Cunningham bet 4,000 and his opponent called. The turn came the . Both players checked. The river came the and Cunningham pushed out 1,500. His opponent called and Cunningham showed . His opponent mucked and Allen now has 58,000 chips.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1c
Cunningham bet 4,000 and his opponent called. The turn came the . Both players checked. The river came the and Cunningham pushed out 1,500. His opponent called and Cunningham showed . His opponent mucked and Allen now has 58,000 chips.
A player goes all in on the turn for 35,000 with and David Filippi, the chip leader at the start of this hand, calls with . Filippi is down to 150,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
He doubled up to 8,500 with against .
The second time around, he was all in preflop with A-K against pocket queens and received no help from the board.
The river card is the , and Lawson loses to his opponent's flush, and he is eliminated from the tournament.
His opponent, who was standing up while the board cards were dealt, looked around, apparently expecting ESPN to record his big moment as he busted a notable player. There were no cameras.
He unhappily sat down and said, "But, there was no camera." It look like he'll have to survive a while longer and do something more notable than that to get his moment in the sun on ESPN.