Justin Bonomo
Encyclopedia
Justin Bonomo (known online as ZeeJustin) is an American professional poker
player who was a sponsored member of Team Bodog
until January 2010.
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 to make a televised final table at 19 years, 5 months, and 20 days at that time.
In his blog, Bonomo discusses his return to live tournament play and has offered to donate a percentage of his poker profits to charity, specifically SENS
research .
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
.
At the 2007 PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure (PCA) WPT in January he placed 11th and won $77,702. The next day he won a $2500 buy-in event with 175 players and took home $123,000.
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 "The Grinder" Mizarchi
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. This is his biggest cash to date.
As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,800,000. His 13 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,080,415 of those winnings.
tournaments using multiple accounts, a practice which is against the rules of most poker sites, and considered by many to be cheating.
research project.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player who was a sponsored member of Team Bodog
Bodog
Bodog is an online entertainment brand launched in 1994 by Calvin Ayre.Originally the company traded at but the brand was later divested and intellectual property rights were assigned to and consolidated in BodogBrand.com...
until January 2010.
Poker
Bonomo placed 30th in the 2005 PokerstarsPokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
Caribbean Poker Adventure
Caribbean Poker Adventure
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is an annual televised poker tournament. The event was first held in 2004 and was originally co-sponsored by PokerStars and the World Poker Tour. In 2008, the event moved from the WPT to the European Poker Tour...
in January, 2005. He also placed 4th at the during the inaugural year of the EPT (European Poker Tour
European Poker Tour
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...
) in the French Open in Deauville, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
on February 19, 2005, thereby becoming the youngest player to make a televised final table at 19 years, 5 months, and 20 days at that time.
In his blog, Bonomo discusses his return to live tournament play and has offered to donate a percentage of his poker profits to charity, specifically SENS
Sens
Sens is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.Sens is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is crossed by the Yonne and the Vanne, which empties into the Yonne here.-History:...
research .
In December 2006, Bonomo made four final tables at the World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...
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
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. He has won four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championship titles. He is currently ranked second in the all-time career earnings list and is the star of poker game show Million Dollar Challenge. He plays a big...
and Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem
Joseph Hachem is a Lebanese-Australian professional poker player known for winning the main event of the 2005 World Series of Poker. He was the first Australian to win the main event, which earned him $7.5 million, then a record for all-time biggest tournament prize.The next year, Hachem won his...
.
At the 2007 PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure (PCA) WPT in January he placed 11th and won $77,702. The next day he won a $2500 buy-in event with 175 players and took home $123,000.
Bonomo finished runner-up to Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren
Erick A. Lindgren is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Poker Tour titles, one World Series of Poker bracelet, and more than seven million dollars in tournament earnings during his poker career.-Poker career:He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and...
in the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit) event, at the 2008 World Series of Poker
2008 World Series of Poker
The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker . Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold...
, earning $230,159. He beat Michael "The Grinder" Mizarchi
Michael Mizrachi
Michael David Mizrachi is an American professional poker player who won the 2010 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship.. Mizrachi also has two World Poker Tour Titles, and finished 5th in the Main Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker.-Personal life:Mizrachi was born in Miami,...
heads up to win the 2009 World Series of Poker Circuit
2009 World Series of Poker Circuit
-Event schedule:- Notes :...
Event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. In the 2009 World Series of Poker
2009 World Series of Poker
The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker . It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 27 to July 15. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event...
he won over $400,000 in the $40,000 buy in event that commemorated the 40th anniversary of the WSOP. This is his biggest cash to date.
As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,800,000. His 13 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,080,415 of those winnings.
Multi-Accounting
Bonomo is known for being caught entering major online pokerOnline poker
Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide...
tournaments using multiple accounts, a practice which is against the rules of most poker sites, and considered by many to be cheating.
Charities
Justin Bonomo donated $13,250 to the SENS project, a life extensionLife extension
Life extension science, also known as anti-aging medicine, experimental gerontology, and biomedical gerontology, is the study of slowing down or reversing the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan...
research project.