Event #55: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Limit Hold'em

Hand #1:

Justin Bonomo raises from the button, and Brian Rast defends his big blind. The flop is    . Rast checks, Bonomo bets, and Rast check-raises. Bonomo folds, and Rast wins the pot.

Hand #2:

Rast raises from the button, and Bonomo defends his big blind. The flop is    . Bonomo checks, Rast bets, and Bonomo calls. The turn is the  . Bonomo checks again, then folds to another Rast bet. Rast wins the pot.

Hand #3:

Bonomo raises from the button, and Rast folds. Bonomo wins the pot.

Hand #4:

Rast raises from the button, and Bonomo folds. Rast wins the pot.

Hand #5:

Justin Bonomo raises from the button, and Brian Rast three-bets from the big blind. Bonomo calls. The flop is    . Rast bets, and Bonomo calls. The turn is the  . Rast checks, Bonomo bets, and Rast calls. The river is the  , and Rast checks again. Bonomo bets, and Rast ponders for close to five minutes before surrendering his cards into the muck. Bonomo wins the pot.

Hand #6:

Brian Rast raises from the button, and Justin Bonomo defends his big blind. The flop is    . Bonomo checks, Rast bets, and Bonomo folds. Rast wins the pot.

The limit hold'em round is essentially a wash. Despite winning four of the six pots, Rast earns a negligible profit of one big bet over the course of those six hands.

Brian Rast - 7,950,000
Justin Bonomo - 14,800,000