Poker Stars Signs Joe Cada for November’s Final Table21-Year-Old Joins Buchman and Schaffel as Site’s Representatives |
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And then there was one — one player at this year’s World Series of Poker main event final table who hasn’t associated himself with an online poker room.
Joe Cada, the youngest player at the final table, has signed with PokerStars to be its third representative in November, his management company Top Set confirmed today. That leaves chip leader Darvin Moon as the only player at the final table still unassociated with an online poker room.
“I’m proud to have been chosen to represent PokerStars. Their reputation and prestige are second to none,” said Cada, who at 21 has a shot to break Peter Eastgate’s record as the youngest player ever to win the WSOP main event. “I look forward to bringing even more accolades to their already decorated team.”
Cada will join Eric Buchman, second in chips, and Kevin Schaffel, sixth in chips, as PokerStars representatives at the final table. Cada currently holds the fifth largest chip stack.
Due to a new WSOP rule that prohibits more than three players wearing logos of any one individual site at a televised final table, it appears that PokerStars has completed its selection of representatives for this year’s final table.
Last year, PokerStars had six sponsored players at the final table — Eastgate, Ivan Demidov, Dennis Phillips, Ylon Schwartz, Darus Suharto, and Chino Rheem.
Perhaps looking for a way not to appear like a PokerStars infomercial, the WSOP created Rule 43-B-i, which states: “No more than three (3) players at the Final Table — and all other tables featured for television coverage — will be allowed to wear apparel with logos, patches or promotional language from the same entity.”
Of course, PokerStars could sign a fourth player in the November Nine, but then one of its players would have to either “remove or cover their logos,” as per WSOP rules.
Full Tilt Poker has already signed its three November Nine representatives, with Team Full Tilt member Phil Ivey naturally leading the pack. Along with Ivey, newly established Full Tilt pros Steven Begleiter and James Akenead will also wear the site’s gear at the final table.
Begleiter, Ivey, and Akenhead sit in third, seventh, and ninth in chips, respectively.
Jeff Shulman, fourth in chips, is the CEO of SpadeClub, the subscription-based online poker site that is powered by Card Player. France’s Antoine Saout, eighth in chips, recently signed with Everest Poker — an online poker room that does not currently accept American players.
Moon, the logger from rural Maryland, told Card Player he’s never played online poker and appears to be content sporting his New Orleans Saints hat, rather than any poker site gear.
If there is one thing that’s been learned from the 2009 November Nine, it’s that poker sites are willing to sponsor players at the final table even if that player wore a competitor’s logo during the event itself.
Before signing with PokerStars, Cada wore an Ultimate Bet patch during the late levels of the main event after he made a one-day agreement with the site. Buchman, another PokerStars representative at the final table, also wore a competitor’s logo (Full Tilt) during the event.
Britain’s Akenhead qualified for the main even through PokerStars, according to the site, but he has opted to join Full Tilt’s squad for November.
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