Are these two hands worth millions??
I think Darvin Moon could have found a better spot to get his money in. Thoughts:
Hand #356 - Joe Cada Makes An All-In Call Joe Cada has the button. He raises to 3 million and Moon makes the call. It comes 10c 5d 9h , and the action goes check-check. The turn comes the 10d and Moon checks once again. Cada can't resist betting 3 million, and Moon quickly announces an all in check-raise! Cada takes a sip from his water bottle as he pauses to consider his options for a few moments. He sinks deep into his chair and practically lays his head on the rail, cradled in his elbow. The decision is clearly an agonizing one. Finally, and quietly, Cada says, "I call." With that, he is now at risk, and Moon is potentially one card from the bracelet. With the entire theater on their feet, the cards are turned over: Moon - 7s8s Cada - jh 9d Cada is ahead with his two pair, but Moon is drawing to his open-ender, and he sure does run good. After a long, suspenseful delay, the river comes: 3h That's safe for Cada, and he gives the ol' double fist pump as he heads off into the arms of his cheering section. With that good call, Cada has earned himself a massive double up and the chip lead once again! Moon - 86,500,000 Cada - 108,300,000
Darvin Moon Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,182,928) Hand #364 - Joe Cada has the button. It's 3 million again, and Moon is looking like a re-raise this time. Indeed, he does three-bet it up to 8 million, and Cada double-checks his cards before announcing an all in. Moon double-checks his own cards and quickly makes the call for his tournament life! Just like that we've got an enormous pot! With just under 150 million chips up for grabs, the cards are turned over: Cada - 9c 9d Moon - Qd Jd It's pandemonium inside the theater. The crowd is jumping up and down in the balconies as everyone screams their orders at the stage. The spectators on stage lean in towards the players, jockeying for position to catch a glimpse of this monumental board. With the eyes of the poker world staring directly at the table, the dealer burns a card and runs the flop: 8c 2c 7s That's clean and safe for Cada, now two cards away from poker glory. Moon is standing up behind his chair with a blank stare, and Cada can't bear to watch. He's over in the stands, clutched in the arms of Cliff Josephy. The tension mounts again as the turn card falls: Kh That's an awfully scary paint card, but it's safe for Cada. Moon will need to catch a queen or a jack to prevent Joe Cada from wining every last chip in play. The drama is too great for words. There's one more card to come. With the tension coming to an absolute climax, here comes your river card: 7s. A deafening roar echoes through the rafters as Joe Cada is swarmed by his friends and family in the crowd. Darvin Moon shakes his head and paces slowly away from the table. Cada comes over to shake his hand, and the two men exchange pleasantries before Moon's exit. After a truly legendary run for Darvin Moon, his Main Event is done.
Hand #356 - Joe Cada Makes An All-In Call Joe Cada has the button. He raises to 3 million and Moon makes the call. It comes 10c 5d 9h , and the action goes check-check. The turn comes the 10d and Moon checks once again. Cada can't resist betting 3 million, and Moon quickly announces an all in check-raise! Cada takes a sip from his water bottle as he pauses to consider his options for a few moments. He sinks deep into his chair and practically lays his head on the rail, cradled in his elbow. The decision is clearly an agonizing one. Finally, and quietly, Cada says, "I call." With that, he is now at risk, and Moon is potentially one card from the bracelet. With the entire theater on their feet, the cards are turned over: Moon - 7s8s Cada - jh 9d Cada is ahead with his two pair, but Moon is drawing to his open-ender, and he sure does run good. After a long, suspenseful delay, the river comes: 3h That's safe for Cada, and he gives the ol' double fist pump as he heads off into the arms of his cheering section. With that good call, Cada has earned himself a massive double up and the chip lead once again! Moon - 86,500,000 Cada - 108,300,000
Darvin Moon Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,182,928) Hand #364 - Joe Cada has the button. It's 3 million again, and Moon is looking like a re-raise this time. Indeed, he does three-bet it up to 8 million, and Cada double-checks his cards before announcing an all in. Moon double-checks his own cards and quickly makes the call for his tournament life! Just like that we've got an enormous pot! With just under 150 million chips up for grabs, the cards are turned over: Cada - 9c 9d Moon - Qd Jd It's pandemonium inside the theater. The crowd is jumping up and down in the balconies as everyone screams their orders at the stage. The spectators on stage lean in towards the players, jockeying for position to catch a glimpse of this monumental board. With the eyes of the poker world staring directly at the table, the dealer burns a card and runs the flop: 8c 2c 7s That's clean and safe for Cada, now two cards away from poker glory. Moon is standing up behind his chair with a blank stare, and Cada can't bear to watch. He's over in the stands, clutched in the arms of Cliff Josephy. The tension mounts again as the turn card falls: Kh That's an awfully scary paint card, but it's safe for Cada. Moon will need to catch a queen or a jack to prevent Joe Cada from wining every last chip in play. The drama is too great for words. There's one more card to come. With the tension coming to an absolute climax, here comes your river card: 7s. A deafening roar echoes through the rafters as Joe Cada is swarmed by his friends and family in the crowd. Darvin Moon shakes his head and paces slowly away from the table. Cada comes over to shake his hand, and the two men exchange pleasantries before Moon's exit. After a truly legendary run for Darvin Moon, his Main Event is done.
Comments
Questionable but at the same time Cada feels he will have the best hand here most of the time because heads up you would not be check raising all in if you did have a 10, figure the probability first of your opponent hitting the board or even improving on that board, so why you would be pushing him out with a check raise all in is beyond me...
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There is no way I am making a call or shoving with QJ in any tournament whether its for 5 bucks or 5M heads up. Pick a better spot please.
I was more surprised that Moon would push with a draw risking the chip lead. I guess it was a semi bluff. Be interesting to see how they edit the final table.
That can be said for every ME Final Table participant since and including Moneymaker. The game is too big now not to rely on luck to get you there.
Personally, if Moon had won, I don't think it would have done a thing to the industry. He wanted no part of the fame/glory and avoided it as much as he could from the very beginning. Cada I think will have a much larger impact than Moon could have, but no where NEAR what Moneymaker or Raymer did for the game.
Jerry Yang is obsolete as well....what happened to Jamie Gold...I think the only real people to make impacts in recent years winning the ME have been Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem.
I also think a lot of people are not starting to realize that although you need to get lucky to win it is a great obstacle to go through 6000-8000 just to play poker. The average joe has been inidated with poker on tv and what was once seen as a "fun or lucrative" way to make money, has been bombared with "who are all these guys, and why are there so many pros, different events, etc"
I think as much as Moneymaker created the boom it also is now starting to swallow itself. Not in a huge way but in a way that the average recreational player may not even want to take a chance at playing a big tournament as much as they would have wanted to a couple of years back.
Well yeah, this is obvious. In a field that size, skill alone isn't going to bring you to the top, you obviously NEED to get lucky. But after listening to pretty much the entire final table, getting the money in ahead was basically a death wish. Also, I don't really think Cada winning is going to have much of an effect on the game at all. Sure, out of the two he's the one who will actually still be around for a while, and promoting the game, which is great. But as for bringing new players to the game, if any, it will probably be pretty minuscule.
Either way. LOL DONKAMENTS.
Exactly,
Poker needs to be presented as something easy and fun, that even stupid people can have fun winning easy money at...
Everytime I see some 21 year old referred to as a 'poker pro', my first thought is unemployed.
what do you expect a post in the WSOP section to be about??
oh milo
come on, anyone who was trying to avoid the details is not with it, it is plastered everywhere,yahoo, every news cast, all forums.