Poker Showdown: Phil Ivey versus Justin Bonomo

Two of the best poker pros in the game have battled heads-up just recently, and it's really interesting to watch and learn from them as they play a high-stakes match.

Justin Bonomo
Thanks to his consecutive and incredibly huge wins recently made just at the first half of 2018, Justin ‘ZeeJustin' Bonomo currently sits at the 1st spot at the United States All Time Money List according to The Hendonmob website. His total live earnings are more than $43 million, and his Best Live Cash is a whopping $10 million (he won 1st place at the 2018 WSOP $1M NLHE - The Big One for One Drop on July 15).

His most recent cash was in September 12 at the 2018 Poker Masters Event #6: $52,000 NLHE in 6th place ($141,000).

In 2005, Justin Bonomo was the first teenager to appear on TV at a poker event (EPT French Open).

Phil Ivey
While Phil Ivey has been making headlines earlier due to his skirmish with a casino regarding edge sorting in which he apparently lost, his skill and talent at the poker tables is still unparalleled. He's in 5th place at the United States All Time Money List with total live earnings of more than $26 million, and his Best Live Cash is $3.5 million.

His most recent recorded cashes were from the 2018 WSOP: Event #7 Colossus $565 NLHE (533rd place for $2,048), Event #21 Millionaire Maker $1,500 NLHE (1024th for $2,345), Event #33 $50,000 Poker Players Championship (9th place for $111,447), and Event #65 $10,000 NLHE Main Event Championship (547th place for $23,940).

In 2017, he was elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.

It was in December 1998 when Phil Ivey made his first cash ever in a live tournament.

Results of the Poker Showdown
Let's get back to their cards now, shall we?

There were 11 players left during preflop, the action being five-handed with blinds of 100k-200k and a big-blind ante of 200k.

Phil Ivey raised to 500k from the cutoff.

Justin Bonomo called from the button.

Ivey bet 500k on the flop, and Bonomo called.

Ivey bet 1.4 million on the turn, and Bonomo called again.

Ivey checked on the river, Bonomo went all-in.

Ivey called all-in as well for 5,170,000.

This is only one of the many times that Phil Ivey and Justin Bonomo crossed paths in a poker showdown.

Here's a cool video of them last year at the National Heads-up Poker Championship held at the Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas. Watch and find out who won in the end.

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