Darvin Moon vs. Billy Kopp: The $45 Million Dollar Hand (WSOP 2009 Main Event)

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Darvin Moon talks to Jay “WhoJedi” Newnum at Foxwoods

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Focus on: Darvin Moon

Darvin Moon is a poker player that was runner up during the World Series from 2009, at the main event. He is both an amateur poker player and a self-employed logger and he was playing at the WSOP for the first time that year. He learned how to play the game by himself and he has a logging company. He took part in the World Series by winning a satellite tournament of $130.

He managed to get a large chip lead at the start of the tournament and he managed to get with it to the final table as leader in chips. At the moment around 30% of all the chips being played were his. He did lose the lead for a bit but he took it back by eliminating players like Phil Ivey and Steve Begleiter. Eventually he finished second, Joe Cada being the one in first place. He still took home $5.18 million by finishing second.

While plenty of people criticized him because he lacked experience and because of his style of play a lot of people also praised him for his way of being self-deprecating and for his personality. He also took part in the Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010, but the first place was taken by someone else once again. During his main event participation in 2010 he was eliminated during the second day.

At his 2009 World Series he was criticized by the commentators because he bluffed quite badly and managed to lose the momentum and the chip lead. Cada managed to win after that and Moon was obviously disappointed when it was all over and he had lost the first place. He played for 18 hours before it was all over and one bad call cost him the tournament. He still took home $5,182,601 as a beginner, so it can’t be considered a huge loss.

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Darvin Moon Video clip Rating: 4 / 5

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