For the first time ever the Canadian National Anthem was played at the end of the World Series of Poker. Jonathan Duhamel, a twenty-three year old from Boucherville, Quebec Canada, went into the final table of the 2010 World Series Main Event as the chip leader. Although listed as a poker professional he only lists $100,000.00 in total tournament winnings. The final table dubbed as the “November Nine” started at 8:00PM PST on Monday in Las Vegas. It took only 219 hands to narrow down to the final two players, Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener, who had their heads-up match on Tuesday. This will be Duhamel’s third, and by far the largest, cash of the 2010 World Series of Poker. He finished 15^th in the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold-em tournament (Event #56) and also 50^th in the six-handed no-limit hold-em tournament (Event #16).

The first player to be eliminated at the Final Table was Soi Nguyen. He went all-in with A? K? and was called by Jason Senti from the small blind with Q? Q?. The King that hit the board on the river was not enough to beat Senti who made a set of Queens on the flop. Nguyen won $811,823.00.

Matt Jarvis was eliminated in Eighth place taking home $1,045,738. After Duhamel raised and Mizrachi called, Jarvis moved all-in with 9? 9?. Mizrachi had a suited AQ. Two Queens dropped on the flop moving Mizrachi into a commanding lead. The river brought another 9 putting Jarvis back on top with nines full of queens. But the river was not kind to Jarvis bringing an ace to give Mizrachi a bigger full house.

Jason Senti was taken out in seventh place, His suited AK looked great when he flopped a set of Kings but the river gave Joseph Cheong a straight to send Senti home.

John Dolan finished in sixth place for $1,772,959 and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi had to be satisfied with his fifth place finish and winnings of $2,332,992.

Fourth place went to Filippo Candio. Joseph Cheong’s straight knocked Candio out giving him $3,092,497.

The last player to bust out before the final heads-up match was Joseph Cheong who finished in third place for $4,129,979. In his final hand he was called by Jonathan Duhamel. And although neither player improved, Duhamel had an ace to high-card and win the pot.

The two remaining players were Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener. Their heads-up contest was to take place on Monday. Duhamel entered the heads-up match with about a six-to-one chip advantage and was able to defeat Racener and take home the first place price money of $8,944,310 and the prized Main Event championship bracelet. John Racener wound up finishing in second place to take home $5,545,955.