Salvatore Bonavena Poker Tournament Updates

Bonavena Loses a Little

Sep 30, '10

Salvatore Bonavena bets 2,625 from the cut-off and gets one caller. The flop comes K 10 8 and the player checks. Bonavena fires out again, this time for 4,425, and his opponent moves all in. It’s about 19,000 and Bonavena makes the call flipping over 8 5 for bottom pair and a flush draw. The player at risk reveals A K for top pair and the turn and river come the 4, A respectively, giving him two pair and a little over 40,000 in chips. Bonavena drops to 60,000.

Player Tags: Salvatore Bonavena

Down to Three!

Jul 05, '10

In Same Hand, Wattel ($186,250) And Bonavena ($254,777) Bust in 5th and 4th

Mike Wattel pushed all in for 685,000 only to have Salvatore Bonavena move all in over the top for 915,000. Bryan Porter also went all in, having both opponents covered, and the three players showed down. Their hands:

Wattel: AJ
Bonavena: 88
Porter: JJ

The board missed everyone, running 22564 to give Porter the best hand and eliminate Wattel in fifth place ($186,250) and Bonavena in fourth ($254,777).

Player Tags: Michael Wattel,   Salvatore Bonavena,   Bryan Porter

Salvatore Bonavena Eliminated in 11th Place

Apr 29, '10

Nicolas Chouity can’t be stopped. He was recently put to the test by a 1.42 million all in from the tightest player at the table, Salvatore Bonavena.

After about a minute of thought, Chouity made the call with KQ and was happy to see that he was racing against Bonavena’s JJ.

The board came AK4A9 and Chouity collected the pot, bringing his stack to over 9 million.

Player Tags: Nicolas Chouity,   Salvatore Bonavena

Martin Hruby Eliminated in 22nd Place

Apr 29, '10

The last Team PokerStars Pro has been eliminated. Martin Hruby moved all in holding A-5 and ran it into a dominating A-10 from Salvatore Bonavena.

The flop had a ten in it and Hruby never caught up, finishing in 22nd place.

Player Tags: Martin Hruby,   Salvatore Bonavena