A Feature on Poker Pro Allen Cunningham

In another story of how college students drop out to pursue a career as a professional poker player, Allen Cunningham shows that running after his dreams is not a bad idea after all. Indeed this story is quite exciting and interesting to look upon. While he started out his career in poker as a student in civil engineering, he showed how tough he is by dropping out of college to become one of the most dominant forces to have ever played the game.

Despite abandoning his dream to become a good civil engineer someday, Cunningham found an excellent replacement for this by becoming a poker pro. The jump off point for his career came in 1999, when he incredibly won an astounding six important poker tournaments. With all these accomplishments, he has given himself enough credentials to gain the respect of his peers and counterparts in the world of poker.

There seems to be no regret for Cunningham as he continuously tries to take the world of poker head on. His dominance in the World Series of Poker cannot be left unnoticed. Among the major events this poker pro has won in this very prestigious event include a couple of No-Limit Hold'em Seven-Card Stud championships, the Seven-Card Stud and the Deuce-to-Seven Lowball.

Cunningham's illustrious career in poker is closely connected with other poker greats such as Daniel Negreanu, Layne Flack and Phil Ivey. They were the young and talented players who took the world of poker by storm during its boom in 1998. Up until now, his total winnings amount to almost $9 million. He was already made a very long way in poker since his humble beginnings playing at Indian casinos.

Cunningham is currently having a very good year in 2007. He has already finished first twice this year, including the Mirage Poker Showdown of the season six of the World Poker Tour event and the 38th Annual World Series of Poker. All in all, he has already 14 first place finishes behind his name in the record books.

The life of Cunningham shows younger aspiring players how to become a successful poker pro. His qualities as a fighter helped him emerged on top of the current rankings in the game. Looking closely at Cunningham's career, one can truly see a determined fighter who never gave up on his teenage dream of becoming one of the best poker players in the world. Indeed another inspiring story for other players to imitate.