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LAS VEGAS -- Winning any one of the three biggest high-roller poker tournaments of the year would be a standout accomplishment for any player. Two such titles would be borderline unthinkable coming into this year.
On Tuesday night, Justin Bonomo sealed the best year of high-roller results that any tournament poker player has ever had by winning the World Series of Poker's $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop and its $10 million first-place prize.
'Disbelief. Happiness. All over the place,' Bonomo said of his emotional state following the victory. 'The adrenaline has been going through me like crazy.'
With that payday, in addition to his Super High Roller Bowl wins in China in March and Las Vegas earlier this summer, Bonomo pushed his winnings for the year to just shy of $25 million, which moved him past Daniel Negreanu for the top spot on the all-time poker tournament money list with $42.98 million.
Though the total gross isn't quite an accurate tally of actual dollars pocketed, it is an indicator of how well Bonomo has played and how fortunate he has been to this point. His success earlier in the year allowed him to take a bigger piece of his own action, rather than relying on others to invest a bigger stake in his buy-in. With this victory, Bonomo was able to repay the confidence of those willing to take a chance in staking him.
'Because of the wins this year, I absolutely do get to take bigger pieces of myself,' said Bonomo. 'This was a million-dollar buy-in, so I was not able to put up anywhere close to even half the money myself. It honestly made this even more special; I get to share this win with literally hundreds of people, because I sold action on the internet, as well. Also, some of my closest friends in the world who helped me prepare for this tournament [had pieces], and I'm so happy to give back to them.'
Bonomo entered the final day of the tournament holding the chip lead, but it wasn't a smooth path to the title. Even after eliminating Dan Smith in third place, Bonomo was on the brink of losing the title early on in his heads-up match with eventual runner-up Fedor Holz -- only for his As-8h to beat pocket fours when an ace landed on the turn. From there, the heads-up match was on.
The match truly swung when Bonomo turned two pair with 8d-4d and called an all-in bluff from Holz to take a commanding heads-up lead. Holz doubled up twice, but with a third chance for Bonomo to knock Holz out of the tournament, Bonomo's As-Jd held against Holz's Ac-4s as the board ran out Ks-8s-3s-2c-Qd.
Despite all his success this year, with the ESPN cameras running and so much on the line, Bonomo said he was feeling the nerves as the tournament wound down. Even so, he was well-prepared for this life-changing moment.
'It's more money than I ever played for in my life, so I buckled down,' Bonomo said. 'I studied. I took the day off the day before and just studied all day. Meditation every single day. I took this as seriously as I possibly could.'
Holz earned $6 million in the Big One for One Drop, and he now sits fourth on the all-time tournament money list.
Before anyone could get paid at this final table, though, one player was going to walk away empty-handed after two-plus days of poker. Even with such a large buy-in, a $2 million bubble is no joke by any stretch.
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who poker fans will remember from his deep run in the 2006 WSOP main event and the inaugural edition of the Big One for One Drop in 2012 (he finished third), was the odd man out in sixth place. The last of his chips went all-in with As-Qh on a 7c-5c-5h flop, and Bonomo's 7d-4h held.
Just two hands later, the field dropped from five players down to three, after one of the most dramatic hands you're likely to see on TV this year -- because of the stakes and the way the hand played out. Byron Kaverman went all-in for 8.025 million preflop. Holz called. Rick Salomon reraised all-in for 26.9 million, and Holz thought it over.
As Holz thought about the decision, Salomon accidentally exposed the Ah. After using up all of his time extension chips and two full minutes, Holz called. Salomon and Holz were virtually even in chips, with the winner taking the chip lead and the loser either out or virtually out.
Holz: Tc-Ts
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Kaverman: Ac-5c
The Ad-Ks-2c flop put Salomon well out in front, but the Qc turn turned everything on its head. Kaverman could hit a flush, which would split the chips multiple ways, and Holz could win the whole pot outright with a non-club jack or a ten. After a short pause, the dealer burned and put out the river.
It was the Td, giving Holz a set, the pot and the chip lead. Kaverman was eliminated in fifth place, earning $2 million, and Salomon was out in fourth for $2.84 million.
