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added on 2010-11-09 07:09:11
Canadian poker professional Jonathan Duhamel won the World Series of Poker main event and the second largest prize in the history of the WSOP. Duhamel, who is from Boucherville, Quebec, became the first Canadian citizen to win the poker's world championship.
The 23 year-old player defeated John Racener at the final table in Las Vegas, knocking him down and collecting the fabulous prize money of $8.94 million! Duhamel, who had an overwhelming chip advantage of almost 189 million chips, compared to Racener's nearly 31 million, has defeated his opponent in a brief head-up final of only 90 minutes of play. It was the youngest heads-up game in the history of the World Series of Poker.
The $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament started on July 5th with 7,319 players. Nine players advanced to the final table and seven of them were being eliminated during a 13-hour poker session. For his second place finish, John Racener collected the largest consolation prize of $5,545,955.
The first World Series of Poker took place in 1970 and it was a single tournament. The first bracelet, which now became the most coveted trophy a poker player can win, was awarded in 1976.
The World Series of Poker is the world's most important poker tournament, with more than 50 events on a circuit.
The 2010 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payouts were as follows:
1st Jonathan Duhamel, Canada - $8,944,310;
2nd John Racener, US - $5,545,955;
3rd Joseph Cheong, US - $4,130,049;
4th Filippo Candio, Italy - $3,092,545;
5th Michael Mizrachi, US - $2,332,992;
6th John Dolan, US - $1,772,959;
7th Jason Senti, US - $1,356,720;
8th Matthew Jarvis, Canada - $1,045,743;
9th Cuong Soi Nguyen, US - $811,823.
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