The poker player who has made himself super busy during the first half of the year 2018 and has been reaping a lot of cash prizes and recognition for all his hard work is none other than Justin Bonomo, and now the latest achievement that he can potentially put under his name could be that he'll win a summer tournament that is worth $10 million in cash prize.
2018 WSOP's Event #78: The Big One for One Drop has 3 days of play in schedule. After 2 days of action, Bonomo is at the top of the chip holders with six players (himself included) remaining. Bonomo's chip arsenal is 48,950,000 at the end of Day 2, which is actually twice than that of the next player Fedor Holz, which is at 22,125,000.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
|
Player
|
Chips
|
|
Justin Bonomo
|
48,950,000
|
|
Fedor Holz
|
22,125,000
|
|
Dan Smith
|
21,450,000
|
|
Rick Salomon
|
19,650,000
|
|
David Einhorn
|
12,300,000
|
|
Byron Kaverman
|
10,525,000
|
With a total of 27 players who dropped $1 million for the buy-in, here's a look at the full payout table for this event:
|
Place
|
Payout
|
|
1
|
$10,000,000
|
|
2
|
$6,000,000
|
|
3
|
$4,000,000
|
|
4
|
$2,840,000
|
|
5
|
$2,000,000
|
As you can see from the above table, the next one to be eliminated shall unfortunately walk away empty-handed while everyone else would secure at least $2 million.
At the start of day 2, Bonomo came in below the starting stack, and so naturally Rainier Kempe, Brian Rast and Byron Kaverman started the day with more chips than him. While the cream of the crop such as Adrian Mateos, Mikita Badziakouski and Daniel Negreanu failed to make it to the final table, Bonomo on the other hand kept on piling his stack up by busting Jason Koon and Matthew Siegal.
Bonomo then bested Dominik Nitsche's hand and then he busted out Phil Ivey in 8th place.
Of course, Bonomo's main objective is to win the sweet $10 million first prize in this event, and he also said that he's also aiming for another goal, "One thing I have been thinking about is the all time money list and it would be kind of sweet if I passed Negreanu. I was actually thinking at the start of this tournament I really hope Negreanu doesn't win, because that'll set me back five years. Of course, now, I have a really good shot to pass him."
In order to surpass Daniel Negreanu's record $39.6 million, Bonomo needs around $7 million more. If he manages to win half of that amount, it can potentially catapult him past Seidel for second place.
Here's the top 20 All-Time Money List according to the Hendonmob.com.
Seats and Chip Counts for Day of The Big One for One Drop tournament
|
Seat
|
Player
|
Country
|
Chip Count
|
Big Blinds
|
|
1
|
Rick Salomon
|
United States
|
19,650,000
|
39
|
|
2
|
Byron Kaverman
|
United States
|
10,525,000
|
21
|
|
3
|
David Einhorn
|
United States
|
12,300,000
|
25
|
|
4
|
Fedor Holz
|
Germany
|
22,125,000
|
44
|
|
5
|
Justin Bonmo
|
United States
|
48,950,000
|
98
|
|
6
|
Dan Smith
|
United States
|
21,450,000
|
43
|
The 3rd and final day of the One Drop event (and also the final day of the 2018 WSOP), is scheduled at 5:30pm local time, with just less than 26 minutes remaining at 250,000 / 500,000 / 500,000.
Source:
http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates/?rr=5&aid=2&grid=1487&tid=16478&dayof=6577
