Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame (#/#) This denotes a bracelet winner. The first number is the number of bracelets won in the 2018 WSOP. The second number is the total number of bracelets won. Both numbers represent totals as of that point during the tournament. Place What place each player at the final table finished Name. Bonomo’s biggest ever win came when he won the “Big One for One Drop” tournament in 2018, which added $10 million to his bank account and made him the number one all-time live tournament money.
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The year 2018 closes with Justin Bonomo sitting on the throne as the biggest winner in the world of tournament poker. Thanks to his incredibly successful run in 2018, he became the poker player with the most wins who earned over $25 million in 12 months, plus he was able to secure a spot in the Poker Hall of Fame 2026 (the year he reaches the age requirement). The poker community is amazed at Bonomo's brilliant achievements since he had set the single-year record for highest gross tournament wins, worth $25 million! He even surpassed Daniel Negreanu as the all-time live tourney wins leader at over $43 million. Check out Bonomo's list of wins here at the Hendon mob site. The current top 10 poker players in the All-Time Money list: Everyone would agree that this insane amount that 'ZeeJustin' won in just one year is more than sufficient for one to be financially set for life, as long as he manages his money wisely. Other Poker Players who won Big in 2018 Coming in at 2nd place for the poker player who's won most in 2018 is Mikita Badziakouski as he managed to win $14 million and has become one of the highest-earning up-and-coming high rollers of the game. While not your typical boisterous player while at the table (which may be the main reason why a lot of people haven't heard of him yet), his quiet demeanor hides someone who actually plays really great. The Belarusian crusher, in his own quiet way, won an amazing $14 million in live tournaments in 2018, which brought his total live tournament earnings to the $20 million mark. From May to October, he has won at least $1.6 million four times, which also includes the biggest score of his career - a splendid $5.25 million for winning at the Main Event at the Triton Poker Super High Roller series in Jeju, South Korea. partypoker pro Jason Koon also set a new record for his name when he won first place in May in the HK$ 1M NLHE at the Triton Poker Super High Roller series in Montenegro for $3,579,836! In total he has collected over $11 million in cashes in 2018. One of the best players in the world of poker within the past five years, Koon has now exceeded the $23 million lifetime milestone. John Cynn gets 4th place in the list of poker pros who won the most in 2018, with $8.8 million. His current best live cash is a big whopping $8.8 million, which is he won at the WSOP $10,000 Main Event in July 2018. This goes to show that winning the WSOP Main Event is one of the events that can definitely change one's life forever and catapult your name to the list of the most successful players in the poker world. Source: https://www.cardschat.com/news/justin-bonomo-tops-list-of-biggest-tournament-winners-in-2018-73647 |
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18 comments on 'Justin Bonomo is the Biggest Tournament Winner in 2018'
doubletop777 | 02/01/2019 08:07:48 GMT |
The numbers these guys are winning is just unbelievable and well done to all of them. Justin Bonomo has had a year that is unlikely to ever be reproduced by another player and he must be one heck of a player | |
Mober | 02/01/2019 08:26:13 GMT |
Well, what can you say now. He won 25 million in a single year from tournaments alone. He might had sold action but still, this is how you figure your earnings. And he plays only tournaments ? He may have more winning from cash games also. And the total earnings of 43 millions is amazing. Besides two, all other players are from USA. | |
Calmplay | 02/01/2019 09:49:20 GMT |
And he is just only 33, it is very young compared to the others in the top 10 all time money won. He can set a record which will be very very tough to break. | |
CALICUL | 02/01/2019 16:31:12 GMT |
This player has been exaggerated of ambitious and he learned poker very much. After 10 years or more of online poker and few years of live Justin Bonomo managed to amaze the poker world. Money earned by him in one year, makes envious any talented poker player or professional. He had beautiful performances and now it is appreciated by many people. Now he's a serious player and he demonstrated that. | |
kent1974 | 02/01/2019 16:51:39 GMT |
Obviously, these ratings cannot be trusted if they do not take into account buy-ins. Take, for example, Isaac Haxton, who has $20 million in prize money. I suspect he's in the black, but I'm not sure, given the number of tournaments he plays and their buy-ins. This year, there are players who buy-ins spent $6 million someone of them can be a prize of $5 million, it looks cool, but in reality it is minus a million. Justin is certainly a great tournament player-you can not argue with this. You can take 40 random players, put them to play expensive tournaments among themselves, and sooner or later they will all visit the top of the rating, even the weakest. What do these lists show? Nothing but statistics showing your winnings. But how relevant are they? Take, for example, T. J. Cloutier, had $10 million that he won in cheap tournaments for $300-500. Without a doubt, today's high rollers are the most difficult fields in the history of poker, but there will always be someone to win a lot | |
godoy | 02/01/2019 17:10:25 GMT |
