2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

November Nine Final Table
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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

Seat 1: Darvin Moon (58,930,000)

The only way you might not know that Darvin Moon has been the "overnight" chip leader of the WSOP Main Event for the last four months is if you're new to poker or if you've been living in a cave in the mountains of Afghanistan.

Moon, a logger from Maryland, is the complete antithesis of the young online poker whiz kid. He has never played online poker, does not have an email address and in fact doesn't even own a computer. The 2009 Main Event was the first WSOP tournament Moon ever played. He won his entry by winning a satellite tournament in West Virigina and had never flown on an airplane prior to his trip to Las Vegas last July.

But don't let Moon's apparent "backwoods" demeanor full you. He played with incredibly savvy to make his way to this year's final table, and in fact was never all in at risk of elimination at any point during the first eight days of the tournament.

Tags: Darvin Moon