Joe Cada's win at the 2009 WSOP Main Event has had time to sink in and we're ready to bring you the heads-up installment of our November Nine photo blog.

Taking photos is my favorite part of the job and that goes double for the Main Event. This year our hats are off to the WSOP staff for making it so easy to get great pictures of all the action.

We were all over that stage and we have the photos to prove it. Here's a visual account of the heads-up match with a few words for context. But don't worry; you won't have to do much reading.

Mano a Man; Moon a Cada

Any time studio lights are set up you can bet the photos are going to be good. It's a hell of a lot easier than shooting in the murky gloom of, say, the Foxwoods tournament room.

Hence we got some great shots of the two heads-up competitors.

Darvin Moon matched Joe Cada's seriousness with an unchanging lack of concern. Moon's expression barely changed and there were only a few instances where he broke character and got up from the table.

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He Got By with a Little Help From His Friends

Joe Cada had the loudest cheering section from the beginning of this final table. They cheered when he was in a hand. They cheered when he wasn't in a hand. They cheered pretty much every time he took a breath.

When it really counted though, it wasn't their cheering that mattered. It was just having them there.

Check out that photo above. This was taken during the final hand of the tournament. Even better, it was taken as they waited for the final river card, the one that would either make Cada a champion, or give Darvin Moon a second chance.

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Gracious in Victory; Gracious in Defeat

Darvin Moon handled himself extremely well during the entire final table, despite saying repeatedly how uncomfortable he felt about the spectacle that is the November Nine.

When he lost that final race, officially finishing second, he walked straight to Joe Cada, shook his hand and raised the champion's arm in congratulations.

I was standing directly behind him and managed to get a shot, as you see above (talk about behind the scenes ammirite?).

Cada was blown away by the whole thing but the first thing he did when he was handed the mic was congratulate Moon on his finish.

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A Handshake Makes it Official

When all was said and done, when the champion had hugged his family and said a few words to the crowd, it was time to make it official.

WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack handed over the bracelet and shook the hand of the 2009 world champion of poker.