Darvin Moon and Bernard Lee are good friends that join us for this latest poker lifestyle piece, filmed at one of the many restaurants within the Foxwoods Casino. These two became good friends during the course of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, with Lee inviting Moon to the Foxwoods Mega Stacks Challenge tournaments that took place only a few weeks ago. Bernard Lee is the official spokesperson for Foxwoods Casino and was one of the hosts for the recent tournament promotion at the casino.
Moon became one of the most famous names in all of poker when he took a $10,000 satellite seat from his local casino near his home in West Virginia (United States) and rode it to a second place finish at the World Series of Poker Main Event. Moon dominated the way through the final days of competition and used a simple and straightforward approach to turn aggressive players on themselves.
Moon went on to win $5.8 million at the 2009 WSOP Main Event, finishing second to Joe Cada. He remains a self employed logger and hasn’t changed much in his life, outside of a few creature comforts for himself and his wife and parents. Famously at the final table, Moon knocked out both Steve Begleiter and arguably the best player in poker, Phil Ivey. Moon was able to eliminate Ivey with AQ against Ivey’s AK when a Queen flopped and Ivey’s hand did not improve.
In this prop bet challenge, the two decided to play a little game of Keno, which Moon apparently had never played before in his life. At stake was a dinner, with the loser paying for the winner’s meal. Who would win this exciting game of luck? You’ll have to watch to find out!
Bernard Lee is a correspondant and guest columnist for Poker News Day and can also be seen at ESPN.com.
