Jonathan Duhamel Wins 2010 WSOP Main Event

The World Series of Poker Main event is called by many the “Super Bowl of Poker.” Saturday, the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event, known as the November Nine, commenced with nine players looking to take their shot at $8.9 Million in prize money and the coveted gold bracelet. Jonathan Duhamel entered play as the dominating chip leader while many eyes were on pro Michael Mizrachi who was looking for his 2nd bracelet of the year and a share of the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year.

Jonathan Duhamel - 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion

Here is how the final nine players started final table play:

Filippo Candio 16,400,000
Joseph Cheong 23,525,000
John Dolan 46,250,000
Jonathan Duhamel 65,975,000
Matt Jarvis 16,700,000
Michael Mizrachi 14,450,000
Soi Nguyen 9,650,000
John Racener 19,050,000
Jason Senti 7,625,000

Soi Nguyen fell in 9th place to Jason Senti. Nguyen shoved with A-K and Senti woke up with Queens. A queen on the flop ended Nguyen’s day in 9th. Matt Jarvis a while later was all-in with pocket nines against the A-Q of Michael Mizrachi. What happened next should be considered among the sickest hands in final table history. Mizrachi flopped two queens to take the lead. The turn then fell a nine to give Jarvis a full house. The river then fell an ace to give Mizrachi a better full house and send Jarvis out in 8th.

Jason Senti fell in 7th place. He moved in with A-K and Joseph Cheong made the call with pocket tens. The flop came K-K-Q to give Senti the lead. The turn then fell a jack to give Cheong a straight draw. A nine would hit the river to complete Cheong’s straight and knock out Senti in 7th.

John Dolan started the final table in 2nd place but was never to get any traction. After being knocked down to the short stack, he moved in with Q-5 and Jonathan Duhamel decided to look him up with fours. The board missed both players and John Dolan was out in 6th.

Michael Mizrachi fell in 5th place. After gaining the chip lead earlier in the final table, a couple of badly played hands as well as one unlucky hand knocked him back to a short stack. He then saw a flop with Jonathan Duhamel with Q-8. On a flop of Q-5-4, Mizrachi moved all-in over the top of a Duhamel bet. Duhamel made the call revealing pocket aces. Mizrachi did not catch a queen on eight and he was out in 5th.

Filippe Candio was out in 4th place. His final hand saw him push his short stack with K-Q suited and Joseph Cheong made the call with A-3 suited. An ace on the flop left him drawing thing and when the 5h fell on the turn, he was drawing dead and out in 4th place.

Joseph Cheong was the chip leader with three players left and proceeded to have the biggest blowup in WSOP history. A big raising war between him and Jonathan Duhamel resulted in Cheong all-in with A-7 against the pocket queens of Duhamel. The board missed both players and Duhamel took down the 177.6 Million pot, the largest in WSOP history. Cheong had less than 7 Million left and soon was all-in with Q-10 facing the A-2 of Duhamel. The board blanked and we were down to heads-up play.

Heads-up play was resumed on Monday night with Jonathan Duhamel leading John Racener 188.95 Million to just 30.75 Million. Racener never got much going. 42 Million was about the largest his stack would grow. Duhamel would apply the pressure on a regular basis until Racener had just 13 Million left. On the final hand, Duhamel moved in with A-J and Racener finally took a stand with Kd-8d. The board failed to produce a king or an eight and Jonathan Duhamel is the 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion.

Jonathan Duhamel takes down the gold WSOP Championship bracelet and $8,944,310 in prize money. He is now the undisputed World Champion of Poker. Congratulations.

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