2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

November Nine Final Table
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$8,547,042
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$27,220,989
Entries
9
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Hand #245 - Fearless Joe Cada with the Four-Bet

Joe Cada has the button. He makes it 2.0 million to go. The small blind, Antoine Saout, reaches for his re-raising chips and pops the action up to 6.275 million. Darvin Moon quickly folds the big blind.

Saout hasn't looked very lively for the last two hours and offers more of the same lethargy as Cada glances his way several times. Cada then puts in the third raise, making it 13.0 million straight. That's too much for Saout; he folds.

Tags: Antoine SaoutJoe Cada

Hand #244 - Moon Bullies Buchman

Eric Buchman has the button. Darvin Moon makes it 2 million to play, and Buchman quickly comes along with the call.

The two men go heads up to a flop of {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {4-Spades}, and Moon checks. Buchman does not check, firing 3 million chips at the pot. Moon wastes no time sliding the calling stack out into the table.

The turn comes the {9-Clubs}, and the action check-checks. The {10-Spades} fills out the board, and Moon leads out with a quick bet of 5 million. Buchman doesn't need to think long; he sends his cards away with no drama, and Moon picks up another pot.

Tags: Darvin MoonEric Buchman

Hand #243 - Eric Buchman

PokerStars sponsored player Eric Buchman
PokerStars sponsored player Eric Buchman
Darvin Moon has the button. Action folds to small blind Eric Buchman. He opens the pot with a raise to 2.0 million. Joe Cada has position and calls from the big blind.

The flop is {k-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}. There's lots of murmuring from Cada's section of the now-much-emptier house. Buchman puts out a bet of 3.0 million. Cada's chin drops further down into his chest before he slides out a matching amount of chips. The turn pairs the board, {K-Diamonds}. Good card? Bad card? Irrelevant card?

We're not sure yet, but it doesn't slow down Buchman. He bets another 5.4 million. This time Cada shakes his head the slightest bit and folds his hand.

Tags: Eric BuchmanJoe Cada

Hand #237 - Joe Cada

Antoine Saout has the button. There is no small blind for this hand. Eric Buchman is first to speak and makes it 2.0 million to go. Joe Cada, with position on Buchman, calls. They are the only two to a flop of {7-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {2-Spades}. Buchman checks to Cada, who has played the most aggressively of the remaining four players. Cada lives up to that reputation with a bet of 2.5 million. Buchman folds.

Tags: Eric BuchmanJoe Cada