Canadian Jonathan Duhamel wins the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event
The World Series of Poker Main Event began on 5 July in Las Vegas and ended on 8 November with one player left from
the starting field of 7,319. The winner of the 2010 WSOP Main Event is 23-year-old Jonathan Duhamel from Boucherville, Quebec.
When the WSOP Main Event had its final nine players set on 18 July, the tournament went on a 110-day break. The players reconvened at the Penn & Teller Theater inside the Rio All-Suite
Hotel and Casino on 6 November to play down to the winner.
Entering the final table, the players and their chip counts were as follows:
Jason Senti 7,625,000
Cuong Nguyen 9,650,000
Michael Mizrachi 14,450,000
Filippo Candio 16,400,000
Matthew Jarvis 16,700,000
John Racener 19,050,000
Joseph Cheong 23,525,000
John Dolan 46,250,000
Jonathan Duhamel 65,975,000
The nine players were playing for the Main Event winner’s purse of $8,944,310 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
It took almost 14 hours of play to get down to the final two players, Jonathan Duhamel (188,450,000 chips) and John Racener (30,750,000 chips).
Duhamel obtained the majority of his chips when he and eventual third place finisher, Cheong, played the largest pot in the history of the WSOP. Cheong raised all in before the flop and
Duhamel made the call for his tournament life. When they showed their cards, Duhamel held Qc Qd while Cheong had As 7h. No aces hit the board for Cheong and he dropped to four million chips while Duhamel scooped the 185 million-chip pot. Six hands later, Cheong
was eliminated in third place.
After Cheong was eliminated the tournament took a day off on Sunday. The final two players met again on Monday night to determine the 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion.
“Shuffle up and deal,” was announced a little after 8:30 p.m. and the players got down to business. Racener, despite being able to double his chip stack once, was unable to overcome the
huge chip deficit he was facing and on the 43rd hand of heads up play, fell in second place.
The final hand began when Duhamel shoved all in and Racener called for his final 14,950,000 chips. When the players showed their cards down, Duhamel held As Jh while Racener tabled Kd
8d. Duhamel’s hand was the favourite before the flop and they did not change when 9s 4c 4d hit the board. The dealer put a 6c down on the turn and Duhamel was a better than 86 per cent favourite to take the hand and the WSOP title. The 5c hit the table on
the river and Racener was eliminated in second place. Duhamel’s fans rushed the table and raised the first Canadian WSOP Main Event Champion into the air.
Upon winning the tournament, Duhamel said, “This means so much to me, I’m the happiest guy on the Earth right now. I’m very happy to be the first Canadian. It’s an honour for me and it’s
great for Canada.”
The final table finishes and payouts follow:
Jonathan Duhamel $8,944,138
John Racener $5,545,855
Joseph Cheong $4,129,979
Filippo Candio $3,092,497
Michael Mizrachi $2,332,960
John Dolan $1,772,939
Jason Senti $1,356,708
Matt Jarvis $1,045,738
Cuong Nguyen $811,823
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