Sunday Briefing: Justin Bonomo Wins $192K
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Justin ��ZeeJustin�� Bonomo had a 2018 to remember, winning more than $25 million from live poker tournaments and soaring to the top of the worldwide online money listings.
Bonomo isn��t only a live grinder; he can cut it with online poker��s elite grinders, as is evident by his victory at PokerStars on Feb. 10 that netted him almost $200,000.
PokerStars Turbo Series 54: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max High Roller Turbo
| Date | February 10th |
| Buy-in | $5,200 |
| Guarantee | $750,000 |
| Entrants | 194 |
| Prize pool | $970,000 |
| ITM | 23 |
The PokerStars Turbo Series 54: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max High Roller Turbo drew in a field of 194 entrants who helped create a $970,000 prize pool that was shared among the top 23 finishers.
Each of the eight players who reached the final table locked up at least $32,571 for their troubles and this was the sum Orpen ��OrpTheTurk�� Kisacikoglu walked away with when he busted in eighth-place.
Kisacikoglu was joined on the sidelines by Chris ��ImDaNuts�� Oliver and the Netherlands-based Brit Conor ��1_conor_b_1�� Beresford who collected $41,979 and $54,105 respectively.
Canada��s ��skitzo333�� and Manuel ��fellatiado�� Ruivo were the next to bust, with their exits leaving only three players in the hunt for the title; all three guaranteed a six-figure score.
PokerStars regular ��WATnlos�� of Austria saw their tournament end in third-place, a finish worth $115,839, leaving Tomi ��elmerixx�� Brouk and Bonomo to play heads-up for the title. Brouk, like so many players before him in this position, couldn��t outmaneuver Bonomo and had to make do with the $149,300 consolation prize, which meant Bonomo got his hands on $192,427.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin ��ZeeJustin�� Bonomo | Canada | $192,427 |
| 2 | Tomi ��elmerixx�� Brouk | Finland | $149,300 |
| 3 | WATnlos | Austria | $115,839 |
| 4 | Manuel ��fellatiado�� Ruivo | Poland | $89,877 |
| 5 | skitzo333 | Canada | $69,734 |
| 6 | Conor ��1_conor_b_1�� Beresford | Netherlands | $54,105 |
| 7 | Chris ��ImDaNuts�� Oliver | Costa Rica | $41,979 |
| 8 | Orpen ��OrpTheTurk�� Kisacikoglu | United Kingdom | $32,571 |
PokerStars Sunday Million
| Date | February 10th |
| Buy-in | $109 |
| Guarantee | $1,000,000 |
| Entrants | 12,371 |
| Prize pool | $1,237,100 |
| ITM | 2,150 |
The attendance of the new $109 buy-in Sunday Million fell for the second consecutive week, but 12,371 players still bought in and smashed the $1 million guarantee by $237,100.
It was Germany��s ��strongwill81�� who was the last player standing, meaning they secured a cool $124,602 payout. The German��s final opponent was ��AlexS1�� of Canada who walked away with $90,415 for their runner-up finish.
All but the ninth-place finisher, ��kostelo,�� turned their initial buy-in into a five-figure haul.
��GuiTirandente�� from Brazil busted in eighth-place and banked $13,206. ��Readas_reada�� and ��eblumin����s exits left five players contesting for the lion��s share of the prize pool before ��Guillaume479�� and ��Biffinio�� busted to leave strongwill81 and AlexS1 to battle for the title, and we know how that ended up.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strongwill81 | Germany | $124,602 |
| 2 | AlexS1 | Canada | $90,415 |
| 3 | Biffinio | Germany | $65,614 |
| 4 | Guillaume479 | Belgium | $47,616 |
| 5 | Thasos_18 | United Kingdom | $34,555 |
| 6 | eblumin | Canada | $25,077 |
| 7 | readas_reada | Austria | $18,198 |
| 8 | GuiTiradente | Brazil | $13,206 |
| 9 | kostelo | Russia | $9,584 |
partypoker KO Series #37-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max
| Date | February 11th |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $300,000 |
| Entrants | 359 |
| Prize pool | $366,180 |
| ITM | 48 |
There were some big results over at partypoker thanks to the KO Series having some $300,000 guaranteed tournaments scheduled on Feb.10.
The KO Series #37-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max beat its guarantee by $66,180, and this meant there were some chunky bounties on offer in the PKO tournament. Bounties can boost players�� prizes significantly with eighth-place finisher ��Mrakobes20�� taking home more than seventh-place finisher, Team partypoker��s Roberto ��WelshWizard�� Romanello.
