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Cunningham claims WSOPC main event ring

May 3, 2008

There were many pros among the 334 players who took on the World Series of Poker Circuit main event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this week, but that doesn’t always mean that a pro will come out on top.

Time and time again, tournaments have started off with a high concentration of professional players only to see some lesser-known or online player triumph instead. Just ask Gus Hansen about it as he recently gave up a tremendous chip lead at the final table to lose a World Poker Tour event to David Chiu.

The WSOPC was a different story, however, as Allen Cunningham showed the world his skills and came back from seventh in the chip count at the outset of the main event final table to win the whole thing.

In the words of Nolan Dalla, WSOP media director, “All great athletes possess intangible qualities. There’s something extraordinary about stars such as Michael Jordan, Joe Montana and Wayne Gretzky performing in the prime of their careers. It’s not just that they were winners. Many athletes win championships. It was the way they won which captivated fans everywhere leaving an indelible mark on the consciousness of a generation.”

That is what railing the final table of the Caesars Palace WSOPC was like, according to Dalla, as poker fans watched Cunningham, a five-time WSOP bracelet winner, survive as one of the short stacks at the table and then come back from a 4-1 chip deficit in heads-up play.

Despite the deficit, people seemed to just expect that Cunningham would win, but the journey wasn’t an easy one for the pro.

Also at the final table were Justin Bonomo, a prominent online player making his name in the live tournament world now, and Ralph Perry, the first Russian-born player to win a WSOP bracelet.

Neither, however, could stop the force of Cunningham on his way to a win. Instead, the one stumbling block left was Ben Fineman.

Cunningham claims WSOPC main event ring

Fineman’s 4-1 chip lead wasn’t enough to block Cunningham.

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