Who's the bigger winner tonight? Mikey!!!

As we noted earlier, while the final table itself was excruciatingly long, there was a ton of drama on key hands and a great storyline of Joe Cada coming from 2.3M in chips to become the eventual winner. Should easily be the most compelling final table from a TV perspective in poker history.

A flood of news from the past couple of days, so in case you missed anything, follow the links:

:: Darvin Moon said at the press conference that he had a criminal past and then told us he was “just kidding.” But he does. And then there’s this too. Just when you thought you didn’t know a guy…
:: This former Playboy model said her mouth could only fit so much. Hee-hee!
:: Dani “Ansky” Stern joins the Brunson 10.
:: The final final table Inside Deal.
:: Jeffrey Pollack’s final 2009 WSOP vlog.
:: Mike Sexton’s Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
:: AlCantHang tweeted: “Dennis Phillips pounced upon Darvin Moon when he left the cage.” Which reminded us of this.
:: More of The Maven.
:: Dr. Pauly’s play-by-play of the final table action.

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Joe Cada became the youngest ever winner of the WSOP Main Event.

The 21 year-old Cada banks $8.5M for the win (although really after paying off his backers, Johnny Bax and Sheets, then paying off the Fed, it’s closer to 2.5Mish, but whatever). Cada is now the youngest ever WSOP Main Event winner, beating Peter Eastgate’s record from last year.

Cada defeated Darvin Moon, a ginger logger, for the title.

Watch ESPN on Tuesday night to see how it all played out. Should make for great TV.

Because it’s already gotten buried on the site, below is the press conference from earlier today with Cada and Moon. According to the video, looks like Cada is about to hit the Palms and party up with the Maloofs. Have to say, we liked his answer on being an ambassador for the game and we hope he follows through.

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The scene inside the Penn & Teller theater right before play begins.

Lots of big pots. As of post time, Joe Cada is around 112,000,000 and Darvin Moon is at 82,000,000.

In related news, this awesome tweet from Barry Greenstein:

Linda Tran is the current dealer and she is beautiful and Asian. More incentive for me to final table next year.

And oh yeah, that is Vince Neil doing “shuffle up and deal.”

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In it, he discusses the length of final table play, that Darvin Moon might be appearing on Letterman, and how this heads-up match is different without Phil Ivey being involved in it.

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The above vid is from the press conference right before 2009 WSOP Main Event final table play began.

durrrr is rumored to have had offers from other major sites, but ultimately settled with Full Tilt, where he pretty much plays exclusively now anyway. So this is kinda like marrying the girl you’ve been dating for four years. And if that’s the case, then durrrr is about to go on a looooooong dry spell the likes of which he’s never seen. Next thing you know he’ll be spending weekends at Target instead of at the online poker table. It’s all downhill from here durrrr. All downhill from here.

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