Thread: 21-Year-Old Wins $8.55 Million at WSOP

New record for youngest player.

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 10) - A 21-year-old Michigan poker professional who chose cards over college won the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas early Tuesday, winning $8.55 million and becoming the youngest player to win the tournament in its 40-year history.

Joe Cada Wins 855 Million At Wsop -- FanHouse

I am just getting into poker. A good site where you can play for free is pureplay.com

I am also up at nights watching "Poker After Dark" on NBC.

Originally Posted by biophase

He was down to I think 3 mil, after he got called bluff raising with 36s on the river with 6 high. He had incredible luck flopping sets when he was totally dominated pre-flop. Winning the main event required incredible runs of luck.

Winning any tournament with a field that big requires ton of luck imo, when blinds get to a certain amount you start to have a lot of coin flip situations.

Originally Posted by rayudu

I am just getting into poker. A good site where you can play for free is pureplay.com

I am also up at nights watching "Poker After Dark" on NBC.

You should play on pokerstars you can play free there too. Kind of hard to learn since they go all in with any 2 cards. I like ps and fulltilt best since they have the most players.