Justin Bonomo’s Net Worth & Poker Career Earnings

Discover everything about Justin Bonomo’s poker journey, his net worth, signature achievements, and the many controversies that have made him one of poker’s most talked-about high rollers. 

Justin Bonomo’s net worth in 2025 is estimated at $65 million, easily making him one of the most successful and influential players in tournament poker history.

With over $65,611,094 in live earnings and millions more from his online results, Justin Bonomo has stormed the ranks to lead the all-time money list for more than two years.

Famed for his structured preparation, disciplined table presence, and sharp views on poker ethics, Bonomo’s reputation is also influenced by outspoken activism, a polyamorous lifestyle, and his readiness to tackle social and political issues head-on in a public setting.

He remains a polarising but unignorable presence in the modern poker scene, particularly if you follow him on social media.

Below you’ll find everything you need to know about Justin Bonomo’s net worth, career stats, early life and background, playing style, and his many controversies.

Quick Facts Table

Career Earnings & Highlights

Bonomo is one of the most decorated players in poker history, recording 55 WSOP cashes, 19 final tables, and three bracelets by 2025. Key milestones in his career include:

• Youngest EPT finalist in 2005 after finishing fourth at Deauville, France, aged 19
• WSOP breakthrough: Won his first bracelet in 2014
• Historic 2018: Claimed three major titles including the $10M Big One for One Drop, pushing him past $43M in a single year and to the top of the all-time money list.
• Consistent High Roller success: Multiple seven-figure scores at PokerGO, PCA, EPT, and the Super High Roller Bowl.
• Over 60 final tables, including 23 at the WSOP where he has 80 cashes
• Several online championships: PokerStars SCOOP, Full Tilt FTOPS, and GGPoker Super MILLION$ winner

Bonomo’s preparation and versatility have kept him competitive in every era, from the online boom to today’s global super high roller scene.

Early Life & Background

Justin Bonomo was born on September 30, 1985, in Fairfax, Virginia.

Although there are few public details about his parents and siblings,we do know that Bonomo showed little interest in athletic pursuits and gravitated toward strategy games after discovering Magic: The Gathering at age nine.

Just like with his major rivals Bryn Kenney and Ike Haxton, Bonomo fell in love with the game immersing himself in its complex blend of tactics, probability, and psychology.

By age twelve, Bonomo was a fixture at major tournaments that often had prize pools of up to $250,000. This was great preparation for entering the world of poker.

Justin Bonomo’s Poker Career

At the age of 16, with his mother’s help, Justin Bonomo opened his first online account under the handle “ZeeJustin,” quickly turning a small deposit into thousands.

This immediate success distinguished Bonomo on the major sites at the time: PartyPoker, PokerStars, and Full Tilt Poker.

His natural talent for multi-tabling, data analysis, and probability soon made “ZeeJustin” a fixture in the online MTT world.

By his late teens, Bonomo was grinding dozens of tournaments a day, contributing high-level strategy conversation to the Two Plus Two forum, and networking with other future stars.

He thrived in the raw, high-volume environment of the mid-2000s, using meticulous records and lesser-known theory-driven adjustments to stay ahead of rivals. He was definitely ahead of his time in this respect.

In 2006, the first bump in the road came before he even turned 21. Bonomo was caught multi-accounting, which is a heinous offense for a high-stakes player.

At the top level, the margins are so thin, meaning that any kind of unmatchable edge can turn a losing player into a big winner.

If the cheating player knows all about their opponents but the opponents know nothing about the cheater, then the cheater has a massive unfair edge.

Not only that, but Justin Bonomo used several accounts in the same tournaments together, playing as a one-man team. This makes the crime even worse.

Eventually, PartyPoker caught up with Bonomo and he found himself banned from what was the largest poker site at the time and had all funds confiscated from all six accounts linked to him.

Unlike some contemporaries, however, Bonomo publicly admitted his wrongdoing, apologised on poker forums, and committed to rebuilding his reputation.

Eventually, his online career was allowed to continue after showing much contrition and becoming a vocal advocate for integrity and ethics in poker; a stance he maintains today.

Bonomo’s success soon translated to live tournaments. At just 19, he became the youngest player to final-table an EPT event, finishing fourth at Deauville in 2005. This marked his entry into the international scene, and he wasted no time establishing himself as one of the most popular poker players.

