Jonathan Duhamel is an incredibly talented, young poker
player from Canada. His most impressive accomplishment was when
he won the main event of the World Series of Poker in 2010, but
that certainly isn’t his only victory, as he has gone on to win
a plethora of different tournaments worldwide.

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Over the course of his career so far he has earned a
staggering $12.7 million dollars, placing him at number two on
Canada’s all time money list. At only twenty seven years old, we
still expect to see great things from him in the near future.

• Jonathan Duhamel: Canadian Professional Poker Player. Jonathan Duhamel is an incredibly talented, young poker player from Canada. His most impressive accomplishment was when he won the main event of the World Series of Poker in 2010, but that certainly isn’t his only victory, as he has gone on to win a plethora of different tournaments worldwide.
• Jonathan Duhamel has won 3 bracelets and 0 rings for total earnings of $14,666,297. See all events where they placed in-the-money.

The biggest success that propelled Duhamel into the stardom came two years later, during the 2010 World Series of Poker. Playing in the field of over seven thousand players he managed to secure the place at the final table that was scheduled to take place in November of the same year. Jonathan Duhamel (born August 24, 1987) is a Canadian poker professional from Boucherville, Quebec, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He is the first Canadian player to capture the Main Event bracelet.

Early Years

Jonathan Duhamel was born in August of 1987 in Quebec,
Canada. He grew up in the Boucherville sector of Quebec and was
a part of a typical middle-class family; his father was an
airplane engine mechanic and his mother was a bank teller.
Duhamel’s parents wanted to make sure he understood the value of
money so as soon as he turned thirteen years old, he got his
first job picking strawberries.

After high school, Duhamel decided to enroll at the
University of Quebec in Montreal, otherwise known as UQUAM to
pursue a career in Business Administration and Finance. While
attending school, some of his classmates introduced him to poker
and they were soon playing on a regular basis at each other’s
dorm rooms. Duhamel had no idea that this hobby of his would
turn into an opportunity of a lifetime.

He became so passionate about playing poker that he
eventually decided to take some time off of school so he could
pursue a career in it. His first decent cash out was at the
European Poker Tour’s No Limit Hold’em main event in 2008, where
he took tenth place and received over $50,000 in prize money.

Duhamel spent the next couple years building up his bankroll
by playing at various casinos across Canada and this is where he
claims to have met excellent players who helped him gain the
necessary experience he needed to take his career to the next
level. He once said, “There are a lot of very good poker players
in Quebec, we all talk strategy together, and I am the player I
am now because of them!“

Poker Career

PokerStars soon offered to sponsor the young player, seeing
great potential in him. Duhamel didn’t cease to amaze them when
he won the No Limit Hold’em main event of the 2010 WSOP after a
head to head match against John Racener. He cashed in nearly $9
million from that win alone and he also landed several other
impressive money finishes that year at the WSOP as well.

Since then, Duhamel has been traveling the world to compete
in a variety of different tournaments, but it’s through no limit
hold’em tournaments where he has made the majority of his
money. In 2011, he placed first in the Highroller No Limit
Hold’em event of the European Poker Tour for well over $270,000.
Duhamel actually has a very impressive performance record at the
EPT and you can check out the details on his top five finishes
in the table below.

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In addition to the EPT, Duhamel also won NBC’s National Heads
Up Championships No Limit Hold’em Championship in 2011,
accumulating another $125,000. The following year, Duhamel
entered the No Limit Hold’em event in the 2012 L.A. Poker
Classic, and despite a close match against Vanessa Selbst for
the win, he finished with a close second.

Despite all of his victories through playing No Limit
Hold’em, Duhamel still finds success when playing other versions
of poker as well. He achieved a third place finish in both the
$5000 Pot Limit Omaha and the 8 Game mixed events of the 2014
WSOP. Also prior to that in 2013, Duhamel took tenth in the
Omaha Hi/Lo event in the World Series of Poker that year.

