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Joe Cada won the 2009 WSOP Main Event.

The 21 year-old Cada banks $8.5M for the win. Cada is now the youngest ever WSOP Main Event winner, beating Peter Eastgate’s record from last year.

Cada defeated Darvin Moon, a ginger logger, for the title.

TIME contributor Matt Villano caught up with Cada in Las Vegas to talk about preparing for the final table, what he's learned by playing poker online and what's next for history's youngest champ.

First off, how did you celebrate your monumental win last night?
Right after the match [at the Penn & Teller Theater inside the Rio Las Vegas] ended, there were like 2½ or 3 hours of interviews, photos, autographs and stuff like that. Then a bunch of us went back to our suite at the Palazzo. My family had come out to be with me, and I had about 100 friends who came out from Michigan to cheer me on too. We were up pretty late.


[Full interview at time.com]