Triton Poker SHR Series Jeju HKD250K Short Deck Event won by Justin Bonomo for $586K
The opening event of the 2019 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series has been won by none other than the current number 1 player in the All-Time Money List, Justin Bonomo.
Short Deck Poker, also called 6-Plus Hold’em, is a card poker game based on Texas Hold’em. While the rules are mostly the same, short deck poker is played with a 36-card deck instead of 52. The deck is reduced by removing all cards 2 through 5. This game type became popular in the East Asian high-stakes cash game circuit. Check out the hand rankings here.
On March 2, Saturday, the 33-year-old ZeeJustin outlasted 65 entries (including 28 re-entries) in Event #1, a Short Deck Ante-Only tournament with a HK$250,000 buy-in. Despite being one of the less-experienced short-deck players, Bonomo bested everyone to win HK$4.6 million (or US$568,114).
Bonomo started the final day in 13th place out of 15 remaining players, with the final 8 set to receive a payout. In the final hand (which was only a short heads-up battle) Bonomo had a 2:1 chip lead against Yeu Wei Hsiang, and his A-10 suited won against Hsiang’s A-Q.
Bonomo said after he won, “I’m super happy to have won this obviously. A lot of people at the table had a lot of experience of short deck. For me, a lot of the spots were new and I had to figure them out as I went along. Some decisions I just ended up guessing. It’s a lot of fun learning. I really like the dynamic puzzle aspect, just solving things on the fly. It’s stressful though. People are watching on the stream at home. My friends are watching. I just don’t want to make a huge mistake.”
He added, “It’s a fantastic start. My plan for short deck this week was to play the smallest buy-in and see how I’d feel to see if I’ll play the higher buy ins. I couldn’t be happier right now.”
Triton Jeju Event #1: Short Deck Ante-Only
Buy-in: HK$250,000
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Player
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Country
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Prize (HKD)
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Prize (USD)
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1
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Justin Bonomo
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USA
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HKD 4,600,000
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$586,000
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2
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Yeu Wei Hsiang
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Malaysia
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HKD 3,300,000
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$420,473
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3
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Sergey Lebedev
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Russia
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HKD 2,140,000
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$272,671
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4
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David Benefield
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USA
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HKD 1,620,000
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$206,414
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5
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Tong Siox Choon
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Malaysia
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HKD 1,250,000
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$159,270
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6
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Ying Lin Chua
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Malaysia
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HKD 975,000
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$124,231
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7
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Ben Lamb
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USA
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HKD 780,000
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$99,385
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8
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John Juanda
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Indonesia
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HKD 610,000
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$77,724
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https://twitter.com/tritonpoker/status/1102202353162305536
Source: https://triton-series.com/brilliant-bonomo-adds-triton-short-deck-title-to-collection/
of course joke, but it is interesting to see he wins in poker variant where he is not experienced
