2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT

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Day: 10

Bonomo's Big Week Continues With Another €25K Single-Day Win

Justin Bonomo
Justin Bonomo

Justin Bonomo may not have made headlines in any of the very biggest events at PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT, but he's likely booked one of the biggest profits of anyone here after shipping his second €25K side event of the series.

Bonomo called it "an incredible run" after his last victory and it's only gotten sicker since.

This time, Bonomo bested a small field of 29 entries — 21 uniques plus eight reentries — to win €259,700 in the €25K Single-Day High Roller, which got started late in the afternoon.

PlacePlayerHome CountryPrize
1Justin BonomoUSA€259,700
2Ramin HajiyevAzerbaijan€179,000
3Adrian MateosSpain€114,100
4Timothy AdamsCanada€82,500
5Orpen KisacikogluTurkey€66,674

It's his fourth six-figure cash of EPT Monte Carlo. He won a different €25K Single-Day High Roller for €378,000, got fourth in the €50K Single-Day High Roller for €228,700 and fifth in the €100K Super High Roller for €401,000.

In total, that's over €1.2 million in winnings. Not bad for scarcely more than a week's worth of work.

In his latest win, Bonomo looked to be in command with around two-thirds of the chips three-handed. However, things got hairy for the American when doubled Ramin Hajiyev up and handed him the lead.

After that, a three-way all in occurred with Adrian Mateos the shortest and at risk for 370,000 at 20,000/40,000/40,000. Bonomo had the best of it with nines against Mateos' ace-seven and Hajiyev's king-nine but an ace on the river kept Mateos in it while Bonomo doubled in the side pot.

Bonomo retook control by dispatching the Spanish crusher with ace-ten against king-jack, and he then worked his way into the lead against Hajiyev.

After being hammered down to about 10 big blinds, Hajiyev got them in with king-four but Bonomo's ace-eight of diamonds was a superior hand. It held up for the win.

Friday could see the players fire up another €25K, and if they do, PokerNews will keep an eye out to see if Bonomo can keep his phenomenal run going here in Monaco.

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Oleksii Khoroshenin Leads Final Eight in €25,000 High Roller

Oleksii Khoroshenin
Oleksii Khoroshenin

After another exciting ten levels in the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT €25,000 High Roller, Oleksii Khoroshenin from Ukraine leads the final eight players with a greater than 2:1 chip lead over his nearest rival Joao Vieira from Portugal.

Khoroshenin steadily accumulated chips throughout the day, and was the chip leader at the dinner break, before pushing ahead with the elimination of Bryn Kenney in 13th place (€51,000) and Fady Kamar in 10th place (€58,000). Both of these pots were substantial with the first coming ace-king against ace-queen, but the second was a massive pot which, at the time, gave Khoroshenin over two million chips. Although the Ukrainian's wings were clipped slightly, he still holds a healthy lead ahead of Day 3.

Here's how the remaining eight players stack up:

SeatNameCountryChip Count
1Mark TeltscherUK895,000
2Joao VieiraPortugal907,000
3Albert DaherLebanon744,000
4Yan Shing TsangHong Kong431,000
5Julian ThomasGermany421,000
6Oleksii KhorosheninUkraine1,848,000
7Shyngis SatubayevKazakhstan390,000
8[Removed:414]Netherlands315,000

Earlier the money bubble burst, with Ryan Riess the unfortunate bubble boy, losing out with ace-queen against the ace-king of Fady Kamar after Kamar made quad kings. In the money were Pascal Hartmann & Mikalai Vaskaboinikau (17th & 16th - €44,400) Stephen Chidwick & Christopher Frank (15th & 14th - €46,500), Bryn Kenney & Thomas Muehloecker (13th & 12th - €51,000), Markus Durnegger & Fady Kamar (11th & 10th - €58,000), with Aleksander Uskov the final elimination of the night in 9th place for €70,500.

Here are the remaining payouts in the €25,000 High Roller.

PositionPayout (€)Payout ($)
1€711,500$853,800
2€481,000$577,200
3€312,500$375,000
4€259,000$310,800
5€208,700$250,440
6€164,535$197,442
7€126,000$151,200
8€94,500$113,400

With over €700,000 up top, there's still everything to play for as we head into the final day of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT €25,000 High Roller, and we'll bring you updates from it tomorrow as they play down to a winner.

Tags: Bryn KenneyFady KamarJoao VieiraMark TeltscherOleksii Khoroshenin

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