Allen Cunningham wins WSOP circuit

May 2nd, 2008
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Allen Cunningham will head into this year’s World Series of Poker seeking a sixth bracelet, and he’ll be on a bit of a roll.

Cunningham won the main event of the WSOP Circuit held at Caesars Palace. He entered the final table with an average chip stack, according to cardplayer.com, before winning the first-place prize of nearly half a million dollars. Ben Fineman led Cunningham more than 3-to-1 in chips heading into heads-up play:

Cunningham struck first on a queen-high flop. Cunningham held top pair and it held against Fineman’s pocket sevens. After a few more hands, now suddenly Cunningham had taken the chip lead. The final hand came on a board of KQQ10. Fineman showed AJ for a broadway straight, but Cunningham’s 54 (for a flush) had him drawing dead. Fineman earned $257,637 for his runner-up finish and Cunningham won the lion’s share with $499,162.


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Cunningham neared $10 million in career tournament winnings with the victory.


Article Credit: Dustin

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Overpair on safe flop, no limit 6 max tournament - DailyHandQuiz

Game type: NL 6 max tournament, Full Tilt Poker
Your image: A little tight
Opponent's image: Very aggro
Your hand: Qs Qd

The setup: You're at a pretty active table in this tournament. This hand, UTG raises to 3x and change. You think about repopping when it gets to you, but you've seen the BB try pickup re-raises preflop several times, especially against the very aggressive player TUG who has been raising a ton of pots, so you decide to call. No luck - the rest of the table folds. You flop fine:

2c 2h 4s

UTG leads for pot. What's your play?


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