The Big One for One Drop drew 27 total players. Each player's $1 million buy-in directly benefits the One Drop Foundation's global efforts for clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. There's no rake or fees taken from that $1 million; instead, $80,000 from each buy-in is set aside as a donation to the foundation.
LAS VEGAS -- As the poker world converges on Las Vegas for two months of poker tournaments, with the World Series of Poker at the center, a handful of poker players manage to put together a spectacular summer of results every year.
That season winds toward a close on Tuesday as the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop wraps up on Tuesday at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino -- and Justin Bonomo sits in the catbird seat with six players left.
A lot of attention has rightfully been heaped upon the likes of Shaun Deeb, with his pair of WSOP bracelet wins and his strong hold on the 2018 POY race, and Joe Cada for his two bracelet wins and monumental run to fifth place in the WSOP main event. But in that time, the biggest story from the start of the summer, Bonomo's, has hovered slightly off the radar in recent weeks because of everything else going on in the meantime.
That will certainly change Tuesday, though, if he's able to carry his chip stack into winning $10 million -- the biggest individual WSOP prize of the summer -- on Tuesday.
It's already been an incredible year for Bonomo, who has already rattled off more than a dozen significant High Roller results in 2018 including a $4.8 million win in the Super High Roller Bowl China in March and a $5 million win to kick off the summer in the Super High Roller Bowl in late May. All told, he came into this tournament with just shy of $15 million in tournament cashes. Bonomo also added his second career WSOP bracelet in the $10,000 no-limit hold 'em heads-up championship just over a week later.
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'I've been on the streak of a lifetime,' said Bonomo. 'I've obviously never expected anything like this. I mean, I think I'm a great player, but what I've done is above and beyond what I've ever expected or think I even deserve, to be honest. From the most part, I'm just trying to focus on the next day -- tomorrow's a big day -- so I'm not going to think about the accolades or the accomplishments. All I'm going to think about is how to maximize my expectation tomorrow.'
The chance at a $10 million payday in the Big One for One Drop offers another accolade that hangs in the balance should Bonomo win.
'The financial considerations are definitely first, and that's why I play poker,' said Bonomo. 'One thing that I have been thinking about is the all-time money leader list, and it'd be pretty sweet if I passed Negreanu. I was actually thinking at the start of the tournament, 'I hope Negreanu doesn't win, because that'll set me back about five years in passing him.' And now I have a really good shot at passing him.'
With 48.9 million in chips, Bonomo holds more than twice as many chips as second place. The other five players represent a mix of high roller regulars and some familiar faces from Big One for One Drop final tables past. Fedor Holz (22.1 million) and Dan Smith (21.4 million) are bunched together in second and third, while 2014 Big One for One Drop fourth place finisher Rick Salomon (19.6 million) sits just behind.
2012 Big One for One Drop third-place finisher David Einhorn (12.3 million) and Byron Kaverman (10.5 million) -- the latter being one of three players to register at the last moment Tuesday morning before Day 2 of the tournament began -- are the two players most at risk of going home empty-handed.
The Big One for One Drop drew 27 total players, each of whom put up a $1 million buy-in to battle it out. The tournament buy-ins directly benefit the One Drop Foundation's global efforts for clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. There's no rake taken from the tournament. Instead, $80,000 from each buy-in is set aside as a donation to the foundation.
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Rounding out the action from the 2018 World Series of Poker, Joe Cada pulled off a remarkable feat early Monday morning by winning the $1,500 'Closer' event -- a tournament with three starting days and unlimited re-entries well into each day. After busting out of the main event in fifth place following a massive coin flip hand, after nine grueling days of poker, Cada immediately returned to action the following day. He fought his way through a field with 3,120 entries and, after a dominating final table performance, claimed his second WSOP gold bracelet of the summer and fourth overall. He also added another $612,886 payday to his tally for 2018.
With a staggering 17 cashes, two bracelet wins in a pair of marquee WSOP events and a third final table appearance to boot, Shaun Deeb carries the 2018 WSOP POY lead out of Las Vegas. Though events at WSOP Europe will count toward the race, Deeb would have to be considered a heavy favorite to win this year's recognition.