The second $25,000 Single-Day High Roller event of the 2019 PCA was held last Sunday, January 13, which attracted a total of 47 player entries that garnered a prize pool worth $1,128,470.
Justin Bonomo is definitely on fire again as he outlasted everybody who participated to lock in on the top prize of $383,650. Of course, this is a great win to start the year for the likes of ZeeJustin, but it would possibly be hard for him to beat his last year's total achievements. Last year, he set an exceptional record for total money earned in a single calendar year by cashing in a sum of $25.3 million!
Prior to this 1st place win, he already started 2019 with two 4th place finishes in the 2019 PCA $10,000 High Roller and $50,000 Super High Roller throughout the weekend.
For this event, Justin Bonomo spent about 11 hours playing in total and managed to take down Jesus Cortes in a heads-up match.
The final day began with eight players remaining. Each player had 100,000 chips to start with, and during the opening level Cortes got eliminated. Lucky for him a single re-entry was allowed for the event and he did not waste his second chance.
Henrik Hecklen, Ike Haxton, Stephen Chidwick, and even Mikita Badziakouski also participated in this event but they all got eliminated before the money bubble would burst.
Right after Badziakouski was sent to the rail, the final six players were all guaranteed at least a cash prize of $79,000.
The final hand saw Bonomo and Cortes, and it was a tough battle with the chip lead position swinging back and forth between them. In the end, Bonomo's pocket sixes triumphed over the Spanish player's Q-5, and so ZeeJustin wins yet another sweet $383,650 and earns his very first 1st place title for the year 2019.
Final Table Results
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Player
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Country
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Prize
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1
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Justin Bonomo
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United States
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$383,650
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2
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Jesus Cortes
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Spain
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$265,200
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3
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Steffen Sontheimer
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Germany
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$169,280
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4
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Igor Kurganov
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Russia
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$129,780
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5
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Nick Petrangelo
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United States
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$101,560
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6
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David Peters
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United States
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$79,000
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33-year-old Bonomo currently has almost $44 million in total lifetime live earnings according to The Hendonmob, and is in first place in the All-Time Money List.
Source:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2019/01/justin-bonomo-wins-pca-25000-single-day-high-roller-33107.htm?itm_content=pn-hp-hero-3
