The heart of virtually every kind of poker player was represented at this years WSOP final table. Even though it took 123 days to get to the general table, the last two were decided in merely 17.5 hours.
There were 6,494 players that came to battle, but only two remain, Darvin Moon, chip leader for many of the tournament, and Joseph Cada, potentially the youngest player to ever win a WSOP bracelet. Last night when the day ended play, Moon sat the underdog for the primary time with only $58,850,000 (that's where he started the day) and Cada holding an excellent and commanding lead with 135,950,000.
What happened to the opposite 7 final table players? The day started with taking 6 hands before anyone finally saw a flop, once the ice had broken, it play as usual. Many surprising pushes of all-ins, however it was James Akenhead who was the primary casualty being eliminated in 9th place and quickly following was, Kevin Schaffel in 8th.
For the following couple of hours it looked like the Phil Ivey show, with him chipping up on nearly almost hand, but as quickly because it came, it went and Ivey was eliminated in 7th place. Following the fan favorite was Steve Begleiter, who started with a pleasant stack this tournament, but he was out within the 6th place. Moon was taking some beats loosing same of his stack, Cada was getting stronger, and Saout appeared to moving along too, disposing of Jeff Shulman in 5th place.
The four left, Antoine Saout (88M), Darvin Moon (54M), Joseph Cada (42M), and Eric Buchman (9M) came after the biggest pot of the tournament, when Saout destroyed Buchman, leaving him with little to work with. This then ending his tournament dreams a couple of hands later, Buchman out in 4th place.
Saout holding the lead going right into a break, but if things came back, there has been no holding back, Cada and Saout were able to battle it out, while Moon sat quietly back, thankful that he was out of the hand and hoping only one more is also eliminated. However, Cada only doubled and Saout was left crippled and defeated. So defeated, he ended up being knocked by the young stud a couple of hands later, leaving in 3rd place.
Which bring us to the general two, Moon and Cada. Who will prevail? Today, they are going to break, but then resume on Monday night, November 9th, 2009. Will the young gun get up against the tournament long chip leader? Or maybe Moon will regain strength and teach this boy a lesson? We can see as they play for $8,546,435!
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