- It is interesting to see that Daniel is top of the Hendon Mob ‘All Time Money List’ being $256,248 in front of Phil Ivey whilst in open events Erik Seidel is top leading Daniel by $160,305! Excluding buyins over $50,000 Erik drops to 11th with Daniel top and Phil in 2nd. In the open events with buyins $50,000 and under Jamie Gold jumps back into 2nd place!
- Seiver just recently outdid Phil Hellmuth to move into No. 10 on the all-time money list with $23.1 million in live winnings. While he has just one World Series of Poker bracelet to his name, the American pro’s biggest score came at the 2015 $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl when he cashed a check worth $5.1 million after finishing in second.
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Justin Bonomo has taken down the World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop for $10 million, making it the third WSOP gold bracelet of his career and propelling him comfortably into the All-Time Money List top spot. Bonomo faced off against Fedor Holz to take the win last night in Las Vegas.
Since the start of 2018 Bonomo has cashed a staggering 24 times, coming in 1st place 10 times. Before taking down the Big One for One Drop for the biggest win of his career, Bonomo won the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl for $5 million.
His earnings for 2018 are now over the $24.9 million mark and overall his lifetime earnings stand at $42.9 million.
“Being number one on the all-time money list is sweet,” Justin Bonomo told the WSOP after his win. “It’s awesome. It feels good. But to be honest, I understand that that is not the measure of who a great player is. At the end of the day, I feel like this past year I’ve played fantastic poker. … And that’s something I can be very proud of. I’m not going to say I’m the best player in the world, but I’m very confident that I’m up there and I’m very proud of what I’ve done.”
Congrats to @JustinBonomo, winner of the Big One for One Drop!
Bonomo wins $10m and moves to the top of the all-t… https://t.co/wZQWhJHhYm— WSOP (@WSOP) July 18, 2018
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Bonomo’s win at the Big One for One Drop knocked long time All-Time Money leader Daniel Negreanu off the top spot.
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There hasn’t been a heater like this since 2016 when Fedor Holz, who ended up coming second in the Big One for One Drop for $6 million, earned $5 million in just one month with back-to-back high roller wins.
In the past 6 months Bonomo has moved from 14th place to 1st place on the All-Time Money list. Fedor Holz is up one place to 4th place, Eric Seidel is down one to 3rd place, and Daniel Negreanu sits in 2nd.
Justin Bonomo and Daniel Negreanu By The Numbers
| Player | Justin Bonomo | Daniel Negreanu |
|---|---|---|
| All-Time Money Ranking | 1st | 2nd |
| 2018 Earnings (To Date) | 24,945,425 | 4,336,383 |
| All-Time Tournament Earnings | 42,979,593 | 39,656,196 |
| Cashes in 2018 | 24 | 13 |
| 2018 WSOP Cashes | 3 | 5 |
| 1st Place Finishes (2018) | 10 | 0 |
Effective Altruism
Bonomo is known in the poker community for his effective altruism and as an ambassador for REG Charity —a platform designed by poker players to raise money for the highest impact charities and research foundations.
Bonomo even sold pieces of himself via YouStake at a 1.05 markup, pledging to give all of the proceeds from the 5% markup to Givewell.org.
I’m selling action to the $1,000,000 buy in 1 Drop tournament at 1.05 markup. I will be donating all the money from… https://t.co/H1G9UFfGCQ— Justin Bonomo (@JustinBonomo) July 01, 2018
The Big One for One Drop is in and of itself a charity event in support of One Drop—a foundation that ensures communities in impoverished countries have access to clean water. From each buy-in to the 2018 Big One for One Drop, $80,000 was earmarked for the One Drop foundation and the remaining $920,000 went to the prizepool.
“Everyone kept asking me, ‘Are you excited to play One Drop?’ And my answer to everyone was ‘No.” Yes it’s a great privilege, but I see it as a great responsibility,” Bonomo said on his involvement in the WSOP Big One for One Drop event. “It’s more money than I’ve ever played for in my life so I buckled down during all my breaks, I studied, I took the day off the day before and just studied all day. Meditation every single day. I just took this as seriously as I possibly could and tried as hard as I possibly could.”
Poker has a new all-time money leader and his name is Justin Bonomo.
Late in the evening on Tuesday, Bonomo secured his biggest payday to date by winning the $1 million buy-in The Big One for One Drop event. The $10 million first-place prize catapulted Bonomo ahead of Daniel Negreanu to sit on top of the poker world’s most-watched list–all-time tournament earnings.
