Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
A display of power poker from Canada’s Jonathan Duhamel has earned him the title of 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion – and the cool sum of $8,944,310.
The Canadian beat Florida’s John Racener in the heads up contest for the title having gone into the match up with Racener with a huge 5:1 chip lead. Duhamel shoved consistently and used his chip stack to eventually batter Racener into submission. Duhamel doubled up Racener once, but the end came after yet another shove and Duhamel’s AJ held against Racener’s K8.
Racener could console himself with a pile of money measuring $5,545,955.
The pair were the two survivors from the original November nine. At one point it looked as if Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi would strike a blow for the big name pros, as he had the chip lead on the final table, only to bust out in 5th place in the field of 7,319 runners, who each had coughed up $10,000 for a shot at poker’s biggest prize.
23-year-old Duhamel, from Boucherville in Quebec, dropped out of University to pursue a full time poker career as mainly an online pro. With his riches and now inevitable sponsorship offers, he can just buy a degree instead. Runner-up Racener is also a full time player.
Tags: Jonathan Duhamel, WSOP