The former Main Event champion defeats Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Colman and a PokerStrategist on his way to winning the biggest buy-in event of the series.

Jonathan Duhamel

He may not have a sponsor anymore, but he wont need one for a while, as Jonathan Duhamel has won the $111,111 One Drop High Roller.

The 2010 Main Event champion defeated a field of 135 to take down the $3,989,985 first prize.

It was a very tough final table which included high stakes star Ben Sulsky, WSOP legend Phil Hellmuth and reigning Big One for One Drop champion Daniel Colman.

Duhamel captured the title after defeating businessman Bill Klein heads-up. This win now takes his lifetime winnings to $16,819,897 and, of course, the all-important second WSOP bracelet.

2015 was proving a roller coaster year for Duhamel. He has had a string of cashes this year including a win in a PCA side event, but he also surprisingly lost his PokerStars deal.

He now becomes only the second former post-boom Main Event champion to go on to win a second bracelet after their championship win (Joe Cada being the other person, while Greg Merson won a bracelet prior to his win).

Special mention also has to go to runner-up Bill Klein, who by all accounts has donated his $2,465,522 winnings to the One Drop charity, to go with $750,000 raised in player fees.

Finally congrats to PokerStrategist Sergey 'vedevas' Lebedev who finished 8th for $466,970. He is having a great Summer after also winning a SCOOP event this year for $309,420.

$111,111 One Drop High Roller 1st Jonathan Duhamel $3,989,985 2nd William Klein $2,465,522 3rd Daniel Colman $1,544,121 4th Ben Sulsky $1,118,049 5th Dan Perper $873,805 6th Phil Hellmuth $696,821 7th Anthony Zinno $565,864 8th Sergey ' vedevas ' Lebedev $466,970 Number of entrants: 135

Is Duhamel the best post-boom Main Event champion? Let us know in the comments.

Barry Carter Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2. Twitter

Google+

Share this with your friends