Big things all round this week with the breaking news that Full Tilt Poker have finally signed Tom “Durrrr” Dwan as a Red Pro, further elevating the stable of players aligning themselves with the online poker behemoth.  Online forums have practically reverberated with speculation of late as to when Tom Dwan joins Full Tilt and what deal would be struck in the process.

The site held an official press conference yesterday which was attended and introduced by Howard Lederer, who was joined by Full Tilt Pro’s Patrik Antonius and Chris Ferguson, and of course Dwan himself.

A regular at the Full Tilt tables, Dwan will now be sporting the Red Pro status and will no doubt be suitably plastered with FTP paraphernalia when playing live.  As Dwan has largely become synonymous with Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed stakes, the match seems a good one.

Here’s the press conference:

Congratulations to Joe “The Kid” Cada for winning the 2009 WSOP Main Event!

Outlasting 6493 competitors, the kid with the freakish nose has taken down the biggest event in poker, with heads up play between Cada and Darvin Moon lasting 87 hands. Just eight days prior to his 22nd birthday, Cada is also now the youngest player to win the Main Event.

For those on Team Ivey it was a disappointing finish to yet another impressively deep run by arguably the best in the business.

Cada was the only man able to finish the dream run of Moon, who despite his self proclaimed good luck also showed significant poker smarts for a guy who was ‘new at this’ (at least until he hit the final table).

We’re sure we’re not the only ones already looking forward to next years Main Event.

Here are the official standings and payout:

$ 8,547,042      Joseph Cada
$ 5,182,928      Darvin Moon
$ 3,479,670      Antoine Saout
$ 2,502,890      Eric Buchman
$ 1,953,452      Jeff Shulman
$ 1,587,160      Steven Begleiter
$ 1,404,014      Phil Ivey
$ 1,300,231      Kevin Schaffel
$ 1,263,602      James Akenhead