This year’s November Nine has yielded the 2010 World Series of Poker champion, and it is Jonathan Duhamel left standing after the final table played out. The twenty-three year-old poker king entered the November conclusion to the most prestigious tournament in poker with thirty percent of all chips in play, and withstood some ups and downs to eliminate his eight foes and claim $8.9 million for first place.
Duhamel had slipped to last with five players to go as the others attacked his stack lead, but a key hand against Michael Mizrachi pushed Duhamel back into the tournament frontrunners. This risky race hand not only kept Duhamel in the event, it also began a stretch of winning hands that returned him to the chip lead, a position he would not surrender again.
The tournament went head to head with Duhamel owning a 6 to 1 lead in chips over John Racener. Racener tried to wait for good opportunities to strike, but Duhamel mirrored his style, playing patiently but attacking aggressively when the right hand appeared. Duhamel moved all-in from the small blind with a hand of A-J, catching Racener within ten blinds of blinding out and forcing a call with K-8 suited. The ace stood up and Duhamel had ended the one-on-one play after 43 hands.
The championship continues to travel from nation to nation, as Duhamel now brings the WSOP ring and a fortune home to Canada.






