Re: Allen Cunningham
 

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I'm sure his overall game is higher than Ivey's and Negreanu's.

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Only time will tell. Not a statement you can utter with complete certainty at this time.

He's having a nice run in the WSOP this year, no question. How he stacks up against the best, well, like I said, time will answer that for us.

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

Paul Phillips awhile back said he was the best player in his game. I think it's the 600-1200 mixed game.

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

He has contributed to this forum occasionally, always in totally non-fallacious posts. (Few can say that). I recently wrote that he is the tournament player most likely to graduate successfully to big side games. Phil Ivey is at best a hair better than him.

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

I remember in a thread not too long ago, David Sklansky saying that Cunningham was one of a very few people who could figure out a certain poker math problem (along with Ferguson, Lederer, and a few others). I have forgotten what the thread and the specific math problem was.

This shows that he is a very high caliber gambling mathematician. You add great people instincts and 99.9999999 percentile ability to handle bad beats and losses (plus a very clean lifestyle) and you're talking about a top three all around high stakes tournament and live game player.

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

I heard someone say that Cunningham was spotted playing $5K/hand blackjack after winning his bracelet. No idea if that's true but a little worrying if it is.

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

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I heard someone say that Cunningham was spotted playing $5K/hand blackjack after winning his bracelet. No idea if that's true but a little worrying if it is.

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Maybe he was card counting?

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

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I heard someone say that Cunningham was spotted playing $5K/hand blackjack after winning his bracelet. No idea if that's true but a little worrying if it is.

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I heard that the authors of 2+2 wrote books about playing blackjack and gambling for a living.
I have no idea if it is true.

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

I've played with Allen quite a few times at his 5/10 limit table on Full Tilt. I've done pretty well there, but that's all thanks to the 7 other guys at the table. I wouldn't want to play him heads up.

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

I love the way he has a Tourettes like thing going on when he's making a decision. I imagine it makes him pretty hard to read.

Re: Allen Cunningham
 

I saw Allen playing in the Foxwoods World Poker Finals 3 years ago. I said then that he was one of the best I've ever seen. He was playing a NL event with Scotty, "Devilfish" and other big names. He was the only one not showing off for the croud. He always seems to have his mind totally on business. I think he may have been building a sizeable bankroll for the past 3 years.

I personally would put his game slightly ahead of Ivey and Negrano. The results don't show that yet but come back in 3 years time and look again. I think he will be called one of, if not the best over the next few years. He is coming into his time and the tougher field this year only adds creedence to that.