Cypress vanity top finishing

I've wandered through these posts a lot and not seen too many people talking about solid wood vanity tops...am I dreaming this will work?
I've got recently cut slab of cypress that I want to keep as raw as possible (even keeping the natural edge on one side) so I'm obviously thinking poly and this wipeon stuff everyone's talking about could be the go, but will it be ok for the multiple coats I'll need? How many coats will I need, in fact?

Yep, I'm a beginner (in trying to do things properly, at any rate) :B