- Justin Bonomo
Infobox poker player
firstname=Justin
lastname=Bonomo
nickname=ZeeJustin
caption=Justin Bonomo at the2008 World Series of Poker .
hometown=Las Vegas, Nevada
wsop bracelet count="None"
wsop money finishes=5
wsop main event best finish rank="None"
wsop main event best finish year=
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables="None"
wpt money finishes=5
ept titles= "None"
ept final tables=1
ept money finishes=1Justin Bonomo (born
September 30 ,1985 ) (known online as ZeeJustin) is a professionalpoker player fromLos Angeles who is a sponsored member of TeamBodog . [ cite web|url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/05/justin-bonomo-joins-bodog-chats-pokernews.htm |title=Justin Bonomo Signs with Bodog, Discusses Future |accessdate=2008-05-05 |last=Hintze |first=Haley |date=2008-05-05 |publisher=PokerNews.com ] with over $1 Million in live tournament earnings.Poker
Bonomo placed 30th in the 2005
Pokerstars Caribbean Poker Adventure in January, 2005. He also placed 4th at the during the inaugural year of the EPT (European Poker Tour ) in the French Open in Deauville, France on February 19, 2005 thereby becoming the youngest player to make a televised final table at 19 years, 5 months, and 20 days at that time.In his blog Bonomo discusses his return to live tournament play and has offered to donate a percentage of his poker profits to charity, specifically
SENS research . [ [http://zeejustin.com/journal.php?journal_id=90 ZeeJustin.com: Aruba and the Methuselah Foundation] ]In December 2006, Bonomo made 4 final tables at the
World Poker Tour Bellagio Five Diamond Classic. He capped this run with a 7th place finish in the main event, earning $152,000 and just missing the televised final table that featuredDaniel Negreanu andJoe Hachem .At the 2007 PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure (PCA) WPT in January he placed 11 and won $77,702. The next day he won a $2500 buy-in event with 175 players and took home $123,000.
Bonomo finished runner-up to
Erick Lindgren in the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit) event, at the2008 World Series of Poker , earning $230,159.As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,400,000. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=36566 Hendon Mob] ]
Multi-accounting
Bonomo is known for being caught and publicly outed after cheating in major
online poker tournaments by entering himself multiple times, using names such as IBluffUOut69, viasoftware glitch . [ [http://bluffmagazine.com/Magazine/2006_05_40.asp Bluff Magazine] ] [ [http://www.compatiblepoker.com/Justin+Bonomo.pro.htm Compatible Poker] ] Controversy around him grew further when he made several attempts at public apology. [ [http://www.tournamentmonitor.com/news/zee-justin-cheat.aspx Tournament Monitor] ]References
External links
* [http://www.zeejustin.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.pokulator.com/ten-questions/Justin-Bonomo-AKA-ZeeJustin.html Pokulator 10 Questions with Justin Bonomo AKA ZeeJustin]
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