what to talk about this consistent and winning player he combines aggression with intelligence and an emotional friesa never seen in hypercar games tables, for me the most iconic and winning 2018 should have won more than I know the guys of the pension JUSTIN BONOM AND THE BEST OF 2018 | |
Gerimantas | 04/01/2019 11:18:37 GMT |
yes this year there is many articles in bankrollmob about Justin bonomo I read it is to me personally super amazing results for him, I not understand how good players you have to play to win so many 1st place finishes when you always play versus best players in the world. | |
Mober | 04/01/2019 13:52:19 GMT |
He may be playing in tournaments with big buy ins indeed, but with all that money, his profit must be still very good and in the millions And as calmplay has noted, he is still young, so he has a long road ahead of him, to get even better with more good results. Someone that would worth to buy some action | |
dule-vu | 04/01/2019 14:16:41 GMT |
wow,this is sick number and sick amount that he won in just one year!when you see how one player can earn this kind of money,you think that isnt possible!I see that he have more then 43 millions in career and for me would be interestin to see how much he have from this 43 millions in this moment and how much this he spend in this years on buy in for tournament,how much did he lost and everything! | |
CALICUL | 04/01/2019 16:33:15 GMT |
When you think about poker and to the money won by Justin Bonomo, you can say: it's a lot and it's hard to believe, but if we think in other areas, we can see how some people earn millions over millions. Times have changed a lot in recent years and the internet has enriched a lot of people very quickly. Poker has grown even more because of the internet and then because of the televisions. It's great to know that the internet puts bread on the table for a lot of people in this world. That's why many players win many millions of poker. Advertising has brought a colossal plus for many things. | |
godoy | 07/01/2019 15:18:36 GMT |
the bomomo and a guy out of the media always winner and friu a player above the average aacho and still the best player in the world in activity plus the man with the pink hair still tytem that prove muitya thing or not kkkkkk | |
godoy | 10/01/2019 19:17:34 GMT |
simply the best player in my humble opinion always very friu and very good calculator has always been in motion in the highest games and tournaments so it should have been chosen to be the best of the year but it was not because it will be | |
dule-vu | 12/01/2019 11:32:47 GMT |
who know what he will do in this year,when he had such a great 2018.!when you win such a big amount,its hard to repeat in next year!but in other hand he can play without any pressure,when he have such a big bankroll behind him and he will not regret if he lose on few tournament with buy in 10 or 20 K! | |
CALICUL | 12/01/2019 16:44:40 GMT |
Justin Bonomo had no emotions before of the year 2018. I do not think he expected that luck, but these millions of dollars after taxes, will make him to play into the continuation. He want more and need to keep position 1 in that ranking. It's in good shape and he will continue to distance themselves from the main followers. | |
kent1974 | 12/01/2019 17:13:28 GMT |
I agree with those who believe that Bonomo will continue the game. And I think he will play both 10K and 20K and more expensive tournaments. After all, a professional player because a professional that does not stop there. ------------ He raised the bar very high. And keep it will be Oh how difficult. I will be happy to follow its results in 2k19 year. | |
misteriopj | 01/02/2019 12:43:25 GMT |
First of all I congratulate those great poker players for the achievements and those great prizes, of course everyone in this world has their great moments like all of us who won tournaments of lesser value but we add them up so this 2019 is a success for everyone at the tables | |
Nightkid | 03/02/2019 12:41:47 GMT |
Well, it's very nice what won this man Justin Bonomo ... to be one of the players with more victories so far this year and in the middle of having won a beautiful prize for a house because 25million in 1 year I think it's not bad to start with winning just 1 million dollars already I would reach |
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While the “World Series of Poker” officially dates back to 1970 at Binions Horseshoe Casino, there wasn't an official freezeout Main Event until the following year, a winner-take-all format from 1971-1977. In 1971, a group of six pros competed for $5,000 each, and in 1972, the buy-in was raised to $10,000. Half the buy-in was covered by Benny Binion that year, but only eight played. At that time, certain players didn't want the stigma that the champion title brought with it.
In 1973, the third Main Event took place during the fourth WSOP, and it drew 13 players. Each player put up $10,000, which has continued as the buy-in every year since. With inflation considered, the $10K buy-in in 1973 would be worth about $58,000 today, and Walter “Puggy” Pearson shipped the entire $130,000 prize pool, equivalent to about $754,000 today.
In an interview with historian Mary Ellen Glass that year, Binion said, “We got awful good coverage on it this year,' referring to the WSOP's increased publicity. 'This year we had thirteen [players in the Main Event]... I look to have better than twenty next year. It's even liable to get up to be fifty. Might get up to be more than that; it will eventually.'
'It's even liable to get up to be fifty. Might get up to be more than that; it will eventually.'
Binion’s read was spot-on: it would eventually draw many, many more than fifty, but who could have imagined the scope of the series and the Main Event today, where the winner is expected to earn somewhere in the neighborhood of $8 million due to the massive fields the event draws?
