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...final hand, Darvin Moon, 45, called an all-in bet from Joe Cada, 21, and with $150 million in chips in the pot - 70% of the chips in play - none of the last five cards paired Moon's queen-jack; Cada's pair of nines held up, and he had outlasted 6,494 participants who began play more than four months ago at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. (See 10 things to do in Las Vegas...
Moon, of Oakland, Md., was one of two closely watched amateurs to make the final table; the other was investment banker Steven Begleiter, 47, of Chappaqua, N.Y., who went out of this tournament early Sunday in sixth place. Both came to Las Vegas with a compelling backstory and made it to Saturday's "November Nine" final table with commanding chip stacks...
...reversal of roles, it was Baskind who got the glory in Harvard’s final matchup by notching her third and fourth goals of the year...
Baskind’s two goals in the Crimson’s final match of the regular season propelled Harvard over Columbia in overtime, 2-1, and earned the defending Ivy League champions an outright Ancient Eight title for the first time this decade...
...until the match’s final seconds, the single goal appeared to be all the Crimson would need...