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Darvin Moon, RIP
Tikay10
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Darvin Moon passed away overnight.
Darvin was a logger by trade, felling trees in Maryland, who played a little poker in local pool halls & fire stations. Somehow he won a $130 satellite to the $10,000 WSOP Main, & boarding an aeroplane for the first time in his life, flew to Vegas.
The short story is that he ran 2nd for $5,180,000 in the 2009 WSOP Main Event.
He was totally self deprecating and the first to admit he was lucky, & that he was an out & out recreational player.
That did not stop the Serious Heads on 2 + 2 & poker forums across the globe from mocking him relentlessly for what they saw as his technically poor play. These guys had never made a WSOP Final Table but were laughing at Darvin's play. A little bit of my love for the world of poker died that day.
Darvin was just a regular guy who got lucky, & was the first to admit it.
God bless him.
Darvin was a logger by trade, felling trees in Maryland, who played a little poker in local pool halls & fire stations. Somehow he won a $130 satellite to the $10,000 WSOP Main, & boarding an aeroplane for the first time in his life, flew to Vegas.
The short story is that he ran 2nd for $5,180,000 in the 2009 WSOP Main Event.
He was totally self deprecating and the first to admit he was lucky, & that he was an out & out recreational player.
That did not stop the Serious Heads on 2 + 2 & poker forums across the globe from mocking him relentlessly for what they saw as his technically poor play. These guys had never made a WSOP Final Table but were laughing at Darvin's play. A little bit of my love for the world of poker died that day.
Darvin was just a regular guy who got lucky, & was the first to admit it.
God bless him.
Comments
Darvin Moon was a genuine bloke and a genuine legend. RIP.
Can't think of many other sports or recreational games where someone like Darvin Moon would be mocked for not doing things correctly.
Even to this day I still struggle with any comments in chat where anyone being slagged off for their play, the elitism from some is quite something. Smarter players seem to stay quiet and silently pray the bad player continues to play badly. No-one looks bad or loses face.
Seems a lovely guy. A humble man with no airs or graces who enjoys a game of poker. Rest up Darvin!
Being a nob in the comment section is a lot easier.
I can't see how anyone who's never managed a final table at any event can possibly have any credibilty to mock someone who has. So what if he wasn't technically perfect and made rash calls or dubious plays. Part of the appeal of the game is that on any given day anyone can win regardless of ablity or lack of.
RIP fella.
There's a wonderful obit of Darvin here by Nolan Dalla, who was at the time the comms Director of the WSOP;
https://www.nolandalla.com/remembering-darvin/