Inside the Mind Of POKER'S #1 Player On The All-Time Money List

Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo is one of the most known poker players in the world and has been a fixture of the super high roller and high roller circuit for a number of years. He currently sits on top of the The Hendon Mob All-Time Money List with over $60 million in live tournament earnings.
Bonomo has won three World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets throughout his career, most notably triumphing in the $1 million buy-in The Big One for One Drop at the 2018 WSOP for a career best score of $10 million. He has also won over $1 million on the World Poker Tour (WPT) and has also won several titles while playing the European Poker Tour (EPT).
Here is what you can expect on this week's show:
0:00 Introduction
6:17 An approach to success in tournament poker
14:25 advice for the rigors of playing the highest stakes
21:15 Making Poker more fun
27:28 Social Justice, politics, and an addiction to controversy
41:05 Protests and Poker - using disruption to make positive change
50:33 Polyamory, gender identity, and toxic masculinity
1:08:28 Using data to find the answer
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[@camaleonsacor1618]

Funny thing is: if u just watch both of them phisical behaiviour, Jungleman is like the most open and humble guy u will ever find, and Bonomo is like "are you talking to me? dont u understand how great I am and that my face allready knows it all"? xD, I mean even his mouth and his eyebrows are full of "pride".

[@CowboyProgerian]

Interesting interview, especially the part where he says most poker players eventually regret that career, even the successful ones. And then it strikes me that I have never seen Justin smile or laugh and he always looks depressed at the tables.

[@Luzwozen]

I know a lot of poker players that are extremely happy in life… Justin is depressed and thinks that everyone feels like that, he ends up bringing people down with this attitude

[@Xscottay]

Guy is such a geek

[@flyers1711]

15:15 Justin touches on something here that not many ppl ever talk about in that you have to hide your emotions all day everyday and I literally found myself being over emotional away from the table on a constant basis and fell into a depression it recks havoc on your soul

[@likzidlikzid3600]

wow this guy

[@joshmorrow9872]

It's really nice to be surrounded be people who don't like Trump... I see why you're not happy

[@gobirds90i22]

I live in Florida and that’s not what desantis did he blocked minors from getting puberty blockers

[@John12050]

Incentive alignment in AI is the same problem we see within most areas that you touched on. In the same way that these AI models are built with certain algorithmic incentives, we have built a society with an incentive structure centered around money. It is why social media is such a cesspool. Money as the main driver is now becoming more and more misaligned with furthering a better society. The incentive structure has to change if we want to evolve and create something better. AI makes us face this reality as its progress should not be related to how much money someone can make but how we can as safely as possible advance this technology for the benefit of all. Thankfully it not only makes us face that reality but should give us ways to create that new reality. Enjoyed the pod.

[@ImOnlySIeeping]

You're wrong and this false viewpoint is promoted by those in control.

[@matterrigo]

Love the content Jungle

[@AC-wl7ve]

lmao is this dude for real? even the pink hair to tie it all up in a nice little bow.

[@melissathompson7229]

Justin....were you feeling any social injustice when you were stealing peoples money while playing 6 accounts in the tourney? Or only when it fits your narrative?

[@bernardobilro5840]

i still say that people that played trading card games when they were young have a bit of advantage when learning poker

[@FriendsForFriends666]

I still hold a grudge against Justin for the mutliaccount thing back in the day... But, let's hear him out...

[@kellydawson4965]

Bro, bonobo cheated.

[@gilgamesh5411]

great podcast great talk thanks Justin and Jungle

[@adamnappi4595]

Great to hear some insight from two of the greatest minds in modern day poker. Great stuff ty guys.

[@joshmorrow9872]

Twitter doesn't make money.... Lol

[@-0rbital-]

Jungle has a podcast? Sign me up. 👍

[@thepapichulo694]

Trump 2024

[@joshmorrow9872]

Hardest tournament in the world would be a lower buy in with massive people... Like the $300 , $3 million guarantee.

[@Luzwozen]

i love jungleman attittude towards life.... justin on the other hand... well... not that much, he is very arrogant and have a pessimistic view on life, he definetely needs more yoga

[@camaleonsacor1618]

yeah right? I just comnmented the same. Jungleman is like so humble and open, Bonomo... I mean, that face says it all (funny thing how faces indeed says a lot, lol).

[@monkeymagic4555]

@8m40s obviously not perfect...Shout out to all the guys with willy steering issues.....

[@donkcrypto9613]

Awesome pod. Bonomo is such a sharp dude!

[@telewyrzyn4832]

i dont remember ever seeing justin speak about himself. this is cool. i wonder what it would take to be coached by players of such caliber. a good incentive to make tournaments more interesting is a good story. think karate kid

[@cafferacer]

I’m not saying anything new but male feminists over the past 10 years turn out to be bad actors. A crack in Bonomo is easy, he cheated and was booted from Poker Stars for 2 years. I’m a longtime poker player and I see people give Hellmuth more shite for decades now than this dork, and I don’t care how much he’s won

[@andrewallin7856]

justin bonomo should read the book sperm wars

[@DanielRodriguez-zr9bc]

He lost me with polyamory… lol That ain’t a healthy lifestyle brotha.

[@pokerfilms]

you should let me do your editing if you are looking for editor 😉🎥

[@monkeymagic4555]

Ha Ha absolutely brilliant start

[@1312Mork2]

lol this will be cringe

[@1312Mork2]

Wow... :((

[@1312Mork2]

This scares me

[@chrisdangelo6047]

cringe

[@wiry0000]

Haven’t watched this through at all but as a conservative it’s very interesting seeing people at the top of games and fields that require lots of brainpower with liberal views. There’s a good amount of studies on it that prove high iq individuals tend to have liberal views but I’m still curious why

[@dr.hairbrain1486]

Actually people who report as conservative have a significant IQ advantage over lefties.

[@cj7139]

I'd venture to say that those "at the top" tend to realize that they will be heard, therefore are incentivized to virtue-signal.

[@ZalexMusic]

empathy

[@skillfuldabest]

One reason is that Academia has been taken over by liberals, and thus university students get indoctrinated - creating a high society of partisan liberals. One hundred years ago academia was very much right wing.

[@generalwasteman]

Broadly speaking people are more liberal when they are younger, the naivety of youth amongst other things I guess, then a significant swathe move more conservative as life happens eg family kids mortgages etc etc. If someone has a lot of success financially early in life they tend to not have to move as much socially after that and therefore ‘stay liberal longer’ than the general population just trying to pay the bills. Hanging out in yoga circles in your mid/late 30s like Justin does isn’t gonna give you much perspective politically.

[@TKSnatch]

Finally, someone in the Poker world who isn't an idiot.

[@skillfuldabest]

Rofl