Oakland's Moon to face off against Cada for top prize

A 21-year-old playing in his first World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas is poised to become its youngest champion if he can beat an amateur logger who had never gambled for high stakes before entering the no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament. Joe Cada, from Shelby Township, Mich., is 340 days younger than Denmark's Peter Eastgate, who last year broke the age record set by 11-time gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth two decades earlier. Cada is an online poker pro who should bring more experience to the table than 46-year-old Darvin Moon of Oakland. "I have a feeling it's going to be a long match," said Cada, who had almost no chips less than halfway into the marathon final table but now has a more than 2-to-1 chip advantage over Moon after 276 hands. He will face Moon tonight for the tournament's top prize of $8.55 million, and a coveted gold bracelet given to winners of world series events. Moon, a self-employed logger, finished Sunday's session with about the same number of chips he started with. He had the chip lead at the beginning of the nine-way final table Saturday afternoon but begins tonight an underdog to Cada.