"It's a dream come true right now," Jonathan Duhamel said. That dream? Winning the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. There will be those who look at how the 23-year-old PokerStars.net player started the final table and make the logical jump that the Canadian's road to victory this weekend was a smooth one. That is, if Duhamel had a big chip lead to begin the final table and a massive chip lead heads-up, he had no excuse to not win. Those would be people who didn't witness Duhamel's precipitous fall down the leaderboard Saturday when his ace-king lost
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Jonathan Duhamel, the first Canadian WSOP Main Event champion
Jonathan Duhamel wins Canada's first WSOP Main Event bracelet
Million Dollar Men
Moneymaker wins Million Dollar Men TOC
By Brad “Otis” Willis It was like a cage match in which metal chairs, chainsaws, and howitzers were fair game weapons. Competing were the Pattons 21st century poker. Four of them had World Series championship bracelets. The other five have a chance at one in just a few week....more
2009 World Series
PokerStars' Joe Cada wins WSOP Main Event - and $8.5million
There are people who cannot succeed without adversity. They need pressure. They require potential disaster to force them beyond even their own expectations. The poker world is just getting to know Joe Cada, but it's clear the new World Series of Poker champion thrives on the edge. In a heads-up...more
WSOP Main Event: New November Nine
It started with the sun high in the blue Nevada sky and was ended this evening by a man named Moon. The players, organisers and media expected to finish in the early hours of Thursday with daylight dawning in Las Vegas. Instead it was wrapped up by 11pm. But...more
2008 World Series
Peter Eastgate, a new world champion
They called them the Million Dollar Men, the November Nine and the PokerStars Six. But everyone knew that when the smoke cleared there could only be one of them left standing. And now we know his name. The 2008 World Series Main Event champion is 22-year-old Peter Eastgate, from...more
Just two players remain in historic main event
Every World Series final table has carried with it a sense of anticipation, but none quite like the one we watched today. It was an historic final table four months in the making. Nine men from around the world reconvened after an extended poker vacation. They walked into the...more
2008 World Series: A few words from the PokerStars Six
The PokerStars video blog team talked frequently with PokerStars players during the World Series, meeting great characters who had interesting stories. Perhaps the best stories though are reserved for the ‘PokerStars Six’, the half dozen PokerStars players who made it to the last table of the World Series. The...more
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