A look at the growth of the Main Event over the decades of rich history will reveal the top ten who collected the largest Main Event first-place prizes ever. Starting from 1978, payout structures began to change, with more places being paid out and the winner getting a smaller yet sizable chunk of the prize pool, an ever-changing percentage. As predicted by Binion, the number of Main Event entries did exceed 50. It did so in 1979 when 54 players participated and Hal Fowler won.
The field gradually increased over the next decade, maxing out at 178 players in 1989 when Phil Hellmuth, Jr. won it for $755,000. In the 1990s, the entries continued to increase, with the first-place prize being reaching $1,000,000 for the first time in 1991, and staying at that amount from 1991-1999.
The biggest gains in Main Event entries and prize pool took place in the 2000s, when it went from 512 entries and a $1.5 million first place in 2000 (won by Chris Ferguson) to 6,494 in 2009 when Joe Cada won $8,547,042.
The Birth of the Modern WSOP Era
The last year with three-digit entries would be 2003, when 839 players participated in one of the most important Main Events in history. ESPN amped up their coverage that year to present seven one-hour weekly episodes, and it was won by downhome Tennessee boy and recreational player Chris Moneymaker — and what timing it was.
Regular people at home could turn the channel to ESPN and watch a bunch of characters playing big pots with millions of dollars on the line, hole cards up, only to see the satellite-winner accountant play his way, hand by hand, to a $2.5 million payday. And if you were to miss it, there were re-runs.
Moneymaker’s abundantly televised victory over top pros Sam Farha and Dan Harrington (second and third, respectively) contributed to the rampant spread of the popularity of Texas hold’em, often known as the “Moneymaker Effect,” and changed the Main Event - and the game - forever.
The following year, the number of entries more than tripled and the first-place prize exactly doubled, to the satisfaction of Greg “Fossilman” Raymer. But that was only the beginning. It more than doubled in entries the following year when Joe Hachem shipped for $7.5 million, which was also the first year that the event moved to the Rio following the 2004 acquisition of the WSOP by Harrah’s Entertainment (now Caesars Entertainment).
In 2006, the field blossomed to its all-time peak of 8,773 – more than ten times the number of entries in the field that Moneymaker bested only three years prior. That was Jamie Gold’s year, and the $12 million first-place prize he won still remains the largest in WSOP Main Event history. For a look at the top ten WSOP Main Event winners, according to prize money won, see the table below.
Top Ten WSOP Main Event Winners
Rank | Player | Country | Year | Entries | Prize Money |
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1 | Jamie Gold | United States | 2006 | 8,773 | $12,000,000 |
2 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 2014 | 6,683 | $10,000,000 |
3 | Peter Eastgate | United States | 2008 | 6,844 | $9,152,416 |
4 | Jonathan Duhamel | Canada | 2010 | 7,319 | $8,944,138 |
5 | Pius Heinz | Germany | 2011 | 6,865 | $8,715,638 |
6 | Joe Cada | United States | 2009 | 6,494 | $8,574,649 |
7 | Greg Merson | United States | 2012 | 6,598 | $8,531,853 |
8 | Ryan Riess | United States | 2013 | 6,352 | $8,359,531 |
9 | Jerry Yang | United States | 2007 | 6,358 | $8,250,000 |
10 | Scott Blumstein | United States | 2017 | 7,221 | $8,158,206 |
Continuing on with the big winners in recent WSOP history, Jerry Yang won $8.25 million for his 2007 win, which stands as the ninth biggest Main Event win ever. A spike in entries the next year saw Peter Eastgate awarded the third-largest first-place prize of $9,152,416. Cada's $8,574,649 win in 2009 marks the sixth-largest ever, and from 2009 to 2010, there was another large increase in field by 825 runners.
Jonathan Duhamel got the victory in 2010 for a bit under $9 million for the fourth-largest Main Event win, and the next three years saw a gradual decline in entries and first-place prizes. Pius Heinz won the fifth-biggest first-place prize in 2011, followed by Greg Merson in 2012 (seventh biggest win at $8,531,853) and Ryan Riess “The Beast” in 2013 (eighth largest win for $8,359,531).
A slight increase in entries in 2014 saw a large spike in the top prize due to a first-place guarantee established by WSOP. Sweden’s Martin Jacobson reaped the maximum benefits of the to $10,000,000 guarantee when he was crowned champion. Jacobson's massive win was the second and last eight-figure Main Event winner payout, and it puts him second on the top ten Main Event winners list.
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The next two years slipped down to under $8 million for first and just over $8 million for first, won by Joe McKeehen and Qui Nguyen, respectively. Last year’s champion Scott Blumstein won $8.15 million for outlasting a field of 7,221, which was also the highest number of entries in seven years. Blumstein's win squeaks into the top ten as the tenth largest first-place prize in Main Event history.
In just a couple days’ time, it will be apparent if last year’s numbers will be trumped, and what the coveted top prize money will be for the thousands of remaining players to chase. For a preview of the 2018 WSOP Main Event and a complete list of previous winners, check out this PokerNews article.
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