December 21 2011, Elaine Chaivarlis

2010 World Series of Poker Champion Jonathan Duhamel was the victim of a home invasion Wednesday morning in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada, according to CyberPresse.ca. Although police did not identify Duhamel as the victim, CyberPresse reports that Duhamel’s agent confirmed the news.

According to CyberPresse, two men entered Duhamel’s home shortly before 9:15 a.m., and attacked him.

Mark David, a police spokesman, said, “We are not talking about kidnapping, but of aggression. He was a victim of assault. He was wounded.”

The Winnipeg Free Press reports that Duhamel was taken treated at a hospital and released.

Whether or not Duhamel was targeted because of his 2010 WSOP win is one of the questions investigators are attempting to answer as they reconstruct the crime scene. “We still have many questions. Why is it that the suspects chose that residence? What was the motive? Did they want this man? Did they want the property,” David told CyberPresse.

No arrests have been made, and Duhamel has not spoken to the media so as not to taint the police investigation.

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Wed, 04/20/2011 – 03:10 – PokerPages Staff

The latest episode of the High Stakes Poker game show aired on GSN on Saturday evening.

Team PokerStars Pros Jonathan Duhamel, Jason Mercier and Barry Greenstein featured alongside Mike Baxter, Julian Movsesian and Bill Perkins.

Perkins, who has dropped over $350,000 during the session thus far, got involved in the first notable hand of the evening after flopping top pair.

Movsesian led out for $18,800 with bottom pair and Perkins jammed all-in for $46,500 with his pair of queens.

Movsesian made the call but failed to find any salvation on the turn or river as Perkins shipped the $128,000 pot.

Baxter then got the better of Greenstein to the tune of $400,000 during two consecutive hands.

Greenstein re-raised to $15,000 post flop and called down bets of $35,000 and $75,000 on the turn and river with top two pair but Baxter tabled trip fours to win the $261,000 pot.

Baxter won another six figure pot after flopping trip nines. Greenstein eventually abandoned ship on the river with two pair after a final $65,000 bullet.

2010 World Series of Poker champion Jonathan Duhamel and Mercier were both involved in the final hand of the evening.

Mercier bet $2,300 pre flop with 10-9 suited and Baxter (Q-10s) and Duhamel (6-5s) both came along for the ride.

Mercier re-raised to $13,900 with top two pair post flop and Duhamel completed with a flush draw. Baxter folded top pair.

An Ace on the turn prompted a $44,000 check-raise from Duhamel but Mercier responded by moving his $183,000 stack into the middle. Duhamel went into the tank before folding.