WSOP 2010 Main Event Results: Key Facts And Top 50 Positions

As the 2010 Main Event wraps up another hugely successful World Series Of Poker, here are some key facts and results to emerge from the prestigious Event 57: $10,000 Main Event, which concluded Monday night in Vegas.
Canadian pro Jonathan Duhamel was only the 6th non-American player to win the prestigious tournament since its inception in 1971. UK player Mansour Matloubi was the first in 1990 ($895,000), followed by Ireland’s Noel Furlong in 1999 ($1m), Spain’s Juan Carlos Mortensen in 2001 ($1.5m), Australia’s Joe Hachem in 2005 ($7.5m), Denmark’s Peter Eastgate in 2008 ($9,152,416) and now Canada’s Jonathan Duhamel in 2010 ($8,944,310).
The 41st WSOP awarded Jonathan Duhamel the third largest Main Event first prize ever, at $8,944,310. The biggest prize of $12 million was won by Jamie Gold in 2006, followed by $9,152,416 in 2008 by Peter Eastgate.
Out of a starting field of 7,319 players, those finishing from 747 to 676 received the minimum pay-out at this year’s event of $19,263.
Some of the notable past winners to cash in at this year’s Main Event included 1987 and 1988 Champion Johnny Chan in 156th ($57,102) and 1998 Champion Scotty Nguyen in 209th place ($48,847).
Also, this year’s tournament saw a record set which may never be broken, when all four Mizrachi brothers cashed in at the Main Event, with Michael eventually finishing in 5th place ($2,332,992).
Finally, since 1997 no player has managed to win the WSOP Main Event more than once. The select few who achieved this incredible feat in the past include Johnny Moss (1971, 1974), Doyle Brunson (1976, 1977), Stu Ungar (1980, 1981, 1997) and Johnny Chan (1987, 1988).
Here are the final 50 finishing positions at the WSOP 2010 Main Event:
1 Jonathan Duhamel $8,944,310
2 John Racener $5,545,955
3 Joeseph Cheong $4,129,979
4 Filippo Candio $3,092,545
5 Michael Mizrachi $2,332,992
6 John Dolan $1,772,959
7 Jason Senti $1,356,720
8 Matt Jarvis $1,045,738
9 Soi Nguyen $811,823
10 Brandon Steven  $635,011
11 Pascal LeFrancois  $635,011
12 Adam Levy  $635,011
13 Duy Le  $500,165
14 Hasan Habib  $500,165
15 Matthew Affleck  $500,165
16 Benjamin Statz  $396,967
17 David Baker  $396,967
18 Scott Clements  $396,967
19 Michiel Sijpkens  $317,161
20 Patrick Eskandar  $317,161
21 Redmond Lee  $317,161
22 William Thorson  $317,161
23 Robert Pisano  $317,161
24 Ronnie Bardah  $317,161
25 Mads Wissing  $317,161
26 Matthew Bucaric  $317,161
27 Johnny Lodden  $317,161
28 Bryn Kenney  $255,242
29 Gianni Direnzo  $255,242
30 Theo Jorgensen  $255,242
31 Michael Skender  $255,242
32 Eduardo Parra  $255,242
33 Corey Emery  $255,242
34 Edward Ochana  $255,242
35 Gabe Costner  $255,242
36 Michal Wywrot  $255,242
37 Dag Palovic  $206,395
38 Nicolas Babel  $206,395
39 Jonathan Driscoll  $206,395
40 Jakob Toestesen  $206,395
41 Damien Luis  $206,395
42 Jerry Payne  $206,395
43 Matthew Berkey  $206,395
44 David Assouline  $206,395
45 Sergey Rybachenko  $206,395
46 Evan Lamprea  $168,556
47 Evgeny Shnayder  $168,556
48 James Fennell  $168,556
49 Jacobo Fernandez  $168,556
50 Tony Dunst  $168,556