There is a pattern to Justin Bonomo’s behaviour at the poker table. The one-time leader of the All-Time Money List on The Hendon Mob tends to pick up the wins in the tournaments containing the most significant prize pools.
In 2018, Bonomo won $25.4m during a run that saw him win two Super High Roller Bowl titles and the Big One for One Drop. In 2019, during the aftermath of Bryn Kenney ripping his All-Time Money ranking from his grip, Bonomo reacted by winning the £100,000 No Limit Hold’em Short Deck at the Triton Million London for $3.2m (the largest score outside of the £1m buy-in event).
Then you have the Super High Roller Bowl Online (SHRBO).
Of the 27 preliminary events, Event #11: $25,500 No Limit Hold’em distributed the wealthiest first prize ($622,634), and who would go on to win it – yes you’ve guessed it: Justin Bonomo.
Not content with his five cashes and more than $800,000 in prize money, Bonomo became the first player in history to win three SHRB titles, after conquering the 50-entrant field in the $102,000 buy-in masterpiece.
The Final Table
The final day began with Ali Imsirovic holding the chip lead, but the former Poker Master fell in ninth leaving Pauli Ayras to enter the final table with the biggest stack.
The final began with eight, and the name missing from the picture is Orpen Kisacikoglu unceremoniously cut from the frame by Michael Addamo to send everyone else into the money. The London-based Turkish star left with nothing.
Addamo would continue to play a pivotal role in the final, eliminating both Ayras and David Peters in fourth and third to set up a heads-up clash with Bonomo, holding 65% of the chips in play.
Both Addamo and Bonomo had won events during the preliminary rounds. Bonomo collected the $622,634 purse in Event #11: $25,500 No Limit Hold’em, and Addamo won the $228,800 top prize in Event #27: $10,300 No Limit Hold’em a day before this event began. Two top pros, both in form, as the heads-up duel reflected.
The final fight took longer than the entirety of the final table action that preceded it. The lead moved from top brass to top brass until in the final hand, Addamo called from the button holding a pair of ladies, Bonomo jammed with the more towering stack and Kh5d, and Addamo made the call. Bonomo flopped a second king and turned the third king to win the title, and capture the biggest prize of the series.
Here are the results.
Results
- Justin Bonomo – $1,775,000
- Michael Addamo – $1,187,500
- David Peters – $762,500
- Pauli Ayras – $487,500
- Dan Shak – $325,000
- Linus Loeliger – $250,000
- Sam Greenwood – $212,500