Frank Funaro has over $3.2 million in stay event cashes, in keeping with The Hendon Mob. However on Tuesday, his youthful brother might need one thing he does not — a World Poker Tour (WPT) title.
Nick Funaro has reached the WPT bestbet Scramble Championship last desk, which started at 2 p.m. ET, and he could possibly be hours away from becoming a member of the WPT Champions Membership and receiving the $347,850 first place prize. PokerNews spoke with the ultimate desk competitor to seek out out extra about his poker background, and see if there’s any type of household rivalry along with his brother, who’s in attendance at bestbet Jacksonville cheering on little brother.
Eric Afriat Chasing Darren Elias’ WPT File
Household Affair
Funaro entered the ultimate desk with 3,680,000 chips, over 70 huge blinds, good for second in chips. Eric Afriat, who’s making an attempt to tie Darren Elias‘ document with 4 WPT titles, held a large lead at 6,570,000 chips.
“I will be cautious in opposition to him for positive,” Funaro stated of how he’ll method the massive stacked Afriat on the last desk. “He’ll need to be cautious in opposition to me too as a result of I am additionally huge stacked. So, I feel it will be cautious on either side.”
Funaro has has over $520,000 in stay event cashes, and all however $100,000 of that got here in January when he took down a Borgata Winter Poker Open occasion for $420,000. Yunkyu Tune, who can be on the WPT bestbet Scramble last desk, completed third in that very same Borgata occasion. So, there’s some familiarity between the 2 last desk opponents.
The youthful Funaro has a supportive rail in Jacksonville, and it simply so occurs to be an older brother who has a profitable poker profession of his personal. There is not any household rivalry on the poker desk between them, and each help one another’s journey to poker stardom.
“It is nice, and he additionally helped me examine a bit bit, it is simply nice to have,” Funaro stated of getting his brother in attendance.
Funaro stated he “picked up poker on the similar time” as his brother.
“Our mates would all sort of play, so we might play at some dwelling video games,” Funaro stated of studying to play poker along with his brother. “He began taking it severely, and I sort of realized you may make some huge cash, mainly, so I took it extra severely myself.”
Who’s one of the best poker participant within the household? Nick did not hesitate in answering, “he’s.” But when he takes down the WPT bestbet Scramble on Tuesday, the hole between the poker taking part in brothers may have closed a bit, and the youthful sibling may have some bragging rights.
“I feel it could be nice if I received one and my brother did not,” Nick Funaro laughed and stated of doubtless successful a WPT title.
Frank Funaro does not have a WPT title, however he is a two-time World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) champion and World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring winner, and he has over $1.4 million in World Poker Tour cashes. However his little brother might stake declare to at least one title he hasn’t but achieved.
*Pictures courtesy of Katerina Lukina/World Poker Tour.
