| Justin Bonomo | |
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 Bonomo at the 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic |
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| Nickname(s) | ZeeJustin |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 17 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
442nd, 2009 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 8 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 2 |
| Information accurate as of 25 April 2012. | |
Justin Bonomo (born September 30, 1985) (known online as ZeeJustin) is an American professional poker player who was a sponsored member of Team Bodog [1] until January 2010. [2]
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Bonomo placed 30th in the 2005 Pokerstars Caribbean Poker Adventure in January, 2005. He also placed 4th at the during the inaugural year of the EPT (European Poker Tour) in the French Open in Deauville, France on February 19, 2005, thereby becoming the youngest player at that time to make a televised final table at 19 years, 5 months, and 20 days.
In December 2006, Bonomo made four final tables at the World Poker Tour Bellagio Five Diamond Classic. He capped this run with a 7th place finish in the main event, earning $152,000 and just missing the televised final table that featured Daniel Negreanu and Joe Hachem.
Bonomo finished runner-up to Erick Lindgren in the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit) event, at the 2008 World Series of Poker, earning $230,159. He beat Michael Mizrachi heads up to win the 2009 World Series of Poker Circuit Event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. In the 2009 World Series of Poker he won over $400,000 in the $40,000 buy in event that commemorated the 40th anniversary of the WSOP.
In April of 2012 he won the Monte Carlo European Poker Tour Super High Roller €100,000 buy-in event with a grand prize of over €1,640,000 ($2,167,588) and thus secured his biggest tournament cash to date. The final table featured Tobias Reinkemeier, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Patrik Antonius, Masa Kagawa, Daniel Negreanu, Jonathan Duhamel, Eugene Katchalov.
His live tournament winnings exceed $5,000,000.[3] His 17 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,080,415 of those winnings.[4]
Bonomo currently has a three year Epic Poker League card.
Charities [link]
Justin Bonomo donated $13,250 to the SENS project, a life extension research project.[5]
References [link]
- ^ Hintze, Haley (2008-05-05). "Justin Bonomo Signs with Bodog, Discusses Future". PokerNews.com. https://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/05/justin-bonomo-joins-bodog-chats-pokernews.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ Chaivarlis, Elaine (2010-04-01). "The Nightly Turbo: Team Bodog Down to Two, Gun Duel Over Poker Debt, and More". PokerNews.com. https://www.pokernews.com/news/2010/01/the-nightly-turbo-team-bodog-down-to-two-gun-dual-over-poker-7743.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ Hendon Mob
- ^ "Justin Bonomo WSOP stats". wsop.com. https://www.wsop.com/players/playerProfile.asp?playerID=1389. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ "Please Welcome the Newest Members of The Three Hundred". Methuselah Foundation Blog. Retrieved on 2008-07-05.
