Duhamel Takes the Chip Lead

Igor Kurganov raised to 8,000 from the cutoff seat and Jonathan Duhamel reraised to 20,500 from the small blind. Kurganov called and the flop came down {Q-Spades} {6-Spades} {3-Spades} . Duhamel bet 23,500 and Kurganov folded his hand. With this pot, Duhamel has climbed over the 400,000-chip mark and into the chip lead.

With all of the hoopla surrounding the year Dan Smith is having, one can't forget about all that Duhamel has done on the felt in 2012. Coming into this event, Duhamel has earned over $1.4 million in this year and moved himself over the $11 million mark for lifetime tournament earnings. So what exactly has he done in 2012? Below are some of the highlights.

PCA $100,000 Super High Roller: 4th place — $313,600
PCA $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max Turbo: 5th place — $17,990
PCA $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max: 1st place — $239,830
PCA $25,000 High Roller: 2nd place — $634,550
L.A. Poker Classic $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em: 2nd place — $121,115
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars $9,500 Championship Event: 13th place — $25,620
WSOP Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry: 21st place — $22,885
WSOP Event 57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed: 38th place — $21,832

Duhamel now has the chip lead and will be looking to a second EPT High Roller title to his tournament record. Im 2011, Duhamel won the EPT Deuville High Roller for €200,000.