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View the profiles of people named Joe Cada Joe. Join Facebook to connect with Joe Cada Joe and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to. Known as “The Kid,” Joe Cada turned the poker world on its edge with his exciting play, which he honed online growing up in Michigan. Cada hails from a family of card players, including his mother who is a blackjack dealer at a Michigan casino, and who took time off to watch her son become the youngest WSOP champion ever. Joseph “The Kid” Cada was born and raised in Utica, MI, and is, perhaps, best known as the winner of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and the youngest ever to do so. At the time, Joe Cada was only 21 years of age and had just landed a sponsorship deal with Team PokerStars. Biography of Joe Cada (excerpt) Joseph 'Joe' Cada (born November 18, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Shelby Charter Township, Michigan, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Cada became a representative of Team PokerStars in 2009 in the weeks prior to becoming World Champion.

Joe Cada is the youngest of four children and grew up just 30 miles northeast of Detroit, Michigan. His mother is a blackjack dealer, his father, a former automative worker, is unemployed. At a young age, Joe learned to play cards with his family. Back then euchre and pinochle were the games of choice in the Cada household.

Now, seeing that Joey is the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, it’s Texas Hold’em.

Cada’s magical run began in early July, where he and 6,493 competitors ponied up $10,000 for a chance at poker immortality. Joey admitted after his victory that he had numerous backers, and that one unnamed backer (aka Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy) will receive nearly half of the $8.5 million first place prize. The fame, sponsorships, endorsements and above all the bracelet are all Joe’s though.

The road wasn’t easy for Cada, especially at the final table. Joe took an early hit and found himself with just five big-blinds, but from there won a race against Phil Ivey and then hit two different two-outers with his tournament life in the balance. Joe ended the night as the chip leader, very confident that he would defeat amateur Darvin Moon in their heads-up match Monday. Moon came out firing though, and relinquished the chip lead from Cada before the first break. Joe’s confidence never waned, and eventually he was able to fight back and eliminate Moon. On the final hand, Cada held pocket nines against Moon’s queen jack of diamonds. The board ran dry and Joe’s fans exploded.

“It still hasn’t hit me yet,” Cada told reporters. “I don’t know what to think.”

Cada is the youngest person to ever win the WSOP Main Event. The previous record holder was the 2008 Champion Peter Eastgate. Big ups to Joey. Although he was very lucky at the final table, he is still a solid player and will be a good ambassador for poker.

Now, on to some abbreviated Week 10 Picks.

@NYJ (-6.5) v JAX

These teams are similarly mediocre, but with an extra week to rest and prepare Rex Ryan’s defense should be able to contain MJD.

@TEN (-6.5) v BUF

Tennessee looks good, but unfortunately for them they started off horribly. Thus, the Titans are a good bet from here on out unless Vegas catches on.

DEN (-3.5) @WAS

Kyle Orton I despise thee.

CIN (+7) @PIT

Child please the Bengals still can’t get no respect? The Steelers finna kiss the baby! POW!

@MIN (-16) v DET

The only way Minnesota fails to cover is if they bench Favre with a comfortable lead. Detroit could successfully pull of a backdoor cover then, but otherwise this will be ugly.

NO (-13.5) @STL

This has nothing to do with this game, but the Saints proved that they are Super Bowl contenders last week. They buckled down against Carolina and ground out a 30-20 victory. If their defense keeps it up, the Saints are a force to be reckoned with.

@CAR (+1.5) v ATL

When in doubt, take the points.

KC (+1.5) @OAK

(See above)

@MIA (-10) v TBB

Over/under 300 rushing yards tomorrow for the Dolphins? I’ll take the over.

@ARI (-8.5) v SEA

I want to thank the Seahawks for the cheapest cover of the year last week, that last second pick-six was amazing. Seeing that they can barely cover against Detroit it makes this pick, and future Seahawk picks, much easier.

@SD (-2.5) v PHI

The Giants had the Chargers beat until Philip Rivers went all PHILIP RIVERS! Hard to argue against the Bolts offense right now, especially with Darren Sproles getting the rock instead of old man Tomlinson.

DAL (-2.5) @GB

The NFL record for most team sacks in a game is 12. The Cowboys can challenge this Sunday.

NE (+3) @IND

This is a field goal game either way and the Colts were unimpressive against both San Fran and Houston. Give me the Pats and the Points.

BAL (-10.5) @CLE

Did they really think it was a good idea to put this game on Monday Night? I mean really?

