Phil Ivey - 9,765,000
8. Antoine Saout - 9,500,000
9. James Akenhead - 6,800,000

Moon’s chip lead is thanks largely to monstrous pots that resulted in the 12th place and 11th place finisher busting out.

First, with play down to two tables, he eliminated Billy Kopp by flopping a better flush than Kopp in a pot worth 45,000,000. After a flop of [Kd] [9d] [2d] and a turn of [2h] all the chips went in the middle with Kopp holding [5d] [3d] and Moon holding [Qd] [Jd].

Then, with the final ten players all seated together Moon continued to run red hot getting into a pot with Jordan Smith. After Moon called a preflop raise from the button, Smith re-raised to 2,600,00 and Moon called. The two players saw a [8c] [4d] [2d] flop, Smith checked and Moon bet 4,000,000. Smith moved all-in and Moon called instantly and tabled a set of eights. Smith showed pocket aces and when he was unable to improve on the turn or river he was the November Nine bubble boy.

The two shortest stacks belong to the only non-American players at the final table. England’s James Akenhead is the shortest with 6,800,000 and France’s Antoine Saout sits in eighth with 9,500,000.

Eastgate vs Demidov the re-match

Peter Eastgate vs. Ivan Demidov was one of the classic World Series of Poker* Main Event confrontations, and now PokerStars is recreating that epic encounter with an online grudge match. Heads-up poker is the purest form of the game and this battle is set to be another classic. Ladies and Gentlemen, we bring you Eastgate vs. Demidov: The Rematch. Let’s get ready to rumble!

At stake are bragging rights and $10,000 to the charity of the winner’s choice. You can take part too and show your support for the player that you think will win, by playing in one of two fan tournaments. One tournament will be for players that think Eastgate will win, and the other for people that think Demidov will win. The winner’s tournament will have $10,000 added, so you can win cash as well as support your favorite player. Who do you think will win?

Check the Pokerstars website for more information.

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