Newberry man charged in video poker bust

A Newberry man who was operating a video poker operation in his home has been arrested and charged with operating an illegal gambling facility.

Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster says that the arrest came as the result of a several month long investigation into the operation.

Sheriff Foster says that Monday afternoon, officers with the Newberry County Sheriff's Office and the State Law Enforcement Division executed a search warrant at the residence located at 31 Boundary Street in Newberry.

Investigators had received information that illegal video poker machines were being operated in the home.

Joe Cada Wins the World Series of Poker Main Event

What many thought would be a relative cake walk for the young PokerStars sponsored Joe Cada, turned out to be quite a ride that ended with Cada being crowned the 2009 World Series of Poker Champion.

After a ceremony congratulating the other seven "November Nine" combatants, and a "Shuffle up and Deal" by Motley Crue front man Vince Neil, play got underway at around 10:30 p.m. PST. It only took one hand for the fireworks to start as a raising war broke out on a flop. When the fell on the turn, Cada checked over to Darvin Moon, who fired 10 million to the "oohs" and "ahhs" from the crowd. Cada called rather quickly and the fell on the river prompting both players to check. Moon showed down pocket queens which were good against Cada's nines giving Moon a huge boost in chips.

Moon used the first hand of play as a catalyst, and began his march towards the chip lead. Cada seemed to be overmatched and slightly out of sorts playing against the hyper aggressive Darvin Moon. Each time Cada tried to play back at Moon, the logger from Maryland would fire right back, many times three-betting and four-betting his younger foe who many thought would be able to pick apart the less experienced Moon. At one point after a twenty minute break, Moon took control winning 14 of 21 hands dealt.

Sports roundup: Poker finale is set

A 21-year-old professional online poker player from Michigan hit a lucky king to cap a nearly impossible comeback at the World Series of Poker on Sunday, setting up a showdown in Las Vegas with a self-employed logger for the $8.55 million top prize in the tourney's main event.

Joe Cada, who at 123 hands into the session held just 1 percent of the chips in play, would become the youngest champion ever if he wins in the finale, which begins late tonight. The loser earns $5.18 million. Cada eliminated Antoine Saout when a river king gave Cada a better pair than Saout's eights, knocking Saout out, but he won $3.48 million for coming in third.

Cada faces Darvin Moon, 46, a logger from Maryland who had the chip lead at the start of the nine-way final table Saturday but now is at a chip disadvantage of nearly 2 to 1. Eric Buchman finished fourth ($2.5 million), poker pro Jeff Shulman was fifth ($1.95 million) and Steven Begleiter sixth ($1.58 million). Seventh place was worth $1.4 million to pro Phil Ivey. (News services)