Throughout the 2010s, Bonomo’s results grew steadily with his first major victory coming in 2012 when he won the €100,000 buy-in EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Super High Roller for €1,640,000.

By now, it didn’t matter where you saw Justin Bonomo — WSOP, EPT, or WPT; he was always showing up at the sharp end of big events.

Incredibly, it took almost a decade of playing live tournaments before Bonomo captured his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

Victory in Event #11 – $1,500 No Limit Hold’em – Six Handed earned him $449,980 and got that monkey off his back.

The next few years were just more of the same, but Justin Bonomo’s record in 2018 turned into one of the most legendary heaters that poker has ever seen.

Running into this unforgettable year, Bonomo took down a pair of $25,000 WPT Five Diamond Classic events in December 2017.

He then followed up at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the New Year with second in the $100,000 Super High Roller for $1,077,800 and fourth in the $25,000 High Roller for $310,150.

Even for a top player, putting in this kind of result consistently is rare, but this turned out to be only the warm up.

A third place and win in WPT events were still to come in January. Then came the $10K US Poker Open in February; that was a victory, too.

Then it was time for some action in Macau. The Super High Roller Bowl China commanded what equalled then around $270,000 to enter. Bonomo won that as well, banking $4,823,077.

He also chalked up a tenth place in another high roller a couple of days later. All of this came before the end of March.

Next was the European leg of Bonomo’s stellar year. This began with a high roller final table at EPT Barcelona, and was followed by four final tables at EPT Monte Carlo.

Fifth in a €100K, fourth in a €50K, and a pair of victories in €25Ks. An incredible run.

At the end of May Bonomo returned to the United States where the Aria Las Vegas was hosting several high roller events, including the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl.

This trip began with fourth in a $25,000 event and then the ridiculous run continued — he won the Super High Roller Bowl for $5,000,000 and then two $25,000 high rollers in a row, before he moved down the street to the WSOP 2018 and cleaned up in the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship event for a bracelet.

Could it get any better? It absolutely could: victory in the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop at the WSOP, defeating Fedor Holz heads-up and securing a $10,000,000 payday.

This run rocketed him to the top spot on the all-time tournament money list.

The following year, Justin Bonomo added two more seven figures scores back-to-back at Triton London when he won the £100,000 Short Deck NL for £2,670,000 ($ 3,248,728) and finished runner-up in the £250,000 Short Deck NL for £3,420,000 ($4,135,129).

This remains one of the best live poker runs in the history of the game.

As of today in late 2025, Bonomo is still to register a live tournament cash this year.

Playing Style & Reputation

Justin Bonomo isn’t known for any particular playing style but his structured, theory-oriented approach has earned him success across multiple eras in both the live and online arenas.

Like all of the elite he combines advanced GTO concepts with an ability to adjust on the fly depending on his opponent’s actions.

Controversies & Legal Battles

Bonomo’s poker career has been shaped not just by wins, but by the number of controversies he has found himself embroiled in.

Early on, he faced a ban for multi-accounting online, but responded by becoming one of the game’s leading voices for integrity and reform. He came perilously close to becoming a pariah in the high-stakes community over that transgression but turned it around masterfully.

As far as his politically-slanted social media debates are concerned, though, opinion is split on where that has left his reputation in the poker community.

Bonomo’s left-leaning politics has caused numerous fallouts on social media, on X in particular where he has clashed an uncountable number of times with Daniel Negreanu.

He also clashed with the WSOP organisers at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2024 when he played wearing a Palestinian Keffiyeh, upsetting many at the event.

Still, his professional record and personal authenticity command respect, even if you’re mostly in opposition to him.

Personal Life & Relationships

Justin Bonomo is famously polyamorous and lives the lifestyle openly. He resides in a Las Vegas penthouse while maintaining multiple relationships.

Bonomo is also dedicated to wellness practices, acroyoga, and charitable activity. He keeps most partner names private but celebrates his relationships publicly as part of his identity.

Latest News & Updates

As of November 2025, Justin Bonomo is still adding final tables and big scores across all of the major festivals.

He has fallen to number five on the all-time money list for live tournaments, following the rise of Stephen Chidwick and Jason Koon, but remains active in ethics debates and progressive causes on his social media accounts.

Bonomo’s outspoken character will keep him a perennial headline in the poker world for many years to come.