Jonathan Duhamel became the first Canadian champion in the 2010 WSOP Main Event Championship, the sixth non-American to ever win.http://www.wsop.com/news/2010/Nov/3150/HABS-AND-HAB-NOTS-JONATHAN-DUHAMEL-WINS-2010-WSOP-MAIN-EVENT-CHAMPIONSHIP.html Duhamel was one of the nine players who made it to the final table for the "November Nine" from a field of 7,319 entrants who entered what was the second-largest WSOP Main Event in history.http://www.wsop.com/news/2010/Nov/3150/HABS-AND-HAB-NOTS-JONATHAN-DUHAMEL-WINS-2010-WSOP-MAIN-EVENT-CHAMPIONSHIP.html Duhamel collects $8,944,310 and World Championship Title. Second in the standings was Floridian John Racener with $5,545,955, Joseph Cheong was third with $4,130,049, followed by Filippo Candio ($3,092,545), Michael Mizrachi ($2,332,992), John Dolan ($1,772,959), Jason Senti ($1,356,720), Matthew Jarvis ($1,045,743), and Soi Nguyen ($811,823).http://www.wsop.com/

The World Series of Poker is a televised event that has been held annually since 1970. 2010 will be the 40th year of the poker tournament. The point of the tournament is to decide who the top poker player in the world for that year. The World Series of Poker began with thirty gamblers who sat down at poker tables and played until only one winner was left. Little did the players know, but they were making history and the beginning of the World Series of Poker that we know today. http://www.wsop.com/wsop/history.asp

The 2010 World Series of Poker will begin on May 27, 2010. It will be televised exclusively on ESPN from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and a slate of the game’s most popular variations will be running from May 27-July 17, 2010. A total of 57 gold bracelets will be up for grabs during this tournament. The first open bracelet event will be the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship – the most expensive buy-in event to ever open up the World Series of Poker. http://www.wsop.com/news/2009/Dec/2643/2010-WSOP-SCHEDULE-IS-ANNOUNCED.html The 41st annual World Series Of Poker will conclude, as is customary now, with the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship, known as the Main Event. It begins play Monday, July 5 and should reach its final table of nine players on Saturday, July 17, at which time play will be halted. The tournament will end with the “November Nine” from November 6-9, before a live audience with special primetime coverage from ESPN. http://www.wsop.com/news/2009/Dec/2643/2010-WSOP-SCHEDULE-IS-ANNOUNCED.html

It wasn’t until 1973 that the World Series of Poker was televised. While the Poker tournament was televised it took a few more years before the tournament gained popularity and excitement. http://www.wsop.com/wsop/history.asp The 1990’s were a major decade for the World Series of Poker. First, in 1990, it was the first year a non-American would win the Poker tournament. Mansour Matloubi, an Iranian-born expatriot resided in England and won in 1990. Then, the following year in 1991, it was the first year that a million dollar cash prize was given out. The Main Event attracted over two hundred players the first year it took place. The following five years over three hundred people would play in the tournament. http://www.wsop.com/wsop/history.asp Finally, in 2006, the World Series of Poker was made up of 45 tournaments all awarding gold bracelets to the winner. Since well over $100 million dollars was awarded, it made the World Series of Poker the richest event in all of sports. http://www.wsop.com/wsop/history.asp