Friday, 1 May 2009
Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo has truly had a rollercoaster of a poker career. His name was first synonymous with dominating online tournaments, then with a cheating scandal.
Now he has taken down his first live tournament with a victory at the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event in Las Vegas. The final day of the tournament begin with sixteen players including Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Men “The Master” Nguyen and WSOP bracelet holders Matt Graham and Robert Cheung.Justin Bonomo and Michael Mizrachi caught cards and wielded huge stacks to eliminate several opponents in succession before the final table was set. Bert Fujisaki got it in way behind with AT against Jack Schanbacher’s AA to finish in tenth place and set the final nine.ZeeJustin defeated a very tough final table that, between the nine, held over ten WSOP Circuit rings and several WSOP bracelets. Eventually The Grinder and Bonomo got heads-up and played intricate, deep-stacked poker for nearly four hours until Justin had ground him down. In the final hand, Mizrachi moved in with J9o and Bonomo snap-called with KQ. The K-high flop gave Justin a huge lead and eventually both players made a one-card flush, Bonomo’s Qd beating Mizrachi’s Jd.Mizrachi won $143,512 for his efforts and Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo picked up $237,692 plus a free WSOP Main Event seat.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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