Jonathan Duhamel is the chip leader for the 2010 WSOP November Nine. The Quebec native entered Day 7 in 7th out of 27 places but was able to take a hot run on Day 8 to take a massive chip lead in the world’s biggest poker tournament. Previously in this World Series of Poker, Duhamel took 15th in a $2,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament and made $37,000. His stack when play was suspended at the final table is at 65.98 million in chips.
In this interview moments after making the November Nine, Duhamel talks about the events that occurred between the last time we talked to him when play was down to 15 players. One of the focal points of the interview was what many people were calling the biggest hand of the Main Event between him and Matt Affleck. On a board of T-9-7-Q, Affleck shoved all-in for his life and was called by Duhamel who had J-J and spiked an 8 on the river for the straight and the chip lead. Affleck was eliminated which came as a shock to many of the remaining players in the tournament.
Duhamel is the youngest player left in the field of nine players but has been playing online for a living for the last year and a half. He finished in 10th place in the EPT Prague event for his previous best live cash but says that he’s more of a cash game player than a tournament player. He has demonstrated that he’s not going to sit back and let his big chip stack coast him to a big cash, but that he will play his game and aggression to win it all.
He also cashed this year at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $17,000 and qualified into the Main Event through PokerStars.