Allen Cunningham

Allen Cunningham (born March 28, 1977) ıs definitely an American professional poker player.

Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA prior to dropping from college to try out poker professionally. He started actively playing at Eighteen in Indian native gambling establishments. Cunningham plays internet poker solely at Full Tilt Poker. Formerly a Full Tilt financed pro, he turned a full member of Team Full Tilt in October 2006.

Cunningham won the title 2005 ESPN/Toyota Player of the Year as well as came up near winning it once again in 2006. He was furthermore chosen by fellow professional poker players the very best All Around Player below Thirty-five.

Cunningham’s sole biggest event payout happened at the 2006 Wsop when he ended in 4th position in the Main Event gaining $3,628,513. Often throughout the event, whenever some other participants attempted to take on Cunningham, ESPN’s Norman Chad would react with remarks like: “Just what are these people thinking about? This is Allen Cunningham!”

Cunningham coupled a short list of players who’ve earned a Wsop Bracelet in 3 consecutive years soon after earning his 5th bracelet in 07. Other folks to achieve this consist of Johnny Moss, Bill Boyd, Doyle Brunson, Gary Berland as well as Erik Seidel.

Cunningham won the $300,000 ‘Mega Match’ on Poker After Dark which aired the week of October Eight, 07. On Dec Seven, 07, Allen Cunningham earned the 15,000 buy-in inaugural Nationwide Poker League Las vegas Open Championship Main Event after beating David Singer during heads-up play, earning over $325,000.
On May 1, 08, Cunningham won the 2008 Wsop Circuit event at Caesars Palace, Vegas, making $499,162. In the 2008 World Series of Poker Cunningham produced an additional deep run in the main event finishing 117th position out of 6844 players, making $41,816.

At the time of ‘09, his overall live tournament profits surpass $10,386,211, 7th on the all time profits list, right behind just Jamie Gold, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Scotty Nguyen, and also Phil Ivey. At the time of ‘09, his 41 cashes as well as 5 bracelets have netted him $6,717,791 in WSOP profits.

He lives in Vegas together with partner Melissa Hayden as well as their doggie, Muffin.