Joe Cada Speaks Out on Internet Poker Prohibition

In an interview with TIME Magazine online, the newly crowned "Champion of Poker", Joe Cada, has spoken out against Internet poker prohibition.  Cada won the 2009 World Series of Poker early Tuesday morning following over 20 hours of grueling play between nine finalists.

"I support the right to play poker online," Cada told Time.com.  "Poker isn't gambling. It's a hobby, an activity, a game. It's not about luck - it's about logic, decision-making, math. We all should be able to play poker on the Web if we want to, and I believe that making it illegal strips us of our rights. This is an important issue, and hopefully we'll see it resolved soon."

Unlike his opponent at the final table, Darvin Moon, Cada has honed his skill playing online poker.

Joe Cada and his buddies call them Poker Sundays -- afternoons devoted to football, fast food and online poker, writes Tammy Stables Battaglia and Korie Wilkins of the Detroit Free Press.

They set up laptops in the Chesterfield Township home Cada bought with poker winnings after he graduated in 2006 from Utica High School.

With sandwiches from Jimmy John's or Arby's and football on a flat screen, they battle to see what they can win.

"It definitely can be a living," Cada said Tuesday from the high-roller, 9,000-square-foot Palazzo Suite at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. "But it's one of those things: You have to be very careful when you decide to make it a living. More people lose than win."

Ace King, Gambling911.com 

Submitted by Ace King on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:44
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Sun, 11/15/2009 - 09:35 — Guest
UHmm...You better be glad Darvin Moon didn't win...He would set the community back to Robert Varkoni. I'm glad to see someone who will speak out and actually have no problem stating he is a professional poker player. The Jamie Gold's,Robert Varkoni's etc have killed interest in the past for me. You earned your money from a poker tournmanet. Act like it.

Fok Do I Care

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 16:25 — Guest
Y the fok should i be happy bout people sitting in a room ADMITTING that they collude in tourneys? A 21 year old kid is giving advice on what he thinks of the laws of internet poker? Give me a fokin break!!! Take your money praise the poker gods u sucked out and keep your yap shut.

He's a lucky donk but to be

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 14:30 — Guest
He's a lucky donk but to be fair he says he mostly plays heads up. Thats a great way to avoid collusion.

21 year old speaks out! lolol

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 12:35 — Guest
So in a previous "interview" Cada says he plays online tourneys on Sundays, an now in this article he says he sits around his living room with his buddies on their laptops to play poker on Sundays. Yea I am sure their is NO collusion happening in tourneys that they play in. Nice article, glad to know that POKERSTARS poker room allows ADMITTED collusion in their tournaments! Did his buddies all get to buy their homes with the collusion winnings as well?

Get a clue.... you are just jealous....

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 21:58 — Guest
I also support being able to play online poker as it is a "skill" game, not always just random luck. If you think that, then you really haven't played with real people. Quit your whinning and just support something that you will never be able to do with your mindset.

Stop your crying

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 14:09 — Guest
Someone envious?!?! Do you have any idea how big some of the Sunday tournaments are? Trying 5,000+ entrants. The chances of them all sitting at the same table for the whole tournament is impossible so stop your bitching. Be happy for the kid.

Ur a Donk

Wed, 11/11/2009 - 16:31 — Guest
Stop my bitching about a kid who admits he an his buddies sit around on a Sunday afternoon playing in tournaments, colluding? Ok, No problem! An you don't ever go onto another forum an cry when you get sucked out on, or put in a squeeze, or have players tag team you. I just find it amusing that pokerstars has no problem with this, as they obviously must allow multiple computers to run from same IP. If not then they would need to have multiples lines running into thier house to play, so is it organized colluding, cheating? I don't know many other sites that allow more than 1 pc to run from same IP.

IP address's and Online Poker.

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 14:06 — Guest
you can play with multiple pc's from the same IP address, but it has to be multiple tables, not single table play.