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Allen Cunningham-Skilled Professional
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Allan Faulkner
 
By Allan Faulkner
Published on 10/24/2007
 

Mastering the cards and understanding the subtle nuances of the game of poker takes a tremendous amount of effort, experience and skill.  This is where Cunningham shines, showing that no amount of luck, fortune or grace can allow a less than perfectly skilled and talented player to rise to the top with competition so stiff in the form of professional level Texas Hold'em poker tournament players.


Allen Cunningham-Skilled Professional

Many players rely on brash, bold maneuvering and over-the-top hype to push the envelope at the Texas Hold'em poker tournament tables, Allen Cunningham has mastered the art of playing it cool and being an extremely analytical player.  Mastering the cards and understanding the subtle nuances of the game of poker takes a tremendous amount of effort, experience and skill.  This is where Cunningham shines, showing that no amount of luck, fortune or grace can allow a less than perfectly skilled and talented player to rise to the top with competition so stiff in the form of professional level Texas Hold'em poker tournament players.

These high caliber players, Texas Hold'em poker tournament champion players such as Allen Cunningham are required to make an extreme effort at getting ahead and staying strong at the Texas Hold'em poker tournaments.  With the fierce competition that is all around, Allen Cunningham and other players of this caliber are required to stay sharp and focused at all times and Cunningham rises above with the extremely subtle and highly analytical style that allows them to understand the odds and calculate the math involved in almost inhuman ways.  This ability to calculate the odds has served him well in his career allowing him to succeed against nearly impossible odds and bringing him to finish in several events in professional level Texas Hold'em poker tournaments over the years.

With all this success, Cunningham has maintained his quiet and focused approach, eschewing the normal routine of flagrant chest beating and attention-getting antics that many of his colleagues display.  This quiet and almost invisible professional level Texas Hold'em poker tournament player has proven himself to be a champion again and again and the future very likely will see him succeeding in more of these Texas Hold'em poker tournaments over time.

Oddly enough, Cunningham never intended to become a professional poker player.  Attending college to pursue a degree in engineering, he began participating in all manner of poker games and found himself bitten by the gambling bug almost immediately.  Joining the poker tournament circuit and grinding it out, Cunningham survived his first year of unsuccessful play and blew up in the second year of his career, experiencing tremendous success that has remained with him to the current day.  This very likable young man has won all manner of awards and has kept an extremely low profile, ducking sponsors and all manner of publicity and exposure in favor of quietly competing and earning at the world-famous Texas Hold'em poker tournaments in areas such as Las Vegas.