On Saturday the November Nine played 11 hours until two players remained Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener, they played heads-up on Monday night to determine the 2010 WSOP main event champion.
Duhamel had a 6-1 chip lead on Racener going into the Heads-up match and finally won the WSOP bracelet and main event title for 2010.
Watch the 2010 World Series Of Poker main event highlights and action on the final table tonight on ESPN on 9 November at 10 – 12 pm
I’m sure both online poker rooms are looking for a WSOP bracelet win from their players, the WSOP 2010 winner will not only win the bracelet and $8.9 million in cash, he will also instantly become a signed pro player with his face featured on every poker magazine and website.
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The WSOP 2010 ESPN TV schedule has been announced and you can watch the main event weekly episodes starting from 10 August 2010 leading up to the final table on 9th November.
The November Nine are Jonathan Duhamel, John Dolan, Joseph Cheong, John Racener, Matthew Jarvis, Filippo Candio, Michael Mizrachi, Soi Nguyen and Jason Senti.
The biggest attendance was recorded at the 2006 WSOP which had 8,773 players entering the main event, the biggest live poker event in the world. That year the prize pool was a staggering $82,512,162 and the event was won by Jamie Gold who won more than $12 million for his first place finish.
Update – 7,319 players registered for this years main event making the total prize pool $68,798,600
*Spoiler alert* Read more only if you wish to see the 2010 World Series of Poker updates.
When Durrrr made the final table of the WSOP event #11 there was a bit of tension at the Rio Casino with many players hoping that Tom Dwan would not succeed. The fear of losing millions grew stronger as Durrrr was heads-up with New Zealand player Simon Watt.
