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2009 WSOP Main Event Winner Decided Tonight

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Darvin Moon and Joseph Cada
Darvin Moon (l) and Joseph Cada face off tonight in the 2009 WSOP Main Event finale


Tonight at 10 PM PT the final two players will take their seats on the stage at the Penn & Teller Theater inside the Rio Resort in Las Vegas to decide the World Championship of Poker. An unlikely pair of poker players consisting of a logger from Oakland, Maryland, Darvin Moon, facing the youngest finalist to make a Main Event heads-up match, Joseph Cada, a college dropout from Shelby Township, Michigan.

Joseph Cada goes into this evening event with a commanding chip lead of 136 million to Moon's 59 million. The winner will receive $8,547,042 in cash and the the most coveted prize in poker, the WSOP Championship Bracelet, while the runner-up walks away with a cool $5,182,928.

Fans can catch the action on ESPN Tuesday evening at 9 PM ET. Two hours of coverage from the final table that will conclude with the winner claiming the championship.


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Darvin Moon and Joseph Cada
The Championship bracelet and $8.5 million in cash await the champion

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