Showcasing the ultimate case of “must be nice” fresh off his multi-million dollars World Series of Poker Main Event victory last year, Jonathan Duhamel continued his winning ways after taking down the $10,000 European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville High Roller Event $286,903 on last week. With the win, he currently sits 10th overall on the all-time money earners list.
While many former World Series of Poker Main Event Champions fade into obscurity following the millions of dollars they’ve fallen ass-backwards into (à la Jamie Gold, Robert Varkonyi, Joe Cada, and Jerry Yang), you have to respect a player who keeps on achieving…is what I would say if the field had more than 58 players, which it didn’t. It gets tougher and tougher for me to justify these victories as legitimate wins. Time and time again, our blog has covered these “wins” like they’re some illustrious achievement, when in all reality, fields this large are considered sit-and-gos across most site. I’ll beat a dead horse by mentioning that these players are some of the highest level of competition in the world, but anyone with $10,000 to blow can strike lightning and could probably do it more than once.
But hey, the 2010 Main Event champion wins more money! Hooray! And in case you don’t know who he is, here’s a refresher course:
