Jonathan Duhamel will be fighting it out for the World Series of Poker Main Event championships as one of this year’s November Nine. When play picks back up in November, Duhamel will be the chip leader, a pretty impressive feat considering the competition and the fact that he was able to accomplish this on the poker world’s largest stage, second only to the one he will grace in November.
Becoming a poker player was not in Jonathan’s original plan. He initially enrolled in college, suspecting that he would get a finance-related job after he graduated. That obviously wasn’t to be. He ended up quitting, becoming a poker player and the rest, as they say, is history. His decision to leave University life behind has turned out to be a good choice thus far, as he stands to win a lot of money, perhaps millions of dollars as a result of making it to the WSOP Main Event final table. As a member of the November Nine, Jonathan will be sitting pretty, no matter what place he ends up finishing in.
The WSOP finals will be the eighth live cash of Jonathan’s pretty short career. Before making the final table, his biggest win to date was $54,904, which he won participating in the EPT (European Poker Tour) Prague Main Event, two years ago in 2008. He finished in 10th place. He also had a pretty decent payout of $17,500 when he finished in 151st place at the 2010 PCA Main Event. This year’s WSOP Main Event won’t be the only cash that Duhamel sees from this year’s World Series of Poker Event. He finished in 15th place in the $2500 NLHE and won $37,276. His 50th place finish in the $1500 NLHE (6-Max) earned him $5,724. Thus far, not including his Finals table winnings, Jonathan Duhamel has won just shy of $120,000 in total career poker winnings. This isn’t bad for a young player trying to make a name for him self in the competitive world of poker.