This Week: 1-0

Last Week: 6-7

Season: 67-62-1

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Joe Cada WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile

After Day 1C of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, which started players with 50,000, former champ Joe Cada bagged up just 16,500. He was near the bottom of the counts. Obviously, you can call it a comeback as he now finds himself at the final table.

'I don't know if I would have been as patient back then. I was a little bit more patient this year.'

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'It was a lot more of a grind this time,' Cada told PokerNews. 'I knew that it was a long eight days and I felt like I had room to come back. I had 9K at one point in this tournament and I just grinded a short stack. I was like maybe one-fifth of average almost the entire tournament. I just had to pick my spots and try to shove on people that were raising too much and just try to pick up some hands.'

It marks the second time he’s been in this spot as nine years ago, he topped a field of 6,494 players to win the 2009 WSOP Main Event for $8,547,044. At the time, he was 21 years and 11 months old, and became the youngest player in WSOP history to win the Main Event. Not only that, he did it by besting a final table that included Phil Ivey, Jeff Shulman, and Darvin Moon.

'It feels unreal. What other feelings are there?' Cada said after returning to the final table. 'We'll see how it turns out. I don't know...cards...you never know.'

An online poker player before striking it big, Cada, born November 18, 1987, still resides in Shelby Charter Township, Michigan.

'It was a lot more of a grind this time.'

He made headlines earlier this summer for two reasons. First, he bested a 363-player field to win the 2018 WSOP Event #3: $3,000 NLHE Shootout for $226,218 and his third bracelet. His other gold hardware came back in 2014 when he took down Event #32: $10,000 NLHE 6-Handed Championship for $670,041.

The other headline he grabbed was around Father’s Day, which is when he put his father, Jerry Cada, into the $1,000 Super Seniors Championship. The story was heartwarming as not long before Jerry spent over a month in a coma after suffering a stroke. During his recovery, Joe spent time teaching his dad the poker ropes. Joe was on his dad’s rail, but now it’s time for the father to root on son once again.

As for playing it out in the coming days as opposed to the defunct November Nine break, Cada's all about it.

'I like it better. I'd rather just get this thing over with and see where it lies. The three months...you toss and turn a lot thinking about where it's going to end.'

HOW HE GOT HERE

KEY HANDS

One of Cada’s pivotal hands came with 15 players remaining in Level 34 (200,000/400,000/50,000) when he three-bet jammed for 6.875 million holding ace-six suited. The initial raiser, Frederik Jensen, called with ace-ten and Cada was in trouble. Fortunately for him, the board ran out with three hearts, including one on the river, to give him new life.

Cada on the hand: 'I don't know if I would have been as patient back then. I was a little bit more patient this year. I mean I got lucky with that ace-six of hearts but honestly, if I didn't ship that, for the next two hours, I wouldn't have won a hand. I would have just been blinded out. He actually made a really good call with ace-ten. That's a tough spot there. I got lucky with that and I was able to get in some really good situations where I was able to run my stack up.'

They're playing tight and I'm raising into the two chip leaders. There's no reason why I can't have a straight or two pair there.'

In another big hand, Cada executed a three-barrel bluff against Alex Lynskey, who had flopped top pair on a king-high board. Cada’s river shove sent his Australian foe into the tank and eventually, he folded. Cada’s brazen bluff lit up the Twitterverse and showed that he was willing to put it all on the line for another shot at the title.

'It was just situational. I was lucky enough for a jack or a queen to come off because that was the only way I was going to continue with the bluff,' Cada said of the hand. 'That board's my range. They're playing tight and I'm raising into the two chip leaders. There's no reason why I can't have a straight or two pair there. It's so hard to have any bluffs besides an ace, which I did but it's not often. It's just situational.'

If Cada were to win the Main Event, he would join the ranks of Johnny Moss, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Stu Ungar as repeat winners. Similarly, a fourth bracelet would put him in a company that includes Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Brian Rast, and Amarillo Slim, just to name a few.

Finally, Cada is the first Main Event champ to return to the final table since 1995 winner Dan Harrington went back-to-back in 2003-04.

Cada has a favorable position at the table. The two big stacks are to his right, and the two short stacks are to his direct left. Cada has the experience and knows how to close the Main Event out, which just might be the edge he needs to make poker history.

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Seating

There is 1:23:57 remaining in Level 36 (300,000/600,000, with a 100,000-ante).

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payout

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