$50,000 Super High Roller
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 25

Justin Bonomo’s stack is under attack.

Adrian Mateos is the clear chip leader, and Nick Petrangelo and Stefan Schillhabel are essentially tied for second with about 45 big blinds apiece. And then there’s Bonomo, whose stack has been sliding since the day began. The start-of-day chip leader began this string of hands with less than 250,000 chips and the smell of blood in the water.

Bonomo was in the big blind to start, and Schillhabel shoved on him from the small. Bonomo studied the stacks of all three players for a good while before folding.

The next hand, Bonomo completed from the small blind, and Mateos raised to 45,000 in the big. Bonomo called. The flop was . Bonomo checked, Mateos continued for 35,000, and Bonomo called. Both players checked through the turn. The river was the , and Bonomo checked again. Mateos moved all in for 156,000 effective, and Bonomo quickly called to put himself at risk for that amount.

Bonomo:
Mateos:

Mateos was surprised to see the news. “I was so happy!” he laughed. “Wow.”

Bonomo doubled up with aces up.

Justin Bonomo – 480,000 (30 bb)
Adrian Mateos – 1,020,000 (64 bb)