09 Nov 09

WSOP Main Event: Heads-up resumes Tuesday Morning

With 7 out of 9 players eliminated over the weekend, the WSOP Main Event Final Table will resume shortly as the final two face off for the coveted bracelet.

Joe CadaJoe Cada (pictured right) goes into the heads-up duel as the clear favourite, since he holds a greater than two-to-one chip lead over Darvin Moon. Cada currently holds 136,925,000 chips while Moon is some way behind with just 58,875,000 chips.

Both players will return to the Penn & Teller theatre in Vegas on Monday at 22:00 PT (07:00 CET) for their much anticipated duel. ESPN will be broadcasting their edited footage from the entire Final Table on Tuesday at 21:00 ET (03:00 CET).

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Moon unimproved as Cada picked up all the chips

Darvin MoonAfter almost 18 hours of play, Moon (pictured right) who came into the final table as the chip leader holds pretty much the same amount of chips as when he started. Cada, meanwhile, has gone from strength to strength after hitting a low point of about 2 million chips (4 big blinds).

If Cada, who is just 21 years old, manages to win the title, not only will he eclipse Peter Eastgate as the youngest Main Event winner ever, it will also be remembered as one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the Main Event final table. En-route to his massive stack, Cada eliminated Frenchman Antoine Saout in third place to setup the duel with Moon.

Darvin Moon meanwhile was written off by many, after a some mis-steps early on in the Final Table. The 45 year old logger who was at one point spotted dozing off at the tables came back strongly to defy the critics. He took out Phil Ivey (7th), Steve Begleiter (6th) and Eric Buchman (4th).

The winner of this richest heads-up match of 2009 will walk away with the much coveted WSOP Main Event bracelet and $8.5 million in cash. The loser takes home $5.2 million. Here are the results from the final table so far:

WSOP Main Event
Final Table
Place Name Chips/Prize
1
 Joe Cada
136,925,000
2
 Darvin Moon
 58,875,000
3
 Antoine Saout
 $3,479,485
4
 Eric Buchman
 $2,502,787
5
 Jeff Shulman
 $1,953,395
6
 Steve Begleiter
 $1,587,133
7
 Phil Ivey
 $1,404,002
8
 Kevin Schaffel
$1,300,228
9
 James Akenhead
 $1,263,602