Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:00 PM Local Time
David Gunas Wins Monster Stack, Collects First Ring and $28,379 in Cash
Cash-game pro validates recent tournament success with breakthrough in South Florida
After a near-miss at the recent stop at Foxwoods, David Gunas took care of business at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. Gunas won the $365 Monster Stack, topping a field of 430 entries to win his first ring. He also collected the top prize of close to $30,000, the largest payout of his career.
Gunas, 24, is a professional poker player from Boston, Mass. He doesn’t play tournaments, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at his recent results. He cashed twice in Foxwoods, including a runner-up finish, and this result is his second in-the-money finish of the week at Seminole, too.
“I wanted to start playing some tournaments,” Gunas finally admitted in his postgame interview. “A friend of mine and I always travel together, but this is the first full series I’ve played.”
It’s off to a good start, but Gunas doesn’t have any intentions of making the full switch. “Cash is a steady grind,” he said. “Tournaments? Not so much.”
Gunas has been playing poker since he was a teenager, having only briefly held a job in sales. Nowadays, it’s all poker, and his recent scores have provided a nice boost to his cash-game bankroll, if nothing else.
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