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Joe Cada became the youngest poker player in the history of the World Series of Poker to win the Main Event when he beat Maryland logger, Darvin Moon in yesterday’s nail biting finale. The 21 year old was clearly at a loss for words after his magnificent win and only managed to sputter out his thanks to the many fans that turned out to back him and his rival.

When Peter Eastgate won the title last year, nobody believed that his record as a 22 year old champion could ever be beaten. But that’s what they said about the then 24 year old Phil Hellmuth in 1989 …

Yet Joe Cada has definitely been put on the pedestal of wunderkinds that entered the poker world in recent years and last night’s performance proved exactly why.

Cada, who hails from Michigan, was always a brilliant poker player and even bought his first home in cash at the tender age of 19, all with winnings from his online poker successes.

This was the first WSOP competition that Cada had entered, when he beat 6,494 other players from around the world to take the big prize of over $8 million. Before reaching the final table, Cada still had time to cash in two events.

The young player certainly shows that he can function well under pressure, when he was nearly thrown out of the tournament on Saturday for holding about 1% of the chips in play after 123 hands of poker. “I only play good when my back’s against the wall,” he said.

A stunned Cada couldn’t find many words after his victory but did manage to say: “I ran really well and I never really thought this was possible. It was one of those dreams and I’m thankful it came true.”

Darvin Moon was disappointed with his loss, but gracious all the same. “I should have gone all in on the flop,” he said about Cada’s last hand. “He made a phenomenal call. That’s why he’s the champion.”

In November, at the WSOP (World Series of Poker) Main Event, the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame class will be inducted with a presentation. One of the largest online poker websites, PokerStars, is pushing to have Tom McEvoy included as one of the members of the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame.

Members of the general public who still wish to have their say are able to suggest their choices for the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame by submitting a nomination using a form which is available on the WSOP website. Along with filling in the form, nominators will have to write 250 words to justify the nomination they have submitted. Over 1,000 nominations were logged on the WSOP site during the first week of public nominations.

After the initial public nominations have been received, 16 members of the media will have their turn to vote for the Poker Hall of Fame's 2009 class. Once a final list has been compiled, all living Poker Hall of Fame members will cast their votes in September for both gambling online and in live events.

Being voted into the Poker Hall of Fame is the dream of many poker players, not least of Tom McEvoy, who said "Being voted to the Poker Hall of Fame this year would be the best moment in my career so far. It would be better than winning four WSOP bracelets, the Champions Invitational, and eve the Main Event!"

PokerStars are fully behind helping Tom McEvoy, a member of Team PokerStars Pro, to reach his dream of becoming a member of the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame class.

McEvoy's poker career includes 37 finishes in the money since he's been playing in the WSOP events to date. Having won four WSOP bracelets, puts McEvoy in a ten-way tie in the 19th place for the most overall WSOP bracelets won. McEvoy has earned in the Top 100 for overall WSOP earnings, with the $1.3 million he has won in WSOP events.

McEvoy has written and co-authored numerous books about poker in which he shares his knowledge with other poker players. The titles include helpful topics such as "Championship Tournament Poker," "Championship Hold'em," and "How to Win No Limit Hold'em Tournaments." As can be seen from the books he writes and co-authors, McEvoy loves to teach poker, which he learned on his grandmother's knee at the age of five.

Grey Raymer, a fellow member of the Team PokerStars Pro has commented "Ted has participated in every stage of poker's evolution on the felt, online, from WSOP to EPT. He has chronicled it and taught us all how to play better poker and, most importantly, he's still winning!"