2017 World Series of Poker

Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Anthony Marquez
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$393,273
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,359,800
Entries
1,748
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000

Average Stack? Make It Double at Bonomo's Table

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Mike Holm
Mike Holm

The tournament clock shows about 137,000 as the current average stack with 96 players left. That information is quite irrelevant at Justin Bonomo's table, where the average stack means nothing. There are five players with nearly 1.4 million in chips between them.

The only player below the actual average was Chicago's Mike Holm but that's not true anymore. Holm opened for 5,500 and Justin Bonomo woke up with a three-bet to 20,000. Holm immediately said the two magic words "all in" and Bonomo had no reason to delay his call, holding {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}.

Holm had {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and needed a tremendous help from the dealer. The flop {4-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} was a solid teaser as Holm was now drawing his gut-shot to a straight.

The turn was made things even more interesting as the {J-Spades} hit the felt. Any ten, jack or queen would cause a change in the events as it would make Holm's double up instead of Bonomo claiming another notch on his gun-stock.

And indeed, the {Q-Hearts} landed on the river to save Holm's tournament life. He doubled for 90,700 and praised the dealer: "Excellent dealing," he said before adding: "Stupid. It's stupid. I'm supposed to be the tight old guy."

Bonomo took the bad beat very professionally, with a smile and the classic phrase "nice hand".

Now there is no one on that table who would be worried about that number revealing average chip count.

Player Chips Progress
Edward Lin cn
Edward Lin
383,000
332,600
332,600
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
280,000
54,000
54,000
Jaka Coaching
Shivan Abdine au
Shivan Abdine
280,000
-9,700
-9,700
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
250,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Mike Holm us
Mike Holm
185,000
185,000
185,000

Tags: Edward LinJustin BonomoMike HolmShivanraif AbdineSylvain Loosli