AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

Darvin Moon News

Darvin Moon News From AOL News

2nd Place? No Problem for Poker-Playing Lumberjack Who Won $5.1 Million

By Steve FriessNov 10th 2009 – 10:55AM

LAS VEGAS -- What is Darvin Moon going to do with his new fortune? "Put it in the bank," said the lumberjack who came in second place at the World Series of Poker. It was a characteristically plain-spoken response from the 46-year-old from rural Maryland who had never flown in a jet plane before coming to Las Vegas in...

Background on Darvin Moon

Darvin Moon is an American self-employed logger and amateur poker player who was the runner-up of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) US$10,000 no-limit Texas hold'em main event.

more at wikipedia »