Justin Bonomo became the first player in history to surpass 60,000,000 million in live tournament winnings

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The January stop of the PCA series dosed poker viewers around the world with great action, in which the PSPC event and its champion Aliaksandr Shylko stood out. The keenly watched event was indelibly recorded in world poker circles with its exceptionality, but its only pity was that it overshadowed the other successes that the festival brought.

One of them was two notable cashouts by Justin Bonomo, who first won the $25k High Roller for $574,530 and a few days later finished sixth in the most expensive tournament of the entire event - the $250k Super High Roller for $664,900. At first glance, the "routine" wins for the experienced matador brought an incredible goal - thanks to them, Bonomo surpassed the $60,000,000 mark in his lifetime live tournament winnings!

Bonomo started his career as a teenager and quickly made a name for himself, especially in the online world. In 2005, he moved to Las Vegas to play more live tournaments, and it was here that the incredible ride of a lifetime began, bringing in the aforementioned $60 million, 40 tournament wins and 9 wins worth more than $1 million.

Still only a 35-year-old American professional, has definitely still has a long career ahead of him, and it is not excluded that we might even see a 9-digit number next to his name. Currently, with $60,222,952, he reigns on the all-time money list according to the HendonMob database, where he left behind Bryn Kenney ($57.2m), Daniel Negreanu ($50.3m) and Stephen Chidwick ($45.5m).

Source: HighStakesDB, TheHendonMob, Twitter