TOURNAMENT REPORT
Jonathan Duhamel gets ready to see if his new bracelet fits!
Canadian
Jonathan Duhamel finally took down the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event
Championship in Las Vegas at the start of November.
So that's what a serious amount of money looks like!
CANADIAN WINS WSOP 2010
nine. They returned to the Penn and Teller theatre at the Rio to fight it out for the title, $8,944,310 and the much coveted bracelet. Over 2,000 spectators followed the action in the Rio while thousands more followed the action online. Duhamel, 23, became the first
16
Canadian to win poker’s top prize. His route to victory was a roller coaster ride. He arrived at the final table with
the chip lead and held about one-third of the total chips in play. Duhamel lost
The $10,000 NLH event began on July 5th with 7,319 players and played down to the final
some of his momentum during stage one of the final. Michael Mizrachi seized the chip lead at one point during play, but ultimately finished fifth. Joseph Cheong also proved to be a formidable foe during the long battle, but ended up as the third- place finisher. Surrounded by 150 friends and
family members all clad in the red jerseys of his ice hockey team, Montreal Canadiens, Duhamel shouted: “Thank you to everybody for being here, it’s a dream come true.” Italian poker pro Filippo Candio,
from Sardinia finished in fourth place for Poker Europa | DECEMBER 2010 |
www.PokerEuropaOnline.com
Big crowds watch on as the WSOP final table battle it out
- WHILE ITALIAN FINISHES IN FOURTH PLACE
$3,092,545. He joined fellow finalists Soi Nguyen (9th), Matthew Jarvis (8th), Jason Senti (7th), and John Dolan (6th) on the rail after Cheong knocked him out. He was the first ever Italian to make the WSOP Main Event final table. He said afterwards: “I was very
proud to represent my country and do things for poker in Italy. I am pleased with the way I played. I think there are going to be many more players from my country who [do well] at the World Series." The runner up was American John
Racener who collected $5,545,955 in prize money.
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