$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 4: 100/200
With all the incredible successes and the travels that have come with them, Jonathan Duhamel has had one place on the yearly poker schedule he’s missed out on in his career. Suprisingly, the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion is making his first trip to the Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood to play a tournament series.
Duhamel explained what finally got him here. “I’ve been wanting to go to Florida and here at Seminole for a quite long time but there was always something going on and it was kinda tough with the schedule to make it happen. But the last few months I traveled quite a lot so I didn’t really want to travel to Austrailia again or Deauville because it was pretty far away. So I thought it was a good occasion to finally go to Florida for the first time and enjoy it. And so far it’s been really nice. I’m very happy to be here.”
Duhamel seemed to be thrilled with his choice to come to play the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open and has been initially impressed with the property. “It’s pretty good – it’s pretty big! Hard Rock is always pretty nice. You know, it’s a lot of rock n’ roll so it’s good to be here. Weather is amazing too and it was pretty freezing cold in Montreal. So I’m just really happy. It’s my first day and I just got here but so far I’m loving it.”
What’s on the docket for Jonathan while he’s here? “I just plan to play poker, enjoy the sun and be outside by the pool. I’ll try to have some drinks here and there and just have some fun and enjoy the week. I know it’s going to be a good time. I have a good feeling about being here so we’ll have some fun and see what happens.”
“I just got here so I went straight from the airport to my hotel room to the tournament” said Duhamel who just arrived but is looking forward to getting to explore the property and the area. “There’s a lot of people around the pool so that sounds like fun and I’m just going to the enjoy the sun and go play a round of golf. It’s a good mood around here so I like it!”
Hopefully Duhamel will enjoy more than the pool as he tries to add the Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open title to his stellar resume.
