It has been a quiet week in top 10 of the GPI ranking. The Wednesday update of the leaderboard showed just one change. In other words, Steve O’Dwyer is still reigning with his 4,329.51 points, followed by Anthony Zinno and Bryn Kenney. Connor Drinan entered the cluster of poker stars taking the top 10 positions. After the latest update of the ranking, he now stands 10th with 3,728.68 points.
Justin Bonomo, a well-known name both on the live and the online poker circuit, has climbed over the past week and is now taking 29th position with a total of 3,204.51 points. The points have been collected over the span of six six-month periods.
Most recently, the player scooped more than 600 GPI points for cashing in three EPT Season 12 Grand Final events. During the popular European poker festival, Bonomo topped the field of the €2,200 No-Limit Hold’em event, taking home a payout of €110,600. His victory also secured him with 342.13 GPI points.
Earlier this year, the American player, who now resides in Canada, won Aria High Roller XXV, a $25,000 buy-in event, for a first-place prize of $383,040 and 436.04 points.
Late last year, Bonomo scored another major success during an EPT festival. He triumphed in the €2,200 No-Limit Hold’em, part of the EPT Season 12 Malta’ schedule. He added €96,410 to his bankroll and 231.77 points to his GPI score.
A third-place finish in the 2015 WSOP $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship for $130,480 and 272.23 points, and a 64th place in the 2015 WSOP Main Event for $96,445 and 278.07 points also proved to be important achievements helping the player climb in the GPI leaderboard. Last year, Bonomo also finished 3rd in Aria High Roller IX for $176,400 and 251.12 points.
Since the beginning of his poker career, the player has collected almost $10 million in various live tournaments. His best achievement on the live circuit was his first-place finish in the EPT Season 8 Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller 8-Max event. This happened back in 2012 and the player took home €1,640,000 for being the last man standing in one of world’s highest buy-in events.
