RIP John Bonetti
At the age of 80 and after being diagnosed with prostrate and spinal cancer in 1993, a legend gets rivered for the last time this week.
Known for being lets say, colourful with his language during his poker play (in fact his most famous F bomb penalty he wasn’t even at the table), and his dislike of Poker dealers, yet a complete gent away from the tables, this old timer managed to cash in 32 WSOP events since 1985, of which four of them were top spot, for bracelet events.
Brooklyn born in 1928, into a good old Italian family. He achieved a great status in the poker world for being a complete all rounder, check these results John Bonetti’s poker record taken from THM
It is reputed that Mr Phil Hellmuth, a good friend himself, took his persona and general poker advice from Bonetti as they entered the Poker Arena at around the same time, and as such turned out the player that he is now. There is no argueing against his results, and so passes another poker legend, I am sure he is sat down already with Chip Reese waiting for the table to fill up.
People ask me why I dislike Hold’em so much, it’s not that i dislike hold’em, it’s just there is more to poker than 2 cards and a flop, proven by a record like this.
RIP John Bonetti
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