Bluffing and taking chances usually are stratgies when you are short stacked. But Maryland native Darvin Moon took these to new levels and wound up losing his chance to be King of the Poker World. Two hands turned the tide against Moon. First he went all in on a straight draw and lost the chip lead. Then unbelievably he called an all in bet from Joe Cada (99) with QJ off suited. That was it. Before you take too much … Read More »

I won’t go into who won the Main Event but it is obvious the best players don’t always win. Chip leader Darvin Moon made some of the most ridiculous all in bets I have ever seen.  It is only with tremendous luck that he survived to the final 3. Joe Cada, bidding to replace Peter Eastgate as the youngest Main Event winner, went all in first with 33 and flopped a 3 aginst 99 (he was short stacked). But then … Read More »

I surely don’t want to ruin the final table for anyone. As of my writing of theis blog, the final 2 players–Darvin Moon and the potentially the youngest player ever to win a WSOP Main Event, Joe Cada are preparing to square off. Much to the dismay of most poker fans Phil Ivey was an early exit from the final table.Joe Cada has a huge chip lead and should easily knock out the Western Maryland native. For whatever reason Moon … Read More »