Tony Dunst

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Tony Dunst
Tony Dunst (2018)
Tony Dunst (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth 17th October 1984
place of birth United StatesUnited States Milwaukee
Nicknames
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Bond18PokerStars & Full Tilt Poker

LuckyTonyDTitanPoker

muckthenutsUltimateBet

muckanutBodog & Absolute Poker

PanoramicWSOP.com
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 700,069
Total prize money $ 3,842,172
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 49
Best main event 50th ( 2010 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 16
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 3
Last updated: July 22, 2020

George "Tony" Dunst (born October 17, 1984 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is a professional American poker player and presenter . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and once won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour .

Personal

Dunst grew up in his native Milwaukee until he was seven and then moved to Madison . As a 14-year-old he played the MMORPG EverQuest , with which he earned several thousand US dollars by swapping and then selling items on the eBay online marketplace . He later moved to Australia to study . There he began a relationship with the poker player Celina Lin . Dunst broke off his studies and moved to their native China with Lin . Today he lives in Las Vegas .

Poker career

Career

Dunst came to poker through movies like Ocean's Eleven in the early 2000s. He opened accounts in online poker rooms and chose the nickname Bond18 , based on James Bond , on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker . He also played in home games at the beginning of his career. Dunst deposited $ 75 in online poker rooms in 2006 and quickly turned them into $ 2,800 by playing sit-and-gos . He also played under the nicknames LuckyTonyD (TitanPoker) , muckthenuts ( UltimateBet ) and muckanut (Bodog and Absolute Poker) . Its online poker tournament earnings are a total of just under 2 million US dollars , with extractor only today on PokerStars is active. Since 2005 Dunst has also taken part in renowned live tournaments .

Dunst was the end of July 2006 for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and finished with a tournament variant No Limit Hold'em , the main event , the 198th place, the Was paid with more than $ 40,000. At the beginning of July 2008 he won the Bellagio Cup at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas with a prize of almost 200,000 US dollars. In February 2009, Dunst finished runner-up in the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Main Event in Adelaide for more than A $ 110,000 in prize money . At the WSOP 2010 he reached the seventh day of the tournament in the main event and was eliminated there in 50th place, endowed with almost 170,000 US dollars. At the end of November 2013, Dunst won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) on Sint Maarten and secured a prize of 145,000 US dollars. At the end of April 2014, Dunst was again at the final table of the WPT Main Event, finishing third in Atlantic City for around $ 450,000. A year later, he reached the final table in the same spot at the same tournament and finished sixth, earning him more than $ 170,000. In January 2016, Dunst took second place behind Ari Engel at the main event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne and secured his highest prize money to date of one million Australian dollars, at that time the equivalent of around 700,000 US dollars. At the 2016 WSOP , Dunst won the 63rd event on the tournament schedule and received a bracelet in addition to the main prize of just under 340,000 US dollars . In early June 2019, he finished second in the Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions played at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for more than $ 250,000. At the 2019 WSOP , Dunst took second place in a Hold'em event for around $ 375,000. In July 2020 he prevailed under the nickname Panoramic at a tournament of the World Series of Poker Online played out due to the COVID-19 pandemic and received almost 170,000 US dollars and his second bracelet .

Overall, Dunst has earned more than $ 3.5 million in poker in live tournaments. He has been on the WPT team since season nine of the World Poker Tour after receiving the position through an open casting. In May 2017, Dunst took over the role of WPT commentator, replacing Mike Sexton .

Bracelet overview

Dunst cashed 49 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2016 O 1000 No-Limit Hold'em 2452 339.254
2020 O 0777 WSOP.com - No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 1361 168,342

Web links

Commons : Tony Dunst  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tony Dunst in the Global Poker Index database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c A Poker Life: Tony Dunst on cardplayer.com from September 28, 2016, accessed on December 7, 2018 (English).
  3. ↑ Bond18 in the PocketFives database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Tony Dunst in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ Bellagio Cup IV ($ 3,000 + 120 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ ANZPT - Adelaide (A $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  9. ↑ Caribbean Poker Tour - St. Maarten ($ 3,200 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  10. ↑ WPT World Championship / Borgata Spring Poker Open ($ 15,000 + 400 WPT World Championship - Re-Entry) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  11. ↑ Borgata Spring Poker Open / WPT World Championship ($ 15,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em WPT World Championship (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  12. ↑ 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  13. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 63)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 7, 2018.
  14. ↑ Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions ($ 15,000 No Limit Hold'em - Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 89)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 18, 2019.
  16. ↑ Tony "Panoramic" Dunst Wins Event # 21: $ 777 NLH 6-Handed for 2nd Gold Bracelet ($ 168,342) in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 22, 2020.
  17. ↑ Tony Dunst replaces Mike Sexton as WPT® Commentator after historic 15-Year Career on worldpokertour.com on May 22, 2017, accessed on December 7, 2018.
  18. ↑ Tony Dunst in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 22, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Haze, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dunst, George (real name); Bond18 (nickname); LuckyTonyD (nickname); muckthenuts (nickname); muckanut (nickname); Panoramic (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th October 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States