Justin Bonomo Wins With a Doozy
Brandon Adams made it 20,000 from the cutoff before seeing Justin Bonomo jam from the small blind.
Hearing Bonomo say “all in” was music to David Peters’ ears, who reshipped from the big blind. Adams bowed out and Peters and Bonomo revealed their hands:
Peters: [KsKc]
Bonomo: [Td9d]
A relatively harmless flop of [2dJs2h] hit and Peters was still way ahead. But things got interesting when [8h] arrived on the turn and Bonomo turned open-ended.
Seconds later, a river [Qc] took Bonomo from being eliminated in the tournament to stacking over 600,000 in chips. After the devastating loss, Peters fell to below 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Bonomo | 615,000 |
371,000  |
| David Peters | 120,000 |
-130,000  |
Chris Hunichen Doubles Through Lazaro Hernandez
With the board reading [5hQdJs6s] Chris Hunichen moved all in for 39, 4000 over the top of a bet from Lazaro Hernandez.
Hernandez thought it over before making the call.
Hernandez: [5d6d]
Hunichen: [QcQh]
Hernandez had turned two pair but it was no good as Hunichen had flopped a set of queens and Hernandez was drawing dead before the [2d] hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Hunichen | 852,000 |
427,000 |
| Joseph Cappello | 282,000 |
92,000 |
| Lazaro Hernandez | 282,000 |
-458,000 |
| Larry Greenberg | 247,000 |
2,000 |
| Nick Schulman | 114,000 |
-86,000 |
| Bryn Kenney | 112,000 |
20,000 |
Small One for Rainer Kempe
Rainer Kempe limped in for 8,000 and Kristen Bicknell completed from the small blind as Nick Petrangelo checked his option.
The flop landed [Th9hQh] and both Bicknell and Petrangelo checked to Kempe who bet 10,000.
Bicknell folded, and Petrangelo showed the [Td] and folded also.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Petrangelo | 425,000 |
10,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 145,000 |
73,000 |
| Kristen Bicknell | 108,000 |
-13,000 |
Elio Fox Collects From Manig Loeser
The flop was [2c7sKc] and Elio Fox raised Manig Loeser’s initial bet from 7,000 to 21,000.
Both checked on the turn when [Qc] arrived and a fourth club came on the river in the form of [5c].
Elio Fox went into the tank for his decision, using his time extension before betting 32,000. The bet worked and Loeser mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Manig Loeser | 195,000 |
51,000 |
| Elio Fox | 175,000 |
28,000 |
Nick Petrangelo Gets the Best of Justin Bonomo
Nick Petrangelo opened to 18,000 and Justin Bonomo was next to act and made it 40,000 to go from the cutoff.
The blinds folded and Petrangelo made the call.
The flop came [8c8s4h] and Petrangelo check called a bet of 30,000.
The [6s] on the turn saw both players check.
When the [2d] hit the river Petrangelo used a time extension before firing a bet of 160,000 into the middle.
Bonomo quickly released his hand and Petrangelo collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Schindler | 419,000 |
74,000 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 415,000 |
90,000 |
| Dan Shak | 412,000 |
12,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | 244,000 |
-106,000 |
| Kristen Bicknell | 121,000 |
-10,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 72,000 |
7,000 |
Player Spotlight: Erik Seidel
If you take a look around the PokerGo Studio during this year’s U.S. Poker Open you’ll see that the millennial generation is well represented. Some might say, overrepresented?
So, it must be refreshing for the Old Guard to see Erik Seidel still crushing it alongside the new wave of 20-something phenoms.
Seidel first rose to poker prominence before many of his opponents were even born as the runner-up to Johnny Chan in the 1988 World Series of Poker. Since then he hasn’t stopped stacking chips.
The 59-year old eight-time bracelet winner was cruising along Sunday afternoon in Event #5 of the 2019 U.S. Poker Open – a $25,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament.
Seidel’s last bracelet came in 2007 and his largest career cash ($2.4 million) came quietly from a third-place finish in the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl. So it might be easy for some to forget that he has won more money playing tournament poker than every person in the world not named Justin Bonomo or Daniel Negreanu.
His results in recent years might lack a banner victory, but the sheer volume of his cashes throughout his career have equated to nearly $35 million in earnings. Seidel’s whopping 104 WSOP cashes made him $5.2 million and he’s made an additional $4.1 million from 25 World Poker Tour cashes.
On those merits alone, Seidel is deserving of his 2010 induction into the Poker Hall of Fame. But you could remove his WSOP and WPT accolades and he would still have a hall of fame career, with $25 million in career tournament earnings scattered across three decades.
Seidel has cashed twice in this year’s USPO – a 13th place finish in Event #1 for $18,000 and an 11th place finish in Event #3 for $27,300.
The only thing lacking from his resume recently is a high-profile win. With his performance so far as the chip leader in Event #5, maybe the time has come for Seidel to teach the younger generation a lesson in poker history.
Seth Davies Eliminated by Ali Imsirovic
Seth Davies opened to 17,000 from the hijack before Ali Imsirovic three-bet the button to 64,000. Action returned to Davies, and he moved all in for roughly 180,000, and Imsirovic called.
Imsirovic: [AcQc]
Davies: [TcTh]
The dealer spread a [6s2s2hAhQd] board and Davies was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 655,000 |
180,000 |
| Seth Davies | Busted |
-71,000 |
Erik Seidel Takes from Manig Loeser
Erik Seidel opened in the cutoff to 14,000 and found a call from Manig Loeser in the small blind.
The flop came [4sKs7c] and Loeser check called a bet of 12,000 from Seidel.
The [Th] landed on the turn and Loeser check called another bet from Seidel this time for 31,000.
The river landed the [5c] and Seidel fired a bet of 70,000 which was enough to chase Loeser from the hand.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Cary Katz | 385,000 |
113,000 |
| Daniel Weinand | 356,000 |
-11,000 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 352,000 |
-168,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 333,000 |
-22,000 |
| Elio Fox | 147,000 |
-23,000 |
| Manig Loeser | 144,000 |
-176,000 |
Nick Petrangelo Shoves River on Rainer Kempe
Rainer Kempe opened to 13,000 from under the gun and Nick Petrangelo called from the big blind.
The flop landed [9d5d3h] and Petrangelo checked to Kempe who bet 15,000. Petrangelo called, and then checked the [2c] on the turn.
Kempe bet 30,000 and Petrangelo called as the river fell the [6s].
Petrangelo announced he was all in for roughly 208,000, and Kempe folded.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Shak | 400,000 |
-45,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | 350,000 |
66,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 345,000 |
-32,000 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 325,000 |
78,000 |
| Kristen Bicknell | 131,000 |
8,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 65,000 |
-113,000 |
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