World Poker Tour Raw Deal analyst Tony Dunst joins Remko Rinkema to talk about his path in poker, the importance of having good friends in the game, working for the WPT, and much more.
Hand #1: Action folded to John Apostolidis in the cutoff with and he shoved all in. Everyone folded and Apostolidis took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #2: Ari Engel raised to 135,000 under the gun. Action folded to short stack Dylan Honeyman in the cutoff with and he pushed all in. The button and both blinds released and so did Engel. Pot to Honyeman.
Hand #3: Action was on Apostolidis under the gun plus one and he made it 205,000 with . Action folded to Samantha Abernathy in the small blind and she shoved all in for 2.4 million with . Ari Engel quickly released from the big blind, Apostolidis made the call.
The flop came , doing nothing for Apostolidis. The on the turn was no help and neither was the on the river.
John Apostolidis made his exit in 7th place, good for AU$210,000. The six remaining players are guaranteed AU$270,000 from here on out.
Hand #4: Samantha Abernathy had the button fresh off her knockout of John Apostolidis in seventh place. Play folded to Ari Engel in the small blind, and he raised all in against Kitty Kuo's big blind with the . Kuo folded, and Engel won the pot.
Hand #5: Engel had the button to start this hand. Tony Dunst raised to 125,000 with the from the hijack seat, and Dylan Honeyman, who was in the big blind with , reraised all in for 1.1 million. Dunst folded, and Honeyman won the pot.
Hand #6: Kuo had the button, and she moved all in for 845,000 with the to win the blinds and antes.
Hand #7: Honeyman had the button to start this hand, and Kuo raised from the cutoff seat to 125,000 with . Everyone folded, and she won the pot.
Hand #8: Engel raised from under the gun with the and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #9: On the button, Dunst raised to 135,000 with the to win the pot.
Hand #10: Alexander Lynskey opened from the hijack seat to 125,000 with the , and Dunst reraised to 275,000 from the cutoff position with an unknown hand. Play moved over to Engel in the small blind, and he reraised to 740,000 after some thought with the . Kuo folded from the big blind, Lynskey folded, and then Dunst also gave it up to give Engel the pot.
Hand #11: Action folded to Samantha Abernaty in the cutoff and she raised to 125,000 with .
The button and small blind folded but Dylan Honeyman in the big blind found and three-bet to 260,000 with a stack of 1.2 million total.
Abernathy contemplated what to do for a bit, and eventually shoved all in. Honeyman didn't need much time calling all in.
Abernathy was in terrible shape with her ace king, and the flop only made things worse. On Honeyman's chances of winning increased to 99%.
The on the turn opened the door for a chop, but Abernathy didn't have a whole lot of outs to do so as the six of clubs wouldn't be a good card to hit.
In fact the hit and the two of them chopped it up. Yesterday Abernathy was saved by a six on the river when she got it in with sixes against kings, and now a six saved her again!
Hand #12: From the cutoff seat, Ari Engel raised to 135,000 with the . Alexander Lynskey called from the big blind with the , and the flop came down .
Neither player had much, and Lynskey checked to Engel. Engel also checked, and the turn was the . Lynskey checked, Engel bet 135,000, and Lynskey folded.
Hand #13: On the button, Dylan Honeyman raised to 125,000 with the . Tony Dunst reraised all in from the big blind with the , and Honeyman folded.
Hand #14: From under the gun, Engel raised to 135,000 with the . Everyone folded.
Hand #15: Honeyman opened to 125,000 from the hijack seat with the . Samantha Abernathy reraised from the small blind to 275,000 with the , and Honeyman made the call.
The flop was , and Abernathy bet 325,000. Honeyman folded, and Abernathy won the pot.
Hand #16: Abernathy had the button, and play folded to Engel in the small blind. He completed the bet, but then Kitty Kuo raised all in with the from the big blind with the . Engel folded, and Kuo won the pot.
Hand #17: Action folded to Ari Engel on the button and he raised it up to 135,000. Both Kitty Kuo and Dylan Honeyman folded and Engel took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #18: Ari Engel with in the cutoff and he raised to 135,000 once again. Alexander Lynskey in the big blind made the call holding .
The flop came and Lynskey checked. Engel, with bottom pair, made a bet of 140,000 and Lynskey called.
The on the turn helped Engel well in front, making him a 82% favorite. Lynskey checked again, and Engel bet 285,000. Lynskey called and the completed the board, just about the worst card in the deck for Lynskey.
Lynskey checked and with 1.3 million behind and already 1.2 in the middle, Engel bet 505,000. Lynskey called instantly, but mucked upon seeing Engel's trips.
Engel now has over half of the chips in play, Lynskey is now the short stack.
Hand #19: Engel in the hijack went for three in a row and made it 135,000 with . Tony Dunst called from the big blind holding the suited . The flop came pairing both. Dunst check called a bet of 135,000.
The hit the turn, making Dunst trips resulting in Engel drawing dead. Both players checked and the completed the board. Dunst bet 330,000 and Engel folded.
Hand #20: Kitty Kuo raised to 125,000 from the hijack holding . Samantha Abernathy in the big blind found and made the call.
The flop came and Abernathy checked. Kuo bet 100,000 and Abernathy called. The hit the turn and now both players checked. The hit the river and another two checks later, Abernathy took it down.
Hand #21: Ari Engel received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #22: From under the gun, Dylan Honeyman raised all in for 630,000 with the . Everyone folded, and Honeyman won the pot.
Hand #23: From the hijack seat, Tony Dunst raised to 125,000 with an unknown hand. Ari Engel reraised from the button with the to 375,000, and he won the pot.
Hand #24: From the cutoff seat, Engel raised all in with the to put the pressure on the players behind him. Dylan Honeyman called for 700,000 with the from the small blind, and everyone else had folded.
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Honeyman doubled up.
Hand #25: From under the gun, Samantha Abernathy raised to 125,000 with the . Play folded to Alexander Lynskey in the small blind, and he reraised all in for 655,000 with the . Abernathy made the call.
The flop came down to give one heck of a sweat. Abernathy now had a flush draw and a straight draw that could very easily crack Lynskey's aces, but she was down to just the river card after the hit the turn.
The river was the , and Lynskey finished with a full house to double up.