Buddy Bonnecaze

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Buddy Bonnecaze
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 2
Money finish(es)6
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
35th, 1986

Buddy Bonnecaze is an American poker player, winner of two World Series of Poker bracelets in the 1990s. Bonnecaze was a prominent player in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Bonnecaze began cashing in poker tournaments in the mid-1980s and made his first cash in the World Series of Poker in 1986, finishing in 35th place in the Main Event, winning $7,500. [1]

He won his first WSOP bracelet in 1992 in the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event. [2] The next year, Bonnecaze won another bracelet, this time in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event. [3]

After nearly a decade away from the poker scene, Bonnecaze returned to tournaments and came close to winning the Winter Bayou Poker Challenge $300 No Limit Hold'em tournament in New Orleans in 2009, finishing in 4th place and earning a $4,609 pay day. [4]

As of 2009, Bonnecaze has tournament winnings of $234,064, with $205,465 of those winnings from the WSOP. [5]

World Series of Poker Bracelets

YearTournamentPrize (US$)
1992 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em$115,800
1993 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha$83,400

References

  1. ↑ "17th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1986, No Limit Hold'em World Championship". The Hendon Mob Poker Database . Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ "23rd World Series of Poker - WSOP 1992, Hold'em Pot Limit". The Hendon Mob Poker Database . Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Buddy Bonnecaze". WSOP.com . Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  4. ↑ "2009 Winter Bayou Poker Challenge". BLUFF. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Louis Bonnecaze's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database . Retrieved December 5, 2023.