Seat 1: Justin Bonomo (USA) - 1,050,000
Currently second on Nevada’s all-time money list with $17,016,779 in earnings, Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo is just one of two Americans at the final table.
Bonomo has plenty of high roller experience and even won the EPT8 Grand Final Super High Roller for a career-high $2,165,217. His only other seven-figure score was $1,163,500 for finishing runner-up to Blair Hinkle in the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event.
Other career highlights include finishing second in the 2016 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship for $801,048, winning May’s ARIA $50,000 Super High Roller 18 for $779,520, and taking second in the 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) Super High Roller for $721,392.
As for the Poker Masters, he managed just one cash in the prelims, finishing fourth in Event #4: $50,000 NLHE for $175,000. That means he needs to win today and hope some of his competition busts quick to have a chance at the The Poker Masters Purple Jacket?.