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Just in time for Christmas shopping, Allen Cunningham pushed his annual poker winnings up passed the one and a half million-dollar mark. With a fourth place finish Cunningham collected $483,000 at last week’s Foxwoods World Poker Finals. This makes 12 in the money finishes, which means that Cunningham has finished a tournament in a high enough spot to earn a prize.



Cunningham’s other victories this year so far include Ultimate Poker Challenge’s $3,000 Buy-In No-Limit Hold ‘em tournament, and the World Series of Poker’s $1,500 Buy-In No-Limit Hold ‘em event. The latter is where he earned more than $725,000 and his third WSOP bracelet, which also made him the first player to earn a million dollars before the start of the main event at the WSOP.



“Allen’s unassuming style has always created a big gap between his skill and other peoples’ recognition of that skill,” said fellow poker pro Howard Lederer. “2005 will be the year that gap disappears.”