Bonomo Wins Two of Bellagio High Roller Events
Another series of high-stakes poker tournaments are in the books. More than that, it was the last series of the year. The Bellagio High Rollers presented opportunities for players on the PokerGO Tour to accumulate more points on the Player of the Year leaderboard and earn a few extra (million) dollars for the holiday season.
Only two events remain on the 2021 PokerGO Tour. The year is almost over, and it appears that Ali Imsirovic has the PokerGO leaderboard wrapped up with a bow. It is not yet official, but the remaining events don’t seem poised to change anything.
But let’s get to the results of this Bellagio High Roller series as it took place on the Las Vegas Strip from December 2-14.
High Roller Results
It all happened during the Five Diamond World Poker Classic festival that started on December 2 and will continue through December 19. The highlight for many players has been the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event, which kicked off this week and will run through to its final table on Sunday, December 19.
And the winners and tallies were:
-Event 1: $10K NLHE = 43 entries, $430K pot, 7 paid, Giuseppe Iadisernia (Venezuela) won $146,200
-Event 2: $100K NLHE = 19 entries, $1.9M pot, 3 paid, Justin Bonomo (USA) won $928,200
-Event 3: $10K NLHE = 35 entries, $350K pot, 5 paid, Sung Joo Hyun (South Korea) won $140K
-Event 4: $10K 8-Game Mix = 19 entries, $190K pot, 3 paid, Henrik Hecklen (Denmark) won $102,600
-Event 5: $10K NLHE = 32 entries, $320K pot, 5 paid, Justin Bonomo (USA) won $128K
-Event 6: $10K NLHE = 43 entries, $430K pot, 7 paid, Leonard Maue (Germany) won $146,200
-Event 7: $10K NLHE = 46 entries, $460K pot, 7 paid, Anuj Agarwal (USA) won $156,400
-Event 8: $10K PLO = 35 entries, $350K pot, 5 paid, Felipe Ramos (Brazil) won $115,500
-Event 9: $25K NLHE = 21 entries, $525K pot, 3 paid, Rok Gostisa (Slovenia) won $283,500
-Event 10: $25K NLHE = 13 entries, $325K pot, 2 paid, Arthur Conan (France) won $227,500
-Event 11: $10K NLHE = 42 entries, $420K pot, 6 paid, Nick Petrangelo (USA) won $151,200
-Event 12: $25K NLHE = 25 entries, $625K pot, 4 paid, Selahaddin Bedir (Turkey) won $287,500
-Event 13: $25K NLHE = 54 entries, $1.35M pot, 8 paid, Andrew Lichtenberger (USA) won $432K
Bonomo Hits New High
With those two victories, Justin Bonomo took a familiar place at the top of poker’s all-time live tournament earnings list. That figure now sits at $57,175,262.
In 2021, he won $3,912,028 of that. But this was far from his best year, as that remains 2018 when he won $25,428,935.
With his Bellagio success, Bonomo pushed Bryn Kenney down into second place with his $56,907,385. Daniel Negreanu remains in third with $45,175,428.
(Yes, these are real numbers.)
Lead extended confirmed… pic.twitter.com/4sL1wgPHWV
— Eric Danis (@EricDanisPoker) December 7, 2021
