Justin Bonomo / ZeeJustin is selling his action in the 100k Bellagio High Roller.
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Now, on May 18 and 19, Seidel, Sam Trickett, Justin Smith, Dan Shak, Tony G and others will meet on the felt for the highest buy-in televised event in U.S. history - the $100,000 WPT Super High Roller.
Lolol
Source:
WPT Press Release
PDF of Structure
Upon hearing this info, I'm very convinced the event will be big and juicy (relatively of course). I think it will have a lot of players (PCA 100k got 37 fwiw), and don't want you guys to have to be confident I'm right about that, so I'm going to tier the markup based on # of players:
12 players or less: no markup
13-15: 1.02
16-20: 1.04
21-27: 1.06
28-35: 1.08
36-49: 1.10
50+: 1.12
I've had success at high stakes online cash games vs the toughest players in the world (check my PTRs). I do well regardless of how many players at the table (big winner at 25/50+ for HU, 6max, and 9max), which is an important skill set for small field events. I expect to be one of the 2-3 best players in the field.
If for some reason you think tournament success is a bigger indication of skill than cash game success: I have 7th, 8th, 11th and many other cashes in WPTs, 2nd, 4th, 5th in WSOP NL events, 1st in WSOP Circuit Main Event, 1st in 2-3 prelims, ~9 100k+ scores (6-7 live, 2-3 online).
At Bellagio specifically I have done well including cashing 4 of their WPTs, and doing very well in their side events.
I also know ICM very, very well, and many of the players in this event will not adjust accordingly. V profitable.
Minimum purchase is 5%. If you buy 20% or more and give me cash or chips in advance, you can knock off .01 from the markup. Obv can't take online money for anything, so basically need cash / chips in advance unless you I know you very well.
Edit: I plan on winning the 25k, so in the event that I can't play this, obv all the money will be returned.