Joe Cada WSOP 2009 Poker Main Event Champion

Phil Ivey finished in 7th place, Jeff Shulman in 5th and 21-year old Joe Cada wins the main event a WSOP bracelet and $8,546,435.
Here are final results:

#1.  Joseph Cada
$8,546,435.00

#2.  Darvin Moon
$5,182,601.00

#3.  Antoine  Saout
$3,479,485.00

#4.  Eric Buchman
$2,502,787.00

#5.  Jeff Shulman
$1,953,395.00

#6.  Steven Begleiter
$1,587,133.00

#7.  Phil Ivey
$1,404,002.00

#8.  Kevin Schaffel
$1,300,228.00

#9.  James Akenhead
$1,263,602.00

 
The total prize pool for the event was $61,043,600 and [...]

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Apple MacBook Pro MB990LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

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My Poker Stats

Here are my poker statistics for the last 36,000 hands I played. All stats are for short-handed tables (max. 5 or 6 players per table).

Game Level
Total Hands
Total Won ($)
BB/100 Hands
Total Rake ($)

NL ($10)
15
43.0
14.3
2.0

NL $1000
294
282.0
4.8
44.0

NL ($6)
6
681.0
945.8
3.0

NL $600
10685
1651.7
1.3
1564.7

NL $400
14566
14480.0
12.4
2102.1

NL ($4)
3914
142.2
0.5
683.9

NL ($2)
2453
295.2
3.0
331.2

NL $200
3820
558.2
3.7
397.0

Total
35753
18133.15
6.3
5127.86

Game Level
Total Hands
Vol. Saw Flop %
PF Raise %

NL ($10)
15
40.0
26.7

NL $1000
294
22.8
20.1

NL ($6)
6
16.7
16.7

NL $600
10685
24.8
19.9

NL [...]

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This is the story of my poker career.
I started playing online poker in March 2006, 2 months after my 17th birthday. My 1st deposit was $20. I doubled it up quickly. I then cashed out $20. I then lost the $20 in my account and redeposited $20. I doubled this money up, cashed out $20 [...]

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