As four-handed play began, Cunix's lead over his next closest competitor, James Calderaro, was almost 80 big blinds.Ĭalderaro eliminated Daniel Buzgon in fourth place as A-J held against Buzgon's K-Q. Elias dealing the knockout blow allowed Cunix to do more damage to the rest of the table with his dominating stack. Dunst earned $66,532 in his second cash of the season. Darren Elias, making his second WPT final table of the season, eliminated WPT co-host Tony Dunst in fifth place. With five players remaining, Cunix had more than half the chips in play and seemed poised to make this a quick final table. Failla, who was eliminated by Cunix, has $1,108,540 in lifetime WPT earnings. He'll take the WPT Player of the Year lead into the WPT Championship, which begins May 19. This was Failla's fourth cash and second WPT final table of the season. As was seen on the live stream of the final table on the World Poker Tour website, Cunix extended his lead by opening with a wide range of hands and keeping the pressure on his shorter-stacked opponents preflop.įailla fell first at the final table, finishing in sixth to earn $54,704. According to the World Poker Tour, Cunix's stack swelled early as he separated himself from the pack after taking a big pot off WPT Legends main event champion Will Failla. 'I'm just so happy that my son is OK and he got to see me at a time where he's seen his father down, laying in bed for two weeks and still to come back out of that bed and fight and say, 'I'll never quit,' means more to me that I can ever describe.'Ĭunix entered the final table as the chip leader but had five tough tournament regulars with significant experience under the WPT lights standing between him and the title.

'It's been one of the most humbling experiences in my life,' said Cunix. Cunix earned $400,600 for the victory, which took five days of endurance as he played with a broken collarbone that he suffered while saving his son's life during an ATV accident. The World Poker Tour crowned its second champion over the past three weeks, as Shawn Cunix put forth an incredible effort to win the WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open title.

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