It was a similar story later at the final table, with ��sergewiceq�� securing more than $1,000 more than ��GewoonBoef�� despite busting one place before.
It was the final two players who saw some giant-sized bounty payments come their way. Runner-up ��NinjasHype�� of the United Kingdom won $27,464 from the main prize pool plus an impressive $20,036 from the bounty prize pool. This was surpassed by the $27,500 first-place prize ��dartazz�� won, which was increased by $24,391 worth of bounties.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dartazz | Lithuania | $27,500 | $24,391 | $51,891 |
| 2 | NinjasHyper | United Kingdom | $27,464 | $20,036 | $47,500 |
| 3 | GewoonBoef | Netherlands | $19,041 | $6,012 | $25,053 |
| 4 | sergewiceq | Russia | $13,643 | $12,804 | $26,447 |
| 5 | TigerVSyou | Sweden | $9,717 | $3,445 | $13,162 |
| 6 | BigPescado69 | United Kingdom | $7,204 | $5,850 | $13,054 |
| 7 | Roberto ��WelshWizard�� Romanello | United Kingdom | $5,005 | $975 | $5,980 |
| 8 | Mrakobes20 | Latvia | $3,651 | $2,892 | $6,543 |
partypoker KO Series #38-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max
| Date | February 10th |
| Buy-in | $530 |
| Guarantee | $300,000 |
| Entrants | 739 |
| Prize pool | $378,737 |
| ITM | 104 |
Lithuania��s ��dartazz�� won the KO Series event highlighted above and managed to reach the final table of the KO Series #38-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max event too. This time they couldn��t go all the way. Instead, they had to make do with a seventh-place finish that was worth a combined $5,940.
Dartazz was the last player not to walk away with more than $11,000 for their effort. ��Onehundredeyes�� of Austria netted a combined $11,230 after finishing in sixth-place, only slightly less than the $11,340 locked up by Canada��s ��Uhtredsan��, the fifth-place finisher.
Norway��s Eirik ��digvalley�� Boen Gravdal boosted his partypoker bankroll by $19,036 with ��The1n0nlyJonG�� of Canada turning their $530 into a total prize worth $23,164.
Heads-up saw Croatia��s ��Juste1Canard�� and ��JimyTransaction�� from Costa Rica play for a huge gulf in bounty payments. Their prizes for finishing first and second only differed by $37, but there was a massive gap in the bounties. Juste1Canard fell in second-place and won $10,609 worth of bounties, but the champion saw their prize boosted by $32,825 from the bounty prize pool.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JimyTransaction | Costa Rica | $25,884 | $32,825 | $58,709 |
| 2 | Juste1Canard | Croatia | $25,847 | $10,609 | $36,456 |
| 3 | The1n0nlyJonG | Canada | $17,373 | $5,791 | $23,164 |
| 4 | Eirik ��digvalley�� Boen Gravdal | Norway | $11,772 | $7,264 | $19,036 |
| 5 | Uhtredsan | Canada | $8,309 | $3,031 | $11,340 |
| 6 | onehundredeyes | Austria | $5,987 | $5,243 | $11,230 |
| 7 | dartazz | Lithuania | $4,277 | $1,663 | $5,940 |
| 8 | ucantrybut | Ukraine | $2,973 | $2,444 | $5,417 |
888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep
| Date | February 10th |
| Buy-in | $215 |
| Guarantee | $100,000 |
| Entrants | 482 |
| Prize pool | $100,000 |
| ITM | 45 |
Over to 888poker now where Norway��s ��ShipGold�� found themselves heads-up against one of the best in the business in the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep.
The Norwegian fought tooth and nail with the United Kingdom��s Christopher ��NigDawG�� Brammer, formerly ranked number one in the world, and managed to get the job done, securing the $19,350 top prize. Brammer won $14,500 for his second-place finish.
