{"id":4741,"date":"2021-11-10T12:16:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T12:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4741"},"modified":"2021-11-10T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T12:16:53","slug":"justin-bonomo-accuses-chris-hunichen-of-hiding-positive-covid-19-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/justin-bonomo-accuses-chris-hunichen-of-hiding-positive-covid-19-test","title":{"rendered":"Bonomo Accuses Chris Hunichen of Hiding Positive COVID-19 Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/justin-bonomo-and-chris-hunichen.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Bonomo and Chris Hunichen\" title=\"Justin Bonomo Accuses Chris Hunichen of Hiding Positive COVID-19 Test \" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/justin-bonomo-and-chris-hunichen.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/justin-bonomo-and-chris-hunichen-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hunichen played with Bonomo at a WSOP event while infected with COVID-19<\/li>\n<li>Bonomo says Hunichen\u2019s failure to disclose COVID-19 test result was grossly negligent<\/li>\n<li>Hunichen downplays importance of disclosing his health status to fellow players<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/justin-bonomo-makes-history-after-2020-super-high-roller-bowl-online-victory\">Justin Bonomo<\/a><\/strong> is reminding everyone that honesty saves lives. It\u2019s after he found out that he played with a person infected with COVID-19 during an earlier event at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/a-guide-to-covid-19-vaccination-verification-at-2021-wsop\">World Series of Poker<\/a> (WSOP) at the Rio in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n<p>Bonomo claimed that this person hid his health condition and did not inform his fellow players that he exhibited COVID-19 symptoms while taking part in the tournament. The player in question tested positive for the virus right after the tournament but did not bother to relay his test results to Bonomo and the other players he had come into close contact with while playing in the event.<\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is grossly negligent. Wsop is a prime candidate for being a super-spreader event. Hell, I went to EDC that weekend not knowing I should have gotten tested<\/p>\n<p>One simple message could have potentially saved many lives<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bonologic (@JustinBonomo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinBonomo\/status\/1457083418475307016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>Bonomo thinks the act was \u201c<em>grossly negligent<\/em>\u201c, considering that the WSOP could become a super-spreader event because of its size. The three-time WSOP bracelet winner did not mention any names in his tweets, but the guessing game didn\u2019t last long as <strong>Chris Hunichen<\/strong> immediately outed himself as the player Bonomo was referring to in his posts.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"hunichen-defends-self\">Hunichen Defends Self<\/h2>\n<p>Hunichen was quick to defend himself, saying Bonomo\u2019s tweets were dramatic and overblown. The American poker pro said he had no idea he had the virus until he underwent a test right after the tournament. He also shared that he even hung out with his wife, friends, and relatives after playing in the event and all of them tested negative. <\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin is talking about me here! First, this is very dramatic and overblown. I didn\u2019t know I had Covid until after the 50k. After playing, I hung out with 7-8 of my best friends as well as my wife and cousin. I smoked hookah, blunts, joints etc with everyone. Also was in much <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRzcwJV87R\">https:\/\/t.co\/WRzcwJV87R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Hunichen \u2013 OTCtrade.com (@BigHuni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigHuni\/status\/1457144260227215373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>Hunichen, known in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/\">poker world<\/a> as \u201c<em>Big Huni<\/em>\u201c, said anyone he came into close contact with at the WSOP, including Bonomo, probably would have tested negative as well. While he acknowledged that he should have disclosed his positive result, Hunichen doesn\u2019t see any problem with keeping it private. He also said that he was too occupied battling the disease and trying to survive while confined at the hospital.<\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3) Tested positive then I understand the point here, but if all of them are negative there is no way anybody from the 50k was infected by me. I also was very fucked up from covid and was focused on staying alive and out of the hospital. In hindsight, I probably should\u2019ve said<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Hunichen \u2013 OTCtrade.com (@BigHuni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigHuni\/status\/1457144263897145346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>Whether or not Bonomo was being dramatic in his tweets, he has a point. People should realize how important it is to be honest about their health because it could literally save lives. Bonomo was also right when he said that <strong>vaccines don\u2019t guarantee 100% protection from the virus<\/strong>, so there should be no room for complacency. <\/p>\n<p>GGPoker ambassador <strong>Vanessa Kade<\/strong> also tested positive for COVID-19 last month, but she was allowed to take part in the WSOP Main Event as per the rules. She played during the weekend wearing a mask.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunichen played with Bonomo at a WSOP event while infected with COVID-19 Bonomo says Hunichen\u2019s failure to disclose COVID-19 test result was grossly negligent Hunichen downplays importance of disclosing his health status to fellow players Justin Bonomo is reminding everyone that honesty saves lives. It\u2019s after he found out that he played with a person&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,9,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justin Bonomo Accuses Chris Hunichen of Hiding Positive COVID-19 Test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Justin Bonomo is reminding everyone that honesty saves lives after discovering an infected person played at the 2021 WSOP event\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/justin-bonomo-accuses-chris-hunichen-of-hiding-positive-covid-19-test\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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