Bonomo now lays claim to $42,979,591 in lifetime live tournament earnings. Negreanu has $39,656,196.
Negreanu didn’t seem to mind relinquishing the top spot. In response to the commentary on the broadcast, he Tweeted:
@phil_hellmuth@lonmceachern@NormanChad WRONG! It would be nice to be relieved of the pressure of feeling like I need to play all these events. It’s inevitable I’d be passed with my limited schedule. Might as well be now!
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) July 18, 2018
It was an emotional victory for Bonomo. When asked about his emotional state on the ESPN broadcast, Bonomo said:
“Disbelief. Happiness. All over the place. The adrenaline has been going through me like crazy.”
The Big One for One Drop
The third installment of the Big One for One Drop played out in Las Vegas, Nevada. A total of 27 players put up $1 million to play with the best of the best.
This year the tournament welcome far fewer players then it had in years past. In 2012, 48 players wrote a big check, and in 2014, 42 players signed on the dotted line.
The Big One for One Drop is unique in that there is no rake or fees to play. Guy Laliberté worked with Caesars and the World Series of Poker to bring a charity tournament unlike any other to the poker stage. A portion of each buy-in ($80,000) goes to the One Drop Foundation, which brings access to safe drinking water to underserved communities around the world.
The list of players is a combination of accomplished “recreational” players and a list of who’s who in poker. The final table reflected that formula.
Day 3 began with six players, only five of which would make the money.
David Einhorn, a hedge fund manager with $5,154,048 in live tournament winnings, was the unfortunate soul eliminated in sixth place. It’s always sad to see Einhorn get knocked out of a tournament because he donates all of his winnings to charity.
Bonomo was responsible for the elimination and lamented about it to WSOP.com.
“To be totally honest, I almost feel guilty for knocking out David Einhorn. I will give a lot to charity, but I’m not as well off as him to give it all to charity. It’s an honor to be part of the money that’s donated to One Drop.”
The Big One for One Drop final table results:
1st: Justin Bonomo ($10,000,000)
2nd: Fedor Holz ($6,000,000)
3rd: Dan Smith ($4,000,000)
4th: Rick Salomon ($2,840,000)
5th: Byron Kaverman ($2,000,000)
Bonomo’s heater keeps getting hotter
To say Bonomo is having a great year is the understatement of the century.
He has had four seven-, 11 six-, and seven five-figure scores. That is a lot of scores for seven months of poker. Not to mention, he logged 20 final tables, including nine first-, one second-, and two third-place finishes.
To be fair, Bonomo limits his play to mostly high-rollers which produce smaller fields. In the end, though, a heater is a heater.
To put his results in perspective, we looked at the earnings of the last three GPI players of the year. Bonomo has earned more in the first seven months of the year, then each of the three players did in their lifetime:
- Adrian Mateos (2017) – $15,603,074
- David Peters (2016) – $21,679,128
- Byron Kaverman (2015) – $14,501,379
Calling his results a heater downplays the work Bonomo puts into his game and the discipline he has to show up and play even after winning life-changing money several times over.
Bonomo doesn’t take this year’s stellar results for granted. He is still in study mode.
“It’s more money than I ever played for in my life, so I buckled down,” Bonomo said about preparing for the One Drop. “I studied. I took the day off the day before and just studied all day. Meditation every single day. I took this as seriously as I possibly could.”
About the money
The amount of money a poker player wins can be deceiving and not at all telling about their financial situation. Players often sell portions of their actions to limit their liability. Bonomo is no different. He sold pieces of his One Drop action to friends and through the website YouStake. When asked about selling a percentage, he said:
“Because of the wins this year, I absolutely do get to take bigger pieces of myself. This was a million-dollar buy-in, so I was not able to put up anywhere close to even half the money myself. It honestly made this even more special; I get to share this win with literally hundreds of people, because I sold action on the internet, as well. Also, some of my closest friends in the world who helped me prepare for this tournament [had pieces], and I’m so happy to give back to them.”
In February, after winning US Poker Open Event #1 – $10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold’em, Bonomo tweeted:
Does anybody know if the Twilight Zone episode with the gambler who can’t lose has a happy ending? Asking for a friend
— Bonologic (@JustinBonomo) February 4, 2018
Apparently, the answer is yes. At least for now.