World Series Of Poker -- Jason Duval Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Jason Duval, a 23-year-old professional poker player and college student from Montreal, Canada took home $521,202 and his first gold bracelet. Duval was the seventh Canadian to score a bracelet in this summer’s World Series of Poker when he won event no. 28 $1,500 no-limit hold’em.

Duval credits the new record of Canadian winners to the tight-knit poker community.

“I think it’s the community we have that sticks together. We have online forums, especially for people in Quebec. We help each other a lot. With that, there is a lot of good poker players. Some were my friends before I started playing poker. I started to play and they helped me a lot. Now, you can see from the rail that – even if they are really good – they are willing to share it with others. We like to share,” Duval said.

When fellow Canadian, Charles Sylvestre won his first bracelet in event no. 3 Duval celebrated with him as if it were his own victory. He never imagined just two weeks later he’d have one as well.

Other Canadian winners of this summers WSOP are: Benny Chen, Michael Malm, Levi Berger, Mark Radoja and Calen McNeil

Here’s a look at the final table results:

For complete coverage of the summer poker festival, check out our WSOP landing page.

Photo credit: Eddie Malluk/WSOP

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