This Day In Sports History (November 9th) – Joe Cada

CP — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:00:43 +0000

It was on this day in 2009 that Joe Cada and Darvin Moon played heads-up in the World Series of Poker No Limit Texas Hold’em Main Event. Cada ended up winning to become the youngest ever winner of the event at 21 years of age.

Darvin Moon entered the final table, known as the “November Nine”, with an overwhelming chip lead, as he had nearly double the chip stack of second place Eric Buchman. Phil Ivey was the most notable player at the final table, being a seven time bracelet winner and widely regarded by many as the best no limit Texas Hold’em player in the world. However, Ivey made an early exit and after 276 hands, they were down to two players. Joe Cada outlasted 6,493 players to take home the bracelet and a check for $8 ,547,042.

Here is the final hand from the 2009 main event.

Notable Birthdays

Bill Guerin, NHL – Born November 9th 1970 (age 41) in Wilbraham, Massachusetts

Adam Dunn, MLB – Born November 9th 1979 (age 32) in Houston, Texas

Joel Zumaya, MLB – Born November 9th 1984 (age 27) in Chula Vista, California

Don Cheadle playing poker 2-5 No Limit at Caesars

AnthonyP — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:49:21 +0000

Sitting in the Caesars Palace poker room playing 2-5 no limit Texas Holdem, the table seemed to be dry for about the first 2 hours. I was getting no cards and found myself falling asleep every so often. Until a Cannon sat down in seat number 10, and lightened up the table. It was the infamous Don Cheadle; if you have never heard of him he has starred in such movies as Oceans 11 and Oceans 12. Don was great to play with, really down to earth and joking every chance he had. I was chirping him a bit, calling him a bully for raising my blinds. He would say I got Aces then flip them over when everyone would fold. The money didn’t matter to him, when your making millions per movie what’s a $700 buy-in. Ship it!

Don was in town hosting the Ante Up for Africa tournament with Annie Duke held at the Rio, it was a $5000 buy-in that raises money for the Not On Our Watch (NOOW) project, the group founded by Cheadle, George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt that focus’ attention on stopping atrocities committed worldwide.

A lot of big names celebrities showed up for the event; Jason Kidd, Charles Barkley, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adam Sandler, Ray Romano, Scott Ian, Kevin Pollack, Jason Alexander, Cheryl Hines, George Lopez, Joe Trohman, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Laak, Erik Seidel, Phil Gordon, Rafe Furst, Barry Greenstein and others.

The winner of the tourney was Johnny “World” Hennigan he won $136,860 and donated all of his winnings back to the charity.�

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This Day In Sports History (November 9th) – Joe Cada

Don Cheadle playing poker 2-5 No Limit at Caesars