Tony “bond18” Dunst Wins First WPT Title At The Casino Royale
November 25, 2013 1:35 pmTony “bond18” Dunst has won the World Poker Tour Caribbean, after besting a field of 191 players on his way to collecting the $145,000 first-place prize, and capturing his first ever WPT title.’The Raw Deal’ host now boasts $874,005 in live winnings to go with the $1,821,582 he has won online playing under the screen name Bond18.
Following his impressive victory at the Casino Royale in St. Maarten, Dunst later tweeted: “Ran incredibly pure and won @WPT Carib this afternoon. Really appreciate all the kind words and support people sent. Off to Montreal next.”
The $3,500 Main Event was well attended by the pros and amongst the notable names cashing in at the tournament was Byron Kaverman in 13th ($8,600), Ebony Kenney in 10th ($10,500), and WPT champion Bobby Oboodi in 8th ($19,200). By the time the final table of six had been reached, Tony Dunst was the joint leader along with Severin Schleser on a 118bb stack, followed next by Robbie Bakker (89bb), Marvin Rettenmaier (87bb), Giacomo Fundaro (38bb), and Zoltan Purak (27bb).
Tony Dunst (Jc-10c) then proceeded to eliminate Robert Bakker (A-A) in 6th ($28,700) on a Ac-10-5c-2-Qc board, before being dealt A-Q and doing likewise to Zoltan Purak (8-8) in 5th for $35,900.
A little later, Severin Schleser (A-J) took care of Marvin Rettenmaier (J-8) in 4th ($46,800), but soon after was eliminated himself by Tony Dunst in 3rd ($63,500), to herald in the heads-up phase of the competition between himself and 2012 WPT Mazagan champion Giacomo Fundaro.
As the final battle commenced, Dunst held a 5-to-1 chip lead over Fundaro, and eventually Dunst closed out the victory after being dealt J-2 and putting the now short-stacked Italian pro all-in with K-2. The board subsequently rolled out J-9-2-6-6 to consign Giacomo Fundaro to a runner-up finish worth $100,000, while Tony Dunst was crowned the 2013 WPT Caribbean champion.
Final Table Payouts:
1st: Tony Dunst – $145,000
2nd: Giacomo Fundaro – $100,000
3rd: Severin Schleser – $63,500
4th: Marvin Rettenmaier – $46,800
5th: Zoltan Purak – $35,900
6th: Robert Bakker – $28,700