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Allen Cunningham’s First WSOP Circuit Championship Win

May 3, 2008

crop_481b769f7330f.jpgGoing into the third and final day of the Circuit Championship for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) held at Caesars in Las Vegas, Allen Cunningham was down in the chip stack. Cunningham played as part of Team Full Tilt Pro and was determined to stay in the game, eventually fighting his way back from the 3.5 -1 chip disadvantage in the heads-up final table match. This vigor saw him take the lead, and walk away with his first WSOP Circuit Championship title and a total of US$ 5,000.00.

He will add this to his previous career winnings, which sees him reach and sail passed the $10 million money mark. This achievement not only establishes him as a leading world poker player, but makes him a player to look out for at the finals of the WSOP tournament. There were 334 players in the 3 day Circuit Championship event, and the heads up match Cunningham played was against the young and talented, Ben Fineman.

The final hand started with Fineman raising 80,000 from the button. Cunningham called and after the flop with a Queen of Clubs, King of Clubs and Queen of Diamonds, both checked. A Ten of Clubs was revealed on the turn, after which Cunningham led with 100,000. Fineman was quick to raise it to 400,000, and after a pause, Cunningham announced that he was going all in. Fineman exhaled, checked his chip stack and called. The showdown revealed Cunningham to have a Four and Five of Clubs offering a flush advantage over Fineman who revealed the Ace of Spades and Jack of Diamonds. The river card was an irrelevant Four of Spades, giving Cunningham the pot and the title. Fineman walked away with $ 257, 637 as the runner up.    

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  1. gtycoon May 10th, 2008 3:13 pm

    Allen Cunningham is an underestimated poker player that can surprise you at the tables. He is one of the poker pros that doesn’t get as much attention as the flamboyant types like Phill Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, etc..etc. but Allen is among the top poker players in the world.

    Congrats to Allen for picking up the win.

  2. admin September 5th, 2008 5:23 pm

    Allen is a great player. Glad to see him doing well.

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