9．survivor　10.survival

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　　A 23­year­old college dropout from Quebec has become the first Canadian champion of the World Series of Poker，trumping thousands of challengers to take home 8.9 million US dollars in prize money.

　　Jonathan Duhamel of Montreal beat Florida native John Racener，24，after 90 minutes of play on Monday，emitting primal screams as he gripped mounds of cash he won in poker's richest and most prestigious crown.

　　He entered Monday night's play with a commanding six­to­one chip advantage in the No­Limit Texas Holdem tournament，and kept Racener from winning any big hands or dramatic hands.

　　"This means so much to me，I'm the happiest guy on the earth right now，"said Duhamel，who was hoisted (升起) in the air by a crowd of hometown friends and relatives.

　　"I am very happy to be the first Canadian.It's an honour for me and it's great for Canada，"he said.

　　The pair had been the last two remaining in an event that began in July with 7，319 entrants，who put up 10，000 dollars each or won entry in smaller tournaments.

　　The final nine competitors played a 14­hour session that ended early Sunday with Duhamel with a huge lead.

　　His parents and closest friends sat on the stage at Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio Las Vegas resort，and dozens of Canadian fans filled the audience in Montreal Canadians jerseys to show support.

　　Duhamel's mother Johanne admitted after his victory the concern she had felt for him when at age 19 he had quit a finance degree at the University of Quebec at Montreal to focus on poker.

　　"It's not like a common (job)，it's not something safe，" she said，adding that she would continue her own job because "I'm not the one who won."

In recent years，the World Series of Poker championships have increasingly gone to non­Americans.In 2005，Australian Joe Hachem won，followed in 2008 by Peter Eastgate of Denmark.Jerry Yang，who escaped Laos as a boy when Communists took over，won in 2007.