1. Joseph Cada was born on November 18,1987 and 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.
18 Facts About Joe Cada
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Joe Cada had two previous WSOP in the money finishes, both in 2009.
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Joe Cada had been a regular online poker player for several years prior to winning the live WSOP event.
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Joe Cada is primarily an online poker player, with more than $500,000 in online tournament winnings at present.
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Joe Cada became a representative of Team PokerStars in 2009 in the weeks prior to becoming World Champion.
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Joe Cada is from a family of card enthusiasts, although his parents disapproved of his chosen profession.
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Joe Cada's agent dubbed him "The Kid", and he has taken on the role as a statesman of the profession in the media and political circles, where he is a proponent of legalization of gambling.
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Joe Cada started playing online poker at about the age of 16.
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Joe Cada twice staked accounts but lost all the money in the accounts that he shared with his brother Jerome.
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Joe Cada earned enough to enter contests in the Bahamas and Costa Rica.
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Joe Cada had been a professional poker player for six years at the time of his world championship.
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Between the end of 2008 and the 2009 November Nine, Joe Cada had earned $551,788 online.
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Joe Cada enjoys playing the "Sunday Major" tournaments at various online sites and says he honed his skill pursuing the knowledge and experience of better players at online training sites.
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Joe Cada's signing with PokerStars resulted from an interview on ESPN with Phil Gordon where he expressed an interest in signing with that specific company.
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Joe Cada was 340 days younger than Eastgate had been at the time of becoming world champion.
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At the 2018 World Series of Poker, Joe Cada earned two more bracelets and a fifth-place finish in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, which earned him more than any of his non-main event bracelet victories.
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Joe Cada has an older brother, Jerome, two older sisters Theresa and Jillian, and one half little sister Alex.
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Joe Cada's agent came up with the nickname "The Kid".