| Earnings | $224,365 |
| Cashes | 3 |
| Final Tables | 1 |
| Titles | 0 |
| Tournaments Played | 14 |
Est. Current Chipcount
Est. Average Chipcount
16,500,000
Current Chipleader
-
Day 1
63,325
Day 2
192,300
Day 3
515,500
Day 4
2,189,000
Day 5
3,670,000
Day 6
6th
Level 25: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante
A technical glitch earlier today kept us from posting bios on the players. Here's some background information on sixth-place finisher Shawn Cunix:
Shawn Cunix
Started Play With 3,670,000 in chips
2nd in chips, 46 big blinds
Shawn Cunix is a 36-year-old entrepreneur from Columbus, Ohio. Cunix is the only player at this final table who doesn't consider himself to be a professional poker player, though he has nearly half-a-million dollars in live tournament cashes. (And that number will grow tonight -- he starts the final table second in chips.)
As a part-time player, this is Cunix's third cash on the World Poker Tour, and they've all come in the past year. Cunix considers his biggest poker accomplishment (so far) to be a victory in a $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em event here at Bellagio in April, 2008 ($127,370).
Cunix is married with three children, and his wife, Chris, was rooting him on from the stands with a poster that his kids made.
Biggest Live Tournament Cash: $193,800 (2nd, 2008 Borgata Poker Open, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em)
Career Earnings in Live Tournaments: $471,104
Level 25: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante
Shawn Cunix moves all in from the cutoff for 550,000, and Craig Crivello calls from the big blind with A
Q
. Cunix shows 8
6, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes K106, which is definitely an action flop. Cunix has a pair of sixes, while Crivello has a gutshot straight draw with a diamond flush draw and two overlords.
The turn card is the 3, and Cunix needs to avoid aces, queens, jacks, and all the diamonds to stay alive.
The river card is the J, and Craig Crivello completes his diamond flush to win the pot. Shawn Cunix is eliminated in sixth place, earning $168,970.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 3,335,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 5,070,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 3,245,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 3,580,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,290,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - Out in 6th Place ($168,970)
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Everyone folds to Shawn Cunix, giving him a walk in the big blind. Cunix shows AK
as he collects the chips.
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Shawn Cunix moves all in from the cutoff for 605,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 3,875,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 4,050,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,225,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,135,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,375,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 755,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Craig Crivello raises under the gun to 240,000, Freddy Deeb calls from middle position, Shawn Cunix calls from the button, Tommy Vedes calls from the small blind, and Jason Lavallee calls from the big blind.
The flop comes KQ6, everyone checks to Cunix on the button, who bets 720,000, and Vedes moves all in for 1,325,000. Everyone folds to Cunix, who quickly calls with 66 for a set of sixes. Vedes shows KQ for two pair (kings and queens), and he'll need to catch another king or a queen to stay alive.
The turn card is -- the K!
Tommy Vedes turns a higher full house (kings full of queens) and his friends on the rail (including Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Glen Chorny) explode into cheers and high fives. But it's not over yet, because Cunix is drawing to a single out -- the case six -- to eliminate Vedes here.
The river card is the 5, and Tommy Vedes wins the pot to double up.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 3,880,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 4,095,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,310,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,065,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,530,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 610,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Shawn Cunix raises from the small blind to 240,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 3,045,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 1,835,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,705,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,890,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,685,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 2,330,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Freddy Deeb raises from middle position to 255,000, and Shawn Cunix calls from the button. The flop comes K104, Deeb checks, Cunix bets 350,000, and Deeb calls. The turn card is the 6, Deeb checks, Cunix bets 600,000, and Deeb calls. There is already 2.44 million in the pot.
The river card is the A, and both players check. Deeb says, "Two queens," and Cunix says, "That's good." Freddy Deeb shows QQ to win the pot.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 2,850,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 1,900,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,700,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,885,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,830,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 2,325,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Level 23: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #67 - Shawn Cunix raises from the small blind to 180,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #68 - Shawn Cunix raises from the button to 185,000, Kido Pham moves all in from the small blind for 665,000, and Cunix calls with AQ. Pham shows A10, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The board comes 6434K, and Cunix wins the pot with his queen kicker. Kido Pham is eliminated in eighth place, earning $89,450.
Level 22: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #26 - Jason Lavallee raises under the gun to 102,000, and Shawn Cunix calls form middle position. Both players check to the turn on a board of AKJQ, Lavallee checks, Cunix bets 200,000, and Lavallee calls.
The river card is the 5, and both players check. Lavallee shows K-Q for two pair, but Cunix shows A10 to win the pot with an ace-high straight.
Shawn Cunix - 2,750,000
Jason Lavallee - 2,450,000
