Sad to hear of the passing of Darvin Moon.
He was one of the examples of how anyone can run good at the WSOP. Loved his demeanor at the table on the ESPN broadcasts.

Is this true? Can't find the news anywhere except one random Twitter post.

I just re-watched the 2009 WSOP earlier this summer was struck by what a polite, gracious player Darvin was. I also think he had a little more poker acumen than he probably got credit for having. Definitely one of the most indelible characters from the 00s WSOP telecasts.

2020 strikes again. RIP Mr. Moon, you inspired many.

RIP my dude.

Wasn't 2009 the main event when Phil Ivey made the FT, i seem to remember Darvin busted him?
Those old main events had a much more exciting atmosphere when it was all dark with just the table lit up.
Darvin will always have a place in poker history anyway.

RIP

RIP

I would have loved to sit and play with him. He seemed like such a standup gentleman that just wanted to have some run good.

whodat

Handled the pressure with grace.


Rip

Very sad!

Very sad.

RIP Darvin

Rip Legend.

RIP

Sad news. RIP Darvin.

One of the most memorable WSOP broadcasts there was from the boom. He should have won. Rest in peace Sir.

RIP, great person :-(

My favourite WSOP final table. What an absolute gentleman

Oh so much this. So many people in a poker tournament are just complete POSes. And then you had Darvin Moon, who seemed like just a nice, straight-forward gentleman there to have a good time. And he never changed his demeanor or attitude once while going on one of the greatest rungoods a person can have. RIP Mr. Moon.

Just think of the timeline where he wins that QJ v 99 flip against Cada and then wins one more flip against a fairly short-stacked Cada to win the entire thing. So close.

He was aggressive. In an interview he gave sometime on the last day of non-main-event play, they asked him what his strategy was - "I like to make them pay to see cards". He may not have known much past "I have two of the same card and oh look there's a third one of them on the board in front of me", but he knew that aggression = good.

Allow me to quote two of my favorite posts on here - from 2010:

His FT was I think one of the last WSOPs I watched a good deal of footage from. His folksy, salt-of-the-earth persona made for a compelling story. Sorry to see this and condolences to his family.

RIP one of the true heros from back in the day.

RIP

RIP

RIP, I remember being tilted at the time for beating Iveys AK w/ AQo but ultimately he seemed a really nice guy and his run was good for the game.

Just remembered the hand where he made an outrageous bluff for like 90% of a guys stack and folded to a jam and went over to his wife and said he folded QQ (lied to her). Very funny stuff

I remember he was getting like 8 to 1 or something. I can't remember who said it, but someone said for that price you should be calling with a snickers wrapper and an Uno card.

I played in a Pittsburgh Open Main Event at Rivers with him in 2013. He was well above avg nearing the bubble and playing super agro without a care in the world. He ended up being the bubble boy and simply did not care at all. Very classy and nice man!

RIP

RIP. Seemed like a good guy. Down to earth.