Poker Bonomo
The “High Roller reg” from the United States won recently the Super High Roller Bowl for $5,000,000 and became third on the All Time Money list. Not everything was going that excellent during his entire diverse career, though.
Justin Bonomo, East Las Vegas, NV. 777 likes 11 talking about this. Official Fan Page of professional poker player Justin Bonomo. Somuchpoker.com is a news site dedicated primarily on the poker community living in the Asia Pacific region. Founded by poker players based in South East Asia in 2014, Somuchpoker’s main goal is to provide the latest poker news and information from around the world, with greater focus on the happenings in the Asian Market. Justin Bonomo Wins Triton Poker London £100,000 Short Deck Main Event Aug 04, 2019 Bryn Kenney Calls His Shot, Takes Over Top Spot On Poker's All-Time Live Tournament Earnings List Jun 16, 2019. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Justin Bonomo has won the Super High Roller Bowl Online on partypoker for $1,775,000, becoming the first player to win three SHRB titles. Bonomo defeated Michael Addamo heads-up to top the.
Cheater
Bonomo Poker Player
Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo was banned on PartyPoker in 2006 after he won a tournament (with 6-digit score) entering it using six accounts at the same time. The winnings were, obviously, confiscated and it wasn’t the last time Bonomo get caught cheating. In the same year, PokerStars Manager announced on TwoPlusTwo that Justin was multi-accounting on their site as well.
His story became one of the most talked-about and heated dialogues to have ever taken place in the online poker community. There was a gigantic discussion on forum involving thousands of posts.
It didn’t stop him on a path to success. After few months break, he returned to the game, just after he turned 21. He was playing exclusively live slowly adding to his reputation of being a solid tournament player. In December, ZeeJustin qualified to four final tables on Five Diamond Poker Classic festival and he finished on “TV-bubble” (7th) in WPT tournament.
Soon, he became a player of Team Bodog. After his reputation started to grow, PokerStars decided to unban him in April 2009. His story became a hot topic on forums again, but the owners of major world’s poker room didn’t decide to change their decision.
High stakes adventure
ZeeJustin returned to playing on PokerStars. He was not only the tournament player, but high stakes cash games regular on Stars and FTP as well. He was playing at the highest stakes against the biggest stars such as Isildur1 or jungleman12.
One of his best friends is Isaac Haxton, who helped him hugely to improve his game and compete with the best in the world. In 2012 Justin said in the interview for HighStakesDB that Isaac was the toughest opponent he has ever faced, but he added that he was not objective in his opinion because Isaac is his friend. “Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky is the number two”, he said.
Moving outside of US
Haxton is the player with whom Bonomo moved to Malta after Black Friday. Justin had a lot of money frozen in FTP’s account. “If FTP repays, my net worth instantly doubles, so yes, I have quite a bit on there.” – he said.
Success in tournaments
At that time, he had a lot of cashes in WSOP, but he still had to wait for his first bracelet. In 2014, he topped a field of 1,587 in the $1,500 6-max NLHE event, earning his coveted piece of jewelry along with the $449,980 first-place prize.
His tournament career started a lot earlier though. In January 2005 he cashed PCA Main Event on 30th place. Month later he became the youngest player in the history that was featured on the TV table (being only 19) – he was 4th in the €2,000 EPT tournament in Deauville. One of the turning points in his poker adventure was winning €100,000 Super High Roller 8-Max on EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo in 2012 for $2,165,217. Besides this score and winning two editions of Super High Roller Bowl in 2018, he had two scores over $1 million: second place in $5,300 NLHE Championship Event during Hard Rock Poker Open Hollywood for $1,163,500 and recently second place in $100,000 Super High Roller at PCA 2018 for $1,077,800.
The beginnings
How it all started? Bonomo was highly ranked Magic the Gathering player and when he discovered poker, he was still underaged.
I started playing $0.50/$1 limit hold’em on Paradise Poker just like everyone else that played back in 2002. My first deposit was thanks to my EverQuest character that I sold via PayPal for $500.
He had tough moments in his career as almost every poker player.
I had a very big downswing in late 2009. My confidence was at a high after rising through the HUNL stakes super quickly. I was playing the best players in the world and ran over a million below all-in EV. It was humbling going from $10/$20 to $200/$400, and then at $50/$100 losing to some of the very same players that I had recently built my bankroll off of. I had become complacent with my game while theirs’ were evolving to beat mine. That was a huge mistake on my part compounded by the run bad.
In the beginning he was playing Limit Hold’em, online tournaments and SNGs, but soon he discovered that NLHE is his favourite variant of poker. He was trying other formats as well, for example $50k H.O.R.S.E events at the WSOP and 2-7 Triple Draw event where he was close to winning a bracelet, however his biggest scores come from NLHE games.
Unbelievable run
Recently, after taking down Super High Roller Bowl he won two other High Rollers (both with $25k buy-in) in Aria casino! He informed poker community about it on Twitter.
Ok so you might not believe this, but I just won the Aria $25k high roller again. I don’t know what’s happening anymore.
