CUNNINGHAM earns 5th Bracelet

In what was one of the more

professional laden final tables

in recent memory, Allen Cunningham

was able to overcome an excellent

final table and take away the title

of champion in Event #13, the $5000

Pot Limit Hold 'Em tournament,

making history at the same time.

398 runners started the event on

Friday, building a prize pool of

1.87 million dollars and $487,287

would go to the winner of the event

on Sunday afternoon.

The Final Hand:

With the blinds at 40K/80K,

Lisandro raised from the button to

165K and Cunningham responded

with a reraise to 495K.

Lisandro pushed the remainder of his

stack into the center and Cunningham

called, showing K-9 to Lisandro's pocket

Queens. The flop kept Lisandro in the lead,

but a King on the turn gave the lead to

Cunningham. Once the river ran dry

for Lisandro, Allen Cunningham was

crowned the champion of the $5000

Pot Limit Hold 'Em event.

Final Standings:

1. Allen Cunningham - $487,287

2. Jeff Lisandro - $294,260

3. Humberto Brenes - $197,348

4. Jason Lester - $132,813

5. Joe Patrick - $99,142

6. Travis Rice - $78,565

7. Gavin Griffin - $58,924

8. Keith Lehr - $43,959

9. Alan Jaffray - $31,800

With the victory, Cunningham earned

his fifth World Series bracelet and also

became the fifth man in World Series

history to capture a bracelet in at least

three consecutive years.

Only Johnny Moss (74-76),

Doyle Brunson (76-79),

Gary "Bones" Berland (77-79) and

Erik Seidel (92-94)

can claim such success at the WSOP.