The WSOP held a press conference at the Masquerade Square inside the Rio for Darvin Moon and Joe Cada.
After Nolan Dalla (who would make an excellent ring announcer) did the introductions, “they” opened it up to the press for Q&A.
Moon actually sort of addressed that he has a criminal past (not in the video), saying that “we” could look it up, then saying that he was “just kidding.”
But more importantly than that, it looks like Joe Cada might’ve already won…in that he has a smoking hot girlfriend.
In what ESPN has publicly stated as an “absolute fucking worst-case scenario” final table*, the 2009 WSOP Champions Invitational airs tonight.
The final trio included three of the biggest charisma guys in the game: Tom McEvoy, Robert Varkyoni, and Dan Harrington.
All right all right. By all accounts McEvoy and Varkyoni are good guys, but that doesn’t mean they make for good TV. But we’ll remain hopeful. Can’t be worse than Face the Ace at least, right?
Above is a preview from tonight’s second episode. Reread our write-up on the event here.
* Ok, not publicly stated but come on, you know someone said it.
At the time, we described it as a “ratings killer.” Not much has changed since, although there are a few storylines that could be interesting. Our guess is the main focus will be put on the three young gunsTM–Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo, and Dani “Ansky” Stern (two Ansky references in one day?)–while weaving in the Greg Raymer finishing third as a big story. And no, we’re not rocket scientists for figuring that out.
Preview clip above and a second parter here. Using the super-cute-with-new-haircutJennifer Harman saying “all in” was a slick move by the editing team.
We caught up one last time with Barcelona’s super cute, super cool Leo Margets soon after her exit from the 2009 WSOP Main Event. While she’s definitely disappointed to see her run come to an end, Leo tells us that it’s starting to sink in how big her achievement is, especially back home in Spain where, as our friend Francisco from Poqeur Red puts it, “poker is still in diapers.”
Leo also shares with us that she’s been sleeping with the Last Woman Standing CupTM we gave her the other night and that she’s planning on playing the WSOP Europe this September.
Watch the full interview above, and if you know more than “taco,” “hola” and “Corona” in Spanish, check out Spain-based poker sites Poquer Red and PokerPoquer for more on Leo.
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