Jonathan Duhamel has been on one heck of a ride since the home invasion and robbery that occurred back in December of 2011, but one of his most prized possessions that was missing has now been returned to its rightful owner. This is none other than the World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet that he took down back in 2010. He was bent on trying to get this bracelet back, as it was one of the things that meant the most to him out of what was taken. It was gone for around two months, but this past Wednesday it was found, but not quite in the same condition that he lost it in.
It was found by a street sweeper named Denis Theriault, who cleaning up the Ville-Marie tunnel, when he found the bracelet while emptying the sweeper out. It was completely beaten up, and looked as though someone had just taken a hammer to it. It was worse than that though, as it had actually been run over by a car unfortunately. The bracelet has (had) a diamond mix in it as well, and no one is positive about how it ended up in this tunnel, but there are a few assumptions. One of the most popular ones is that whoever had the bracelet at the time decided that there was no way they could sell the bracelet without being caught, so they simply threw it into the tunnel.
The bracelet essentially has lost everything except for it’s main plate, but fortunately Seth Palansky, who is the Media Director of the World Series of Poker, told tournament director Mitch Garber to let Duhamel know that they would work with him to replace the bracelet. The current bracelet has Duhamel’s last name scratched off, but his first name, the date of the event, and the name of the tournament are all engraved, so there was no way that someone would not be able to realize that this bracelet belonged to Duhamel.