Jonathan Duhamel, a 23-year-old French-Canadian, beat John Racener heads-up to become the first Canadian to win the Main Event at the World Series of Poker.
Jonathan Duhamel 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion
When Duhamel started the final table he had a decisive advantage with 6:1 chip lead over runner-up John Racener. John Racener, an America poker pro, showed heart and lasted 40 hands in the heads-up match for the title. In the end, he could not overcome such a huge chip disadvantage.
On the final hand, Racener was all-in with Kd-8d and was beaten by Duhamel’s As-Jh. The board gave no help to either player and Duhamel won the hand with ace-high.
There were a total of 7,319 entries into the 2010 WSOP Main Event, which costs $10,000 to enter. The total prize pool was $68,798,600.
Here is a full list of the final table participants as well as their order of finish and prize money:
1st – Jonathan Duhamel $8,944,310
2nd – John Racener $5,545,955
3rd – Joseph Cheong $4,130,049
4th – Filippo Candio $3,092,545
5th – Michael Mizrachi $2,332,992
6th – John Dolan $1,772,959
7th – Jason Senti $1,356,720
8th – Matthew Jarvis $1,045,743
9th – Soi Nguyen $811,823
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