The WSOP is in full-swing and one skilled punter raised $111,111 for one lucky charity on the second day of the Texas Hold’Em tournament. Jonathan Duhamel is a Canadian poker player who has already taken home a gold bracelet during the 2010 World Series of Poker and has become a favorite among poker watchers for his talented play and his charming personality. Born in 1987, Duhamel is just 28 years old but he now won the WSOP twice. After winning the 2010 WSOP, Duhamel donated $100,000 to the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation, the biggest single donation that charity has ever received.
Jonathan Duhamel has long supported ONE DROP, a global charity that seeks to find solutions to the problems of access to safe drinking water for billions of world citizens. ONE DROP has become a darling of high-rolling poker players for the last few years, and the global water charity has collected millions of dollars in contributions from skilled players like Jonathan Duhamel. All In for ONE DROP encourage WSOP players to pledge a portion of their winnings to help secure safe access to clean drinking water for billions of people in Africa, Asia and South America. Jonathn Duhamel has played a major role in getting high-rollers to sign on to the charity, which this year took in more than $750,000 from the WSOP.
Texas Hold’Em champions at the 2014 WSOP tournament. Duhamel said he felt “amazing” as a result of his win, which tallied almost $4,000,000 and won him his second gold bracelet from the World Series of Poker. Coming in second-place with $2,400,000 in winnings was Bill Klein from Laguna Hills, California. Russian high-roller Sergey Lebedev left the final table first when his ace-queen lost to Bill Klein’s ace-king.