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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
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Event # 14 (3 day event)
Entries -- 752 + 1670
rebuys
(Last year -- 826 + 538)
Buy-in -- $1,000
Prize
Pool -- $2,317,887
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Allen Cunningham
(Ventura, CA, USA)
wins $625,830 and
his
4th WSOP bracelet |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Allen Cunningham
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CA |
$625,830 |
| 2 |
David Rheem |
CA |
$327,981 |
| 3 |
Captain Tom Franklin
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MS |
$185,431 |
| 4 |
Steve Wong |
Netherlands |
$162,252 |
| 5 |
John Hoang |
CA |
$139,073 |
| 6 |
Thien Phan |
CA |
$115,894 |
| 7 |
Everett Carlton
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MN |
$92,715 |
| 8 |
Andrew Bloch |
NV |
$67,357 |
| 9 |
Alex Jacob |
CT |
$46,358 |
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| 15 |
Miami John Cernuto |
$20,861 |
| 21 |
Chip Jett |
$11,589 |
| 24 |
Amir Vahedi |
$11,589 |
| 25 |
John Juanda |
$11,589 |
| 28 |
Conor Tate (Bury, United Kingdom) |
$8,113 |
| 34 |
Kathy Liebert |
$8,113 |
| 42 |
Huck Seed |
$6,722 |
| 44 |
Steve Zolotow |
$6,722 |
| 53 |
Barry Greenstein |
$5,447 |
| 56 |
Phil Gordon |
$4,636 |
| 72 |
Jim Bechtel |
$2,028 |
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| 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 joins 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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