While many in the industry have been celebrating Michigan native Joe Cada becoming the youngest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner ever, Cada’s local media in Detroit have debated the impact of his feat on society.

Following his victory in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which aired on ESPN on Tuesday night, Joe Cada received an overwhelming amount of praise from U.S. media outlets.

As you probably know, WSOP Final Table logos are big business. Players routinely secure six and seven figure multi year deals from the big online poker sites. The 2009 World Series of Poker November Nine were no exception. Except for the nine players, agents and poker sites, very few people ever get [...]

After 57 tournaments in Las Vegas, four more held in London, and a grand total of 157 days, the 2009 World Series of Poker has come to an end. While there are many things that will be memorable about this year’s schedule, perhaps the best way to look back at the 2009 WSOP is by the numbers.

When viewers tune into tonight’s broadcast of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on ESPN, they’ll see eventual winner Joe Cada don a logo for the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the industry’s grassroots lobbying force.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, or in the case of Joe Cada, the squeaky wheel gets $8.5 million. After nearly 90 hands of heads-up play in the overnight hours on Monday, Cada emerged as the youngest WSOP Main Event Champion ever.

On hand number 88 of a topsy-turvy heads up match, Joe Cada won a race with a pair of nines to defeat Darvin Moon’s Qd Jd. The board ran out 8c 2c 7s Kh 7c giving Cada two pair, nines and sevens. If Cada had lost the pot, he would have been crippled. With his victory, Cada pockets a cool $8.55 million dollars while Moon takes home the runner-up spot and $5.18 million.

It took all of 12 hands of heads-up play of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for Darvin Moon to retake the chip lead from young gun Joe Cada, at least temporarily. A total of $8.5 million is up for grabs for the first place finisher.

In a scene reminiscent of a Super Bowl post-game press conference, about 30 media members hit the Masquerade Stage at the Rio on Monday afternoon to interview 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table survivors Darvin Moon and Joe Cada.

On Monday night at 10:00pm PT, heads-up play in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will commence between Joe Cada and Darvin Moon. The former holds better than a 2:1 chip lead.

On Monday night at 10:00pm PT, Darvin Moon and Joe Cada will take to the felts of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table for a heads-up duel. Poker News Daily caught up with PokerRoad’s Joe Stapleton, who has been coaching Cada on his media presence, to learn how the youngster is preparing for his big day.

After a grueling 17 and a half hour session inside the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas, Darvin Moon and Joe Cada emerged victorious and will play heads-up on Monday night in the finale of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event with an $8.5 million first place prize on the line.

In a rather bizarre scene at the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table, Darvin Moon sent crowd favorites Phil Ivey and Steve Begleiter packing, three-outing both.

Doyle Brunson kicked off the Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony dinner at the Brasilia Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The festivities occurred during the dinner break of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table at 7:00pm PT.

After a slow start to the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, British poker player James Akenhead and American Kevin Schaffel were eliminated in ninth place and eighth place, respectively.

Players came out swinging after the first break of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table. Both short stacks entering the day, Antoine Saout and James Akenhead, doubled to get a new lease on life at the final table.

The cards are in the air at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas. Inside the massive Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio, you can hear a pin drop on every turn of the card.

It’s 11:08am at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The gates to the spacious Penn and Teller Theater open, admitting a throng of screaming fans. The Rio is bustling, as the nine remaining World Series of Poker (WSOP) participants play down to two.

World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton will personally welcome five tables of friends, family, and coworkers in the poker community as part of the Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremonies slated for Saturday. Around 200 attendees are expected.

Those looking for a little post-game analysis after this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event wraps up this coming Tuesday need look no further than Bernard Lee’s poker radio program, “The Bernard Lee Poker Show.”

If you think the conclusion of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is just about the $10,000 buy-in feature tournament, you couldn’t be further from the truth. A variety of side events and a cavalcade of media will make this weekend one for the ages.

As part of a conference call held on Thursday, ESPN poker commentators Norman Chad and Lon McEachern previewed the conclusion of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table, set to resume on Saturday, November 7th.

2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Women’s Champion Sally Anne Boyer has filed a lawsuit against Harrah’s Entertainment, the WSOP Academy, and other related companies for misuse of her image for advertising purposes.

In what has to be one of the surprise stories of this poker year, a 22 year-old part-time poker player from Oak Forest, Illinois, Dan Livingston, has become the latest champion on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, just outside Chicago.

A $345 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament kicked off the festivities at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event stop in Hammond, Indiana. The Horseshoe Casino’s opening attracted 1,412 players, the largest field ever assembled on WSOP Circuit felts.