Acey-Deucey for Sean Winter and Adam Hendrix
From under the gun, Adam Hendrix raised to 70,000 and Sean Winter called on the button.
The flop landed [7c2h9h] and both players checked to reveal the [As] on the turn.
Hendrix bet 100,000 and Winter called before the [8c] checked through on the river.
Hendrix tabled his [AhJh3c2c] to chop with Winter’s [Ad6s6c2d].
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Hendrix | 1,740,000 |
-710,000  |
| Sean Winter | 950,000 |
25,000  |
Anthony Alberto Doubles Through Ben Yu
Ben Yu raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Anthony Alberto potted from the small blind to 230,000.
Yu called, and Alberto bet his final 80,000 in the dark as the flop landed [Tc5hQs]. Yu called, and the cards were tabled.
Yu: [Kh9h6d3d]
Alberto: [AsAdJc5c]
The turn and river landed the [Ts] and [9d], and Alberto doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Alberto | 650,000 |
-80,000 |
| Ben Yu | 570,000 |
-380,000 |
Brandon Adams Eliminated in 11th Place; Bubbles Event #2
In a massive pot involving two of the largest chip stacks in left in Event #2, Brandon Adams put his tournament at risk against Adam Hendrix before the flop.
Adams: [TdTc7h8d]
Hendrix: [AdAs9s4h]
With Adams’ pocket tens against Hendrix’s pocket aces, the flop came [9h2sTs].
Hendrix added the nut flush draw to his hand. After a [3d] on the turn, Hendrix completed his flush with [Qs] on the river.
Adams was eliminated in 11th place on the money bubble of Event #2. The remaining ten players are all guaranteed $19,200 in prize money.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Hendrix | 2,450,000 |
1,555,000 |
| Brandon Adams | Busted |
-525,000 |
Brandon Adams Check Shoves on Adam Hendrix
Action folded to Adam Hendrix on the button who opened for 55,000. Jordan Cristos folded his small blind and Brandon Adams called out of the big blind.
The flop came [Th7h2s] Adams checked and Hendrix continued for 100,000. Adams wasted little time before before announcing a bet of 440,000 leaving himself 15,000 behind.
Hendrix went deep into the tank using his final time extension before releasing his cards into the muck.
“Pretty good flop for my hand,” Adams announced before showing [9h8hJdJc] and collecting the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Hendrix | 895,000 |
-155,000 |
| Brandon Adams | 525,000 |
-250,000 |
Dan Shak Doubles Through Jordan Cristos
Adam Hendrix started the action in this hand by opening to 70,000. Jordan Cristos was next to act and potted it to 240,000.
Dan Shak was next to act and used both of his time extension cards before putting the rest of his chips into the pot. Hendrix mucked his hand and Shak and Cristos went heads up.
Shak: [QdTsTd8s]
Cristos: [AsKs5c5h]
The board ran out [Qh2s2dAdQs], giving Shak trips on the river to win the pot and more than double up.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Cristos | 630,000 |
5,000 |
| Dan Shak | 300,000 |
120,000 |
Hand-for-Hand Play Begins
Following the elimination of Justin Bonomo in 12th place, Event #2 is now on the money bubble.
Hand-for-hand play is now underway and there will be a 2-minute clock run-off for every hand dealt.
Justin Bonomo Eliminated in 12th Place
Justin Bonomo got his remaining stack, roughly 150,000 all in pre-flop against Jordan Cristos.
Cristos: [AcKcJc8c]
Bonomo: [ThTs7d5s]
The board ran out [As6d4c9h5d] and Bonomo was eliminated in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Cristos | 625,000 |
240,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | Busted |
-160,000 |
Player Spotlight: Justin Bonomo
At just 33 years old, it’s fair to wonder what more Justin Bonomo could possibly accomplish at the poker table.
In 2018, Bonomo notched five seven-digit tournament cashes during a streak unlike anything seen in poker history. (Actually, he had four seven-digit cashes and one eight-digit cash.)
He kicked off the year with a 2nd place finish in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Super High Roller for a $1,077,800 cash. Before January was over, Bonomo would notch two more top five finishes and a first place finish, totaling over $1 million. Bonomo’s year was so good that by the end, his January was just a footnote.
In February, he won the inaugural tournament of the U.S. Poker Open. The next month he won the Super High Roller Bowl in Macau – a $4.8 million score. But all those wins and all that cash still didn’t tell the story.
Starting in May, Bonomo began a run that is unprecedented in poker history. He won a $25,000 European Poker Tour (EPT) No-Limit Hold’em tournament for $457,356. Two days later he won another $25,000 EPT buy-in for $311,268. Three weeks after that he won the Super High Roller Bowl in Las Vegas – a $300,000 buy-in that came with a $5,000,000 payday. Four days later that he won another $25,000 buy-in, then three days after that he won another $25,000 buy-in. Three days after that he won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker in the Heads Up Championship. Then in July, Bonomo’s biggest score came in The Big One For One Drop. He beat Fedor Holz heads up to win $10,000,000
In total, Bonomo won enough money in one year alone to be 11th on the all-time money list. The gap between him and Erik Seidel (who is 3rd on the all-time money list) couldn’t even be bridged if Seidel won last year’s Main Event.
But Justin Bonomo goes deeper than the materiality of quick scores and deep runs. A quick scroll of his Twitter account and you’ll find his thoughts on government, animal rights, and polyamory. He has won more money playing poker than any other human being ever has, but at the table, earphones in place, he’d be able to blend in at any $1/$2 cash game.
As Event #2 broke down to the final two tables, he was nursing shortstack. Despite experiencing desensitizing levels of success, Justin Bonomo remains motivated at the poker table. That’s bad news for everyone else.
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