Most recently he took first place in the PokerStars Caribbean
Adventure 2015 held in January, cashing in at over $110,000. He
also placed seventh in the No Limit Hold’em event of the World
Poker Tour’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown a few months
later.

Victim of Burglary

In December, 2011 two men forced themselves into Duhamel’s
house, beat him up, and tied him down. The intruders were after
his WSOP gold bracelet, the Rolex watch which Duhamel received
from PokerStars, and any cash they could get their hands on.
Luckily, despite his financial loss, Duhamel wasn’t too badly
hurt from the incident.

The burglars were prosecuted by the police only a few weeks
after the investigation started, but unfortunately his WSOP gold
bracelet had already been sold. About two months later it was
found severely damaged lying in the streets of Montreal, unable
to be salvaged.

Personal Life

Duhamel can definitely be considered a sports fanatic, having
played ice-hockey, baseball, soccer, and a plethora of other
sports since he was a young child. His all time favorite team is
the Montreal Canadien’s ice hockey team and he makes it a point
to go to as many of their games as possible.

Duhamel is also an author, having written a poker strategy
book called, “Final Table,” where he gives advice to players who
are interested in competing in bigger tournaments. His book was
published in 2012 and it’s a popular read for gambling
enthusiasts today.

Duhamel is also a devoted philanthropist who donated $100,000
from his 2010 WSOP Main Event winnings to the Montreal Canadiens
Children’s Foundation. He also regularly donates to the La
Fondation Sainte-Justine Hospital, whose goal is to provide the
best treatment possible for children with terminal illnesses.

He’s also passionate about donating money to the Amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) foundation, which funds research to find
a cure for the disease.

Canadian poker pro and 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel is no longer a member of the Team PokerStars Pro, PokerNews recently learned.

Although the poker room decided not to share any details about Duhamel's contractual agreements and the reasons that led to the parting of ways, a representative from PokerStars confirmed to PokerNews that they 'won't be working together in the future.'

Rumors about the end of the sponsorship deal between PokerStars and Duhamel started earlier this month after the 27-year-old player from Boucherville, Quebec, showed up at the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown not wearing the usual PokerStars patch. Duhamel also no longer appears on the list of the Team PokerStars Pro members published on the room's website

Member of Team PokerStars Pro since January 2011, Duhamel currently sits second on Canada's all-time money list, with live tournament earnings for $12,786,360, according to HendonMob.

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Besides his victory of the 2010 WSOP Main Event, Duhamel's career includes other remarkable results such as a first-place finish at the 2011 European Poker Tour Deauville High Roller for €200,000, a second-place finish in the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller for $634,550, and an eighth-place finish in the 2013 WSOP $50,000 Poker Players' Championship for $207,630.

In the first four months of 2015, Duhamel has already put together live tournament winnings of more than $170,000, thanks to a first-place finish in a $5,300 side event at the 2015 PCA, plus cashes in the PCA Main Event, WPT Fallsview Main Event, EPT Malta Main Event, and at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

During his time at PokerStars, Duhamel also published a poker strategy book titled Final Table: A Winning Poker Approach from a WSOP Champion, in which he told his story at the WSOP 'to highlight the game's rational and logical side and to allow readers to figure out whether they have the characteristics that might allow them to win on a regular basis.'

On a more dramatic note, back in December 2011 the player was the victim of a home invasion when two robbers broke into his home to steal cash, valuables, and his WSOP Main Event bracelet.

'Two men broke into my house, and I was physically assaulted and robbed,' reads the statement issued by Duhamel shortly after the event. 'After being threatened with death and have given everything I had, I was bound and repeatedly beaten on the face and body before my attackers leave. I am pleased to confirm that I have not suffered any major injuries.'

Although the investigators were able to retrieve the WSOP gold bracelet and about half of the stolen cash, Duhamel's former girlfriend, Bianca Rojas-Latraverse, was arrested together with four more people in connection with the robbery.

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