It was in the cards for a 21-year-old...

Joe Cada, 21, became the youngest player to win the World Series of Poker early Tuesday morning in Las Vegas.

Cada outlasted 6,494 players to grab the 8.55 million dollar prize.

The 2009 WSOP started back in July and ended with Cada turning over a pair of nines, good enough to capture the title. I love to play poker, but I have learned to stay away. I can't tell you how many times I've drawn hold cards like a 7 and a 9, or a 10 and a 2, or a...well you get the idea. The biggest pot I have ever been involved in was about 200 dollars...and I was shakin' in my boots.

I can't imagine the pressure that the 21-year-old must have been under.They play for millions in a single hand...and some of them are bluffing! I try a bluff and everybody calls. I'm on social security now and I can't afford a jaunt to the Casino to try my luck. But I have to admit it is a real kick to hit that flush on the river and haul in the chips.

Back in the 1980s, I sat down at a table in Las Vegas and played for three days straight. I even had a room for free. I never went to it. After three days of playing seven-card stud, I pocketed 25 dollars! I walked out of the casino wondering what year it was. And that was just playing with some good ole guys from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Arizona, who were enjoying a long weekend in Sin City -- in what officials from WSOP would call a penny-ante game.

Hats off to all those poker players in Las Vegas that have nerves of steel and can withstand that lifestyle, day in and day out. I think I'll stick to baseball. Physically it is more demanding, but I know for sure that my heart can take it.

Shuffle up and deal!