Average Stack? Make It Double at Bonomo's Table
The tournament clock shows about 137,000 as the current average stack with 96 players left. That information is quite irrelevant at Justin Bonomo's table, where the average stack means nothing. There are five players with nearly 1.4 million in chips between them.
The only player below the actual average was Chicago's Mike Holm but that's not true anymore. Holm opened for 5,500 and Justin Bonomo woke up with a three-bet to 20,000. Holm immediately said the two magic words "all in" and Bonomo had no reason to delay his call, holding 
.
Holm had 
and needed a tremendous help from the dealer. The flop 
was a solid teaser as Holm was now drawing his gut-shot to a straight.
The turn was made things even more interesting as the 
hit the felt. Any ten, jack or queen would cause a change in the events as it would make Holm's double up instead of Bonomo claiming another notch on his gun-stock.
And indeed, the 
landed on the river to save Holm's tournament life. He doubled for 90,700 and praised the dealer: "Excellent dealing," he said before adding: "Stupid. It's stupid. I'm supposed to be the tight old guy."
Bonomo took the bad beat very professionally, with a smile and the classic phrase "nice hand".
Now there is no one on that table who would be worried about that number revealing average chip count.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
383,000
332,600
|
332,600 |
|
280,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
|
280,000
-9,700
|
-9,700 |
|
250,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
||
|
185,000
185,000
|
185,000 |