Joe Cada - Poker Player Profile
Like many young aspiring poker pros, Joe Cada realized that college wasn’t for him. The Shelby Township, MI native took the leap toward becoming a professional poker player shortly after beginning classes at Macomb Community College. And while most dropouts find the transition difficult, Cada’s decision to leave school turned out to be the most lucrative of his young life: a short time later he became a member of the 2009 World Series of Poker November Nine.
On July 15 Cada earned a spot at the final table of the WSOP Main Event, which will resume on November 7, as he outlasted a field of 6,494 players to guarantee himself a payday of at least $1,263,602. He’ll have his eyes set on the first-place prize of $8,546,435 and a gold bracelet when the tournament wraps up on November 10th.
Although he spends most of his time on the felts playing cash games, Cada took a stab at his first ever World Series of Poker in 2009 after turning 21 last year. He cashed twice before the Main Event, taking 64th in Event #13 ($2,500 No Limit Hold’em) for $6,681, and then 17th in Event #34 ($1,500 No Limit Hold’em) for $21,533. Once among the chip leaders of Event #34, Cada was eliminated by PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier when Grospellier hit a two-outer on the river against him.
He wouldn’t soon forget about what could have been. After finishing Day 1C of the Main Event as the overall chip leader, Cada told friend and fellow pro Justin “looshle” Pechie, “I’m finally getting my run-good after that ElkY hand.” He could go above and beyond what even the great Grospellier has accomplished by winning the Main Event in November.
Cada will enter the final table fifth in chips with 13,215,000. He made a big move on Day 8, doubling his stack despite having his pocket aces cracked by the pocket tens of Jamie Robbins after all of the chips went in preflop. That 3.5 million chip pot would have given Joe more ammunition to fire at his tablemates, but it certainly didn’t prevent him from attacking any more. Cada was the most active player at his table and even played back at Phil Ivey several times as the final table approached.
One thing is certain: Joe Cada will forever be a part of poker history after he takes his seat on November 7, 2009 as part of the November Nine.
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Poker slang:
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
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