Earlier at the final table, ��Pik00rs�� and Germany��s ��allesrigged�� fell in sixth and fifth-place for $4,400 and $5,700 score, with ��Metelista�� and ��Al_Robbya�� seeing their tournaments end in fourth and third-place respectively for cash injections of $8,250 and $11,000.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ShipGold | Norway | $19,350 |
| 2 | Christopher ��NigDawG�� Brammer | United Kingdom | $14,500 |
| 3 | Al_Robbya | Mexico | $11,000 |
| 4 | MetelitsaPro | Russia | $8,250 |
| 5 | allesrigged | Germany | $5,700 |
| 6 | Pik00rs | $4,400 | |
| 7 | rickpereira7 | United Kingdom | $3,400 |
| 8 | NoMamesWeyyy | Mexico | $2,400 |
888poker $50,000 Whale
| Date | February 10th |
| Buy-in | $1,050 |
| Guarantee | $50,000 |
| Entrants | 62 |
| Prize pool | $62,000 |
| ITM | 6 |
Only six players made it into the money in the $50,000 Whale thanks to a compact field of 62 players taking part.
��MisterN411��, a regular in high stakes tournaments, was the first player to get their hands on some prize money, namely $3,410, and they were followed to the sidelines by ��Juanfran1973�� of the UK and ��YSoSerious7�� of Ukraine.
Third-place and $9,300 went to the Swiss grinder known as ��J.DIFOOL,�� and they were the last player in the tournament not to bank a five-figure prize.
��f0rmEiTseGaL�� of the UK and Tim ��REALTTWIST�� Kelly were the last two players standing, but no deal was discussed despite a $7,440 difference in prize money, more than what fourth-place paid. This meant when f0rmEiTseGaL won all of the chip in play, they netted $22,940, and Kelly padded his bankroll with the $15,500 consolation prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | f0rmEiTseGaL | United Kingdom | $22,940 |
| 2 | Tim ��REALTTWIST�� Kelly | Canada | $15,500 |
| 3 | J.DIFOOL | Switzerland | $9,300 |
| 4 | YSoSerious7 | Ukraine | $6,200 |
| 5 | Juanfran1973 | United Kingdom | $4,650 |
| 6 | MisterN411 | $3,410 |
Natural8 Sunday High Roller $1K
| Date | February 10th |
| Buy-in | $1,000 |
| Guarantee | $40,000 |
| Entrants | 48 |
| Prize pool | $45,600 |
| ITM | 6 |
Natural8 continued to run some big buy-in events on Feb. 10, and it looks to be a great site for those wanting compact fields and high buy-ins.
The Sunday High Roller $1K saw 48 players take to the felt with six of those winning prize money. Canada��s ��chapdelaine�� was the first player to cash, getting their hands on $2,180 with two other Canadians falling in fourth and fifth-place, namely ��SasukeUchicha�� and ��Lexandru�� who turned their $1,000 into $4,834 and $3,426.
Third-place and $7,197 went to ��oldzet�� from Mexico, which left ��TexasPete�� and Bart ��escobarry�� Lybaert as the last two players standing. The latter, a Belgian, was the man to emerge victoriously. His prize? $17,426. TexasPete collected $10,715 for second-place.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bart ��escobarry�� Lybaert | Belgium | $17,426 |
| 2 | TexasPete | Costa Rica | $10,715 |
| 3 | oldzet | Mexico | $7,197 |
| 4 | SasukeUchiha | Canada | $4,834 |
| 5 | Lexandru | Canada | $3,426 |
| 6 | chapdelaine | Canada | $2,180 |
Natural8 Sunday Blade $1K
| Date | February 10th |
| Buy-in | $1,000 |
| Guarantee | $30,000 |
| Entrants | 48 |
| Prize pool | $45,600 |
| ITM | 6 |
Another $1,000 buy-in tournament at Natural8 was the Sunday Blade $1K that also saw a field of 48 players.
Three British players, two Mexico-based grinders and a Canadian, made it to the final table. Canadian Kristen ��Krissyb24�� Bicknell busted in fifth-place for a $3,246 haul.
Two of the Brits, ��0milly�� and ��chan593�� exited in fourth and third-place for $4,834 and $7,197, leaving the two Mexico flag bearers to play for the title.
��2gbenz�� and ��nbvcxz�� decided to strike a deal for the remaining prize pool, which meant 2gbenz won $13,668 when they busted in second-place and nbvcxz took home $14,472 for their victory.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nbvcxz | Mexico | $14,472* |
| 2 | 2gbenz | Mexico | $13,668* |
| 3 | chan593 | United Kingdom | $7,197 |
| 4 | 0milly | United Kingdom | $4,834 |
| 5 | Kristen ��Krissyb24�� Bicknell | Canada | $3,246 |
| 6 | joga_pr_cor | United Kingdom | $2,180 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
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