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World Series Of Poker 2006 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys Result 8th July	LAS VEGAS June 25 – August 10 2006 Next Event

Event # 14 (3 day event)
Entries -- 752 + 1670 rebuys
(Last year -- 826 + 538)
Buy-in -- $1,000
Prize Pool -- $2,317,887

Allen Cunningham
(Ventura, CA, USA)
wins $625,830 and
his 4th WSOP bracelet

Pos.

Player

Origin

Prize

Allen Cunningham

$625,830

David Rheem

$327,981

Captain Tom Franklin

$185,431

Steve Wong

Netherlands

$162,252

John Hoang

$139,073

Thien Phan

$115,894

Everett Carlton

$92,715

Andrew Bloch

$67,357

Alex Jacob

$46,358

Miami John Cernuto

$20,861

Chip Jett

$11,589

Amir Vahedi

$11,589

John Juanda

$11,589

Conor Tate (Bury, United Kingdom)

$8,113

Kathy Liebert

$8,113

Huck Seed

$6,722

Steve Zolotow

$6,722

Barry Greenstein

$5,447

Phil Gordon

$4,636

Jim Bechtel

$2,028

Key Facts

74 places paid.
Allen Cunningham Wins Fourth Gold Bracelet, Second in Two Years

Las Vegas, NV - The loudest poker personalities may get the fame, but the most skilled players get the money. Allen Cunningham is neither loud, nor famous. In fact, he is usually the quietest poker player in the room. But he is most certainly a skilled consummate poker professional, and he sure gets the money. Lots of money.

Cunningham topped a highly-competitive field of 752 players in the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em world championship at the 2006 World Series of Poker. He won a whopping $625,830 in prize money. The victory marked the fourth time the 29-year-old poker professional from southern California has won a WSOP title.

This was the first tournament of this year's World Series with re-buys. All other tournaments played thus far have been single-elimination freeze outs. The 1,670 re-buys in this event helped to generate a total prize pool of $2,317,887. After two lengthy days of play, the nine finalists took the illuminated stage at the Rio Casino in front of a packed gallery and ESPN television cameras on hand to film the exciting finale.

The final table started off with 'Captain' Tom Franklin and Tim Phan sharing a considerable substantial chip lead over the rest of the field. Of the final nine, only Franklin and Cunningham were former gold bracelet winners. Franklin won his WSOP title back in 1999 (Limit Omaha). Cunningham's WSOP victories came in 2001 (Seven-Card Stud), 2002 (Deuce to Seven Lowball), and 2005 (No-Limit Hold'em).

True to his character, Allen Cunningham's life story is unpretentious. He was a straight A-student at UCLA when he discovered his hidden talent for poker playing. While pursuing a degree in civil engineering, he started playing the game more seriously and began making money. In 1999, Cunningham enjoyed a breakthrough year in tournament poker - coincidently the same year that emerging rivals Phil Ivey, John Juanda, and Daniel Negreanu invaded the poker scene and began winning millions. In historical retrospect, Cunningham was part of a revolutionary movement in the game of poker, away from older, more traditional players towards younger, inventive new champions.

With this victory, Cunningham moved into elite poker territory. He s nine players who have also won four WSOP gold bracelets - a list which currently includes Mickey Appleman, Bobby Baldwin, David Chiu, Artie Cobb, Tom McEvoy, Scotty Nguyen, Puggy Pearson, Amarillo Slim Preston, and Huck Seed. At age 29, Cunningham is one of only four other players to win at least four gold bracelets before turning thirty. The others were Stu Ungar, Phil Hellmuth, Jr., Layne Flack, and Phil Ivey.
by Nolan Dalla

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