Via ESPN.com "This year, Darvin Moon is the man in the position so many poker players around the world could only dream of. Not since Jamie Gold -- who had 29 percent of the chips with his nearest competitor, Allen Cunningham, holding 19 percent -- has a player entered the final table with such a dominating chip lead. This logging company owner from Oakland, Md., has 30 percent of the chips on the table and is the oddsmakers' favorite, even over seven-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey. The most fascinating aspect of this fairy tale is that, for Moon, it is more like a bizarre dream that makes no sense whatsoever.
"In the life of Darvin Moon, simply participating in the 2009 WSOP main event was a dream itself.
"You know what? I would have been happy with nothing," Moon stated. For the current chip leader, the main event meant embarking on multiple first-time experiences. Moon traveled across the country to Las Vegas for the very first time. In order to see Sin City and the Rio, he would need to fly in the first large airplane flight in his life. Finally, the WSOP would be his first main event poker tournament ever." READ FULL STROY
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