— Justin Bonomo (@JustinBonomo) June 4, 2018Here is the list of his High Roller biggest scores this year:
The future
32-year-old Justin Bonomo has been known in the poker community for many years. After his 17-year adventure with poker, he starts finally to become a super-star. He said nothing changed drastically in his game recently; he just started to win all-ins he couldn’t win before. Besides this, after cheating scandal, he started showing his lighter sides, being active in donating to charities. We are very curious how his future is going to look like and how much strength he is going to show in 2018 and especially in World Series of Poker. Will he capture his second bracelet?
| Justin Bonomo | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | ZeeJustin |
| Residence | Las Vegas NV |
| Born | September 30, 1985 (age 35) |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 3 |
| Money finish(es) | 55[1] |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 64th, 2015 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 3 |
| Money finish(es) | 11[2] |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
| Information accurate as of 11 June 2018. | |
Justin Bonomo (born September 30, 1985) (known online as ZeeJustin) is an American high-stakes professional poker player, and a former Magic the Gathering competitor.[3] He became the youngest player to be featured at a televised final table on February 19, 2005, when he placed fourth during the inaugural year of the EPT at the French Open in Deauville, France. He was 19 at the time.
As of August 9, 2019, his live tournament winnings are $48,508,778;[4] this total makes him the second-highest-earning live tournament player of all time (after Bryn Kenney).[5]
At the World Series of Poker, Bonomo has 55 cashes, made 19 final tables, and won 3 bracelets and 1 circuit ring for $14,292,554 in winnings.[6] His first bracelet came in 2014 in Event #11: No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed, earning $449,980. He came in second in the previous event in which he played, Event #5: Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. This was his third runner-up finish after which he lamented on Twitter, “Always a bride’s maid, never a bride.” At the 2018 WSOP, Bonomo won Event #16, the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship with a prize of $185,965. He followed this up by winning Event #78, the $1,000,000 One Drop for $10,000,000. With this victory, he temporarily overtook Daniel Negreanu as number 1 on the all time live tournament money list,[7] until being surpassed by Bryn Kenney in August 2019.[8]
World Series of Poker[edit]
| Year | Event | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | $449,980 |
| 2018 | $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship | $185,965 |
| 2018 | $1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em The Big One for One Drop | $10,000,000 |
Super High Rollers[edit]
Justin Bonomo is a regular face on the High Roller circuit. He has won events such as the Triton High Roller Series, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Super High Roller Bowls in China and Las Vegas, and is a regular at the ARIA High Roller Events.[9]
Online poker[edit]
Bonomo was caught entering major online poker tournaments using multiple accounts in 2006 on Partypoker. He was banned from 2 sites and tens of thousands of dollars were seized.[10][11][12]
Bonomo was a sponsored member of Team Bodog[13] until January 2010.[14]
In 2011, he was accused of account sharing with his friend Isaac Haxton by Prahlad Friedman.[15] They have both vehemently denied the accusation.
Personal life[edit]
Justin Bonomo lives in Las Vegas in the Panorama Towers, residence to more than 70 professional poker players.[16]
Bonomo practices polyamory.[17]
Poker Justin Bonomo
He donated $13,250 to the SENS project, a life extension research project.[18]
References[edit]
- ^WSOP.com profile
- ^World Poker Tour profile
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- ^'Justin Bonomo's profile on The Hendon Mob'. The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^'Justin Bonomo Wins Triton Poker London £100,000 Short Deck Main Event - Poker News'. www.cardplayer.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^'JUSTIN BONOMO LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES WSOP.com'. www.wsop.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^Pokerfuse.com: Justin Bonomo Overtakes Daniel Negreanu on All-Time Money List
- ^'Bryn Kenney Calls His Shot, Takes Over Top Spot On Poker's All-Time Live Tournament Earnings List - Poker News'. www.cardplayer.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^'Justin Bonomo's incredible rush continues with victory in the $10K Heads Up Event - Somuchpoker'. somuchpoker.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^'Double Standards In Poker'. BLUFF Magazine. September 2008. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^Cypra, Dan (April 2, 2009). 'ZeeJustin Unbanned on PokerStars'. pokernewsdaily.com. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^Gordon, Nicole (May 29, 2009). 'The PokerNews Profile: Justin Bonomo'. PokerNews.com. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^Hintze, Haley (May 5, 2008). 'Justin Bonomo Signs with Bodog, Discusses Future'. PokerNews.com. Retrieved May 5, 2008.
- ^Chaivarlis, Elaine (April 1, 2010). 'The Nightly Turbo: Team Bodog Down to Two, Gun Duel Over Poker Debt, and More'. PokerNews.com. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^'Prahlad Freidman Accuses Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo of Account Sharing - Poker News Daily'. Poker News Daily. March 16, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^'Justin Bonomo Is Living The High Life'. BLUFF.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^pokernewsdotcom (October 23, 2015), Justin Bonomo Embraces Polyamory, retrieved October 18, 2017
- ^'Please Welcome the Newest Members of The Three HundredArchived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine'. Methuselah Foundation Blog. Retrieved on July 5, 2008.