Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BrownHairedGirl (talk | contribs) at 12:29, 29 June 2022 (clean up). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Jonathan Duhamel
Duhamel at the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event
Residence	Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
Born	(1987-08-24) August 24, 1987 (age 37)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	3
Final table(s)	8
Money finish(es)	26
Highest ITM Main Event finish	Winner, 2010
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	3
European Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	2
Information last updated on 30 June 2015.

Jonathan Duhamel (born August 24, 1987) is a Canadian poker professional from Boucherville, Quebec, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He has won 3 WSOP bracelets in his career.

Poker career

Jonathan Duhamel started playing poker with his high school friends during the Moneymaker boom. He later attended the University of Quebec in Montreal, studying business administration and finance. However, he did not graduate, preferring to focus on his professional poker career.

Duhamel defeated fellow poker professional John Racener heads-up to secure the 2010 Main Event title, earning $8,944,310 and becoming the first Canadian player to capture the Main Event bracelet.

A fan of the Montreal Canadiens, Duhamel elected to donate $100,000 of his winnings to the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation, which is the largest individual donation ever made to the organization, after his win.

In January 2011, Duhamel won the High Roller Event at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville for €200,000 ($272,209). Later that year, he cashed twice at the 2011 World Series of Poker for over $40,000 in earnings.

Between January 2011 and April 2015, Duhamel was a member of Team PokerStars Pro.

In January 2012, Duhamel made four final tables at the PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure. He finished 4th of the Super High Roller Event after his elimination by the winner of the event Viktor Blom. Duhamel won $313,600 for his performance. He made another final table in the turbo event finishing 5th. Then, he finished 1st of a side event and won $239,830. Finally, he finished 2nd of the High Roller Event and won $634,550.

On March 23, 2013, Duhamel finished in 3rd place to win $125,000 at Premier League Poker VI in London.

In June 2015, Duhamel defeated Bill Klein heads-up to win the $111,111 buy-in WSOP High Roller for One Drop for $3,989,985 and his second WSOP bracelet. In October 2015 he won the $25,600 No Limit Hold'em High Roller at the World Series of Poker Europe for $628,815 and his 3rd WSOP bracelet.

As of March 2021, his live tournament winnings exceed $18,000,000, nearly half of which comes from his $8.9 million first place prize at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. As such, he is in the top 50 on Hendon Mob's all time money list and in the top 5 of the Canadian all time money list.

As of November 2021, Duhamel has stopped his professionnal career and only play poker occasionally on a recreational level.

World Series of Poker bracelets

An "E" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Europe

Robbery

Duhamel was badly beaten in a home invasion robbery in December 2011. Duhamel's Main Event bracelet, a Rolex watch, and $150,000 in cash were stolen. Anthony Bourque and John Stephen Clark Lemay, who carried out the actual robbery and Andres Valderrama, the getaway driver were also arrested. Police have since recovered approximately half of the cash stolen.

Taxes

In Canada poker winnings are not taxable because they are achieved by luck rather than by earning them. One can work really hard and still loose. It is feared that by allowing winnings to be taxed would then allow losses to be deducted from income. There are likely more losses than winnings as the house always wins. This would be a net loss for the country's tax system. However, the CRA auditors sometimes assume that a good player, such as Duhamel, should be taxed. The courts says nope.

https://canlii.ca/t/jpzlj

Tax Court of Canada 2018-1782(IT)G Duhamel c La Reine

Original french case. 2022-06-21 Topic: Business income Issue: At issue was whether the taxpayer's net winnings from poker gambling activities constituted business income for his 2010, 2011 and 2012 taxation years. In 2010, the taxpayer won a poker tournament, winning millions of dollars and the title of world poker champion. Over the next few years, the taxpayer continued to play poker and made net winnings from his poker gambling activities. In addition, a corporation owned by the taxpayer entered into a sponsorship agreement with an entertainment company under which the taxpayer agreed to act as a spokesperson for PokerStars and to participate in a number of promotional events and poker tournaments. The minister reassessed the taxpayer's 2010, 2011 and 2012 taxation years to include the taxpayer's net winnings from the poker tournaments in which he participated during these taxation years in the taxpayer's income from a business, on the basis that the taxpayer was carrying on a business through his poker gambling activities.

Held: Appeal allowed. The court found that on a balance of probabilities, the taxpayer's poker gambling activities were not carried on in a sufficiently commercial manner to constitute a source of income from a business for the purposes of the ITA, and therefore, the net gains from these activities would not be included in computing the taxpayer's income. Section(s): ITA: 248(1) business, 3, 9

Notes

1. "Jonathan Duhamel's Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life". Somuchpoker.com. January 28, 2021.
2. "Canada's Duhamel Wins World Series of Poker, $8.9 Million Prize". Bloomberg.com. November 9, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2017 – via www.bloomberg.com.
3. PokerStarsblog.com: Jonathan Duhamel captures Canada's first championship Archived November 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. Peters, Donnie (November 9, 2010). "2010 World Series of Poker: Jonathan Duhamel Wins 2010 WSOP Main Event!". PokerNews.com. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
5. "Jonathan Duhamel Speaks Out on WSOP Main Event Win". November 10, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
6. "€ 10,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
7. "WSOP 2011 Money List Top 5706". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
8. "2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller Day 3: Viktor Blom Hoists His First Trophy". Retrieved August 9, 2017.
9. "High Roller - 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PokerNews". www.pokernews.com. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
10. "Dan Shak wins Premier League Poker VI".
11. ^ "Jonathan Duhamel's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
12. "Jonathan Duhamel dit avoir arrêté de jouer au poker " avant de tout perdre "". November 2, 2021.
13. Blatchford, Andy (December 30, 2011). "Poker champ describes home invasion, beating: I thought it was a delivery man". The Canadian Press. winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
14. Police recover half of duhamels money

• 1987 births
• Canadian poker players
• World Series of Poker Main Event winners
• World Series of Poker bracelet winners
• People from Boucherville
• Living people