WSOP: Tony Dunst Dominates Event #21 Final Table for Second Bracelet
Tony Dunst topped a 1,361-entry field to win World Series of Poker Online Event #21 ($777 Six Max NLHE) to give him the second WSOP bracelet and a $168,342 payday early Wednesday morning. Dunst eliminated four of his final five opponents at the final table and held the chip lead for all but a few moments on his way to victory.
The win comes four years after Dunst, also a World Poker Tour commentator, won his first bracelet in a $1,000 NLHE tournament.
Dunst’s path of destruction at the final table started with Jon Turner as the first casualty. Dunst raised to 300,000 from UTG before Turner moved all in for 462,593 on the button. Dunst called and showed 
while Turner tabled 
. The flop came 
to give Dunst top pair and Turner second pair. Neither the 
turn or 
river was any help for Turner and he was out in sixth.
Dunst waited all of two minutes before busting another player. Krista ‘Pollux’ Gifford moved all in from the button for 764,508 with 
and Dunst moved all in over the top from the small blind with 
. The board ran out 
to give Dunst the pot and eliminate Gifford in fifth place.
Four-handed play last 15 minutes a blind versus blind battle saw one player sent home. From the small blind, ‘ilosestackz‘ moved all in for 1,555,996 with 
and ‘paymycollege‘ called from the big blind with 
. The 
flop gave ‘paymycollege’ a strangle hold which stayed through the 
turn and 
river to eliminate ‘ilosestackz’ in fourth.
Dunst resumed his role as table captain and 15 minutes later sent the tournament to heads up. Alec ‘Tango_Bravo’ Parslow raised to 350,000 from the small blind and Dunst moved all in from the big blind. Parslow called and then tabled to Dunst’s 
. The 
flop gave Parslow to reason for concern. The turn gave Dunst an open-ended straight draw. The river completed that straight toeliminate Parslow in third and gave Dunst 65% of the chips in play.
Over the next 15 minutes, ‘paymycollege’ took a slight chip lead before losing all but half of a big blind when Dunst made a flush again their straight on a 
run out. Two hands later it was over. ‘paymycollege’ shoved from the button for 230,992 with 
and Dunst called from the big blind with 
. The board ran out to eliminate ‘paymycollege’ in second and give Dunst the second bracelet of his career.
Final Table Payouts
- Tony Dunst – $168,342
- paymycollege – $103,940
- Alec Parslow – $72,215
- ilosestackz – $50,779
- Krista Gifford – $36,203
- Jon Turner – $26,199
Faces in the Crowd
For the 13th time this Series, Ryan Laplante managed to work his way into the money before busting in 99th for a $1,524.32 score. Both Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth also earned a cash on Tuesday. Negreanu finished 30th for $5,144.58 while Hellmuth came in 114th for $1,429.05.
Among the other notables who cashed on Tuesday were Alan ‘GladiusIII’ Goehring (26th – $5,144.58), Ari Engel (39th – $3,429.72), Vanessa ‘ContainsNuts’ Kade (55th – $2,000.67), Ryan ‘bitc0in’ Riess (60th – $2,000.67), Ian ‘apokerjoker2’ Steinman (69th – $1,810.13), Jason Somerville (87th – $1,619.59), and Event # 1 winner Jonathan ‘Art.Vandelay’ Dokler (89th – $1,619.59).