The Young Winning at Poker Might Worry Some

Many of us are finding that when we watch the World Series of Poker, the players are getting younger. For some, they think this is cool. For others, they might worry just a bit. They aren't worried about the game. This changes nothing as they will tell you. What they are worried about more are the things that some of these players are giving up.

One of the players who are worried about players this age and younger; basically those in their twenties is Joe Cada. Many of you remember him as last year's winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event. He is now the youngest player to ever have won this championship. While he's happy about it, he looks back on what it took for him to get to this point in his life.

Cada had started playing poker online at PartyPoker just as soon as he turned eighteen. Normal people only play a few hours and so forth. Not Cada though. He had told reporters who are amazed at what he has accomplished that he spent anywhere between sixty to seventy hours playing online. It consumed his life.

Posted on Monday, Jan 12th, 2026 at 12:14