Family man Braxton Dunaway is an American poker player and WSOP bracelet winner who hails from Midland, Texas. He's best known for finishing 3rd in the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event for $4,000,000 as well as winning the $1,500 Monster Stack at the 2023 World Series of Poker. Dunaway topped an 8,317-player field to add $1,162,681 to his bankroll.
Braxton Dunaway Poker History
While Dunaway is a regular crusher on the Texas poker scene, the biggest scores of his career have come at the WSOP.
Dunaway finished 3rd in the 2025 WSOP Main Event, taking $4,000,000 back to his hometown of Midland, Texas after a dream run. After the tournament, he would tell PokerNews "I'm not upset with any decision I made this whole tournament, I'm happy, kind of ready to rest, just relax and soak it all in."
A proud husband and father, after winning his maiden WSOP bracelet in the 2023 Monster Stack, Dunaway's first order of business after the last card was dealt was to call his wife, Stephanie, and their four children – Jordyn, who just graduated from college; Macy, who is 17 and a senior in high school; Hayes, who is in ninth grade; and eight-year-old Sawyer.
“Our little girl who runs the whole show, the boss of the family, we call her ‘Bossy Saucy,’” said Dunaway, who indicated he'd fly to Omaha, Nebraska in the morning to meet his wife and two youngest children.
“They’re at the College World Series,” Dunaway explained. “My son is in a tournament during that, which is for teenage boys. He won his first two games today and he’s guaranteed like five more games. I’ll be there, we’ll catch some games, and just hang out on vacation.”
Before the Monster Stack victory and deep run in the Main, Dunaway had $333,318 in lifetime tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob, which included a prior career-best of $62,500 for finishing in 142nd place in the 2022 WSOP Main Event.
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Braxton Dunaway's Top 5 Poker Results
| Date | Event | Rank | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 3rd | $4,000,000 |
| June 2023 | $1,500 WSOP Monster Stack | 1st | $1,162,681 |
| July 2019 | $1,700 WSOPC Main Event Choctaw | $68,390 | |
| July 2023 | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 142nd | $62,500 |
| April 2021 | $600 West Texas Poker Championships NLHE Main Event | 2nd | $42,850 |
