WSOP Final Table Updates – Allen Cunningham - 4th Place

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Entering the final day in second chip position, 2005 WSOP player of the year Allen Cunningham was picked as a favorite by many to take down his first Main Event championship and second bracelet of this year's series. Expectations for Cunningham fell short, though, after he was the fourth player to be knocked out by runaway chip-leader Jamie Gold.

Cunningham seemed to suffer from a combination of bad luck and bad cards all day. He began the day playing extremely tight and entered only one pot within the first 21 hands. He lost a big pot early when he flopped trip nines, but was behind Gold's trip nines with a better kicker. Cunningham loosened up as play got short-handed, but lost sizeable portions of his stack when he had Michael Binger all-in three times early on, holding an advantage two of the three times. However, he failed to win any of the confrontations and doubled Binger up all three times.

Battling on the short-stack for a while, Cunningham finally fell after play got down to four. On Cunningham's last hand, Michael Binger raised to $1,100,000 in the cutoff, Jamie Gold called on the button and Cunningham pushed all-in for $6.5 million in the big blind. Binger immediately folded and after contemplating for a few seconds, Gold made the call. Cunningham flipped over pocket tens, which were slightly ahead Gold's Kd-Jd. However, a king came on the flop giving Gold top pair and Cunningham received no help on the turn and river.

Cunningham confided in friend Daniel Negreanu that he had picked up a read on Gold telling when Gold was strong, however, it failed to help him in his final hand. Gold was exuberant after knocking out possibly his biggest threat in Cunningham, pumping his fist and yelling towards the crowd. Cunningham earned his sixth cash of the World Series and his biggest payday so far at $3,628,513.

With Cunningham out of the picture, it appears even more likely that Gold will take down his first bracelet. Gold is fast approaching the $60 million mark and has been steadily climbing without risking much of his stack at any time, while his two opponents have accumulated barely over $30 million in chips combined. Paul Wasicka and Michael Binger seem to be treading water and jockeying to see who can get heads up with Gold, while Gold keeps on taking down pots without showing or exposing big hands when he is called down.

---------------- WSOP Final Table Updates – Rhett Butler - 5th Place

Rhett Butler hung in all day as one of the shorter stacks, playing extremely conservative poker and moving up in the pay scale, but he finally met his end in 5th place after over ten hours of play.

Butler, who started the day with almost $5 million in chips and never got above $7 million, played by far the least amount of hands out of any players the entire day. His end came after Allen Cunningham raised to $900,000 from the cutoff and Jamie Gold called from the small blind. Butler then moved all-in from the big blind for a little more than $2 million and was called in both spots by Gold and Cunningham. After both players checked the flop of J-6-5, Gold bet $2 million on the turn card, the 2c. Cunningham folded, and Gold showed K-J, good for top pair. Butler flipped over pocket fours, and the river blanked out to give Gold the pot.

Afterwards, Butler discussed the last hand. He commented, "I was happy; when I got two callers. That's all you can ask for. I had to make a move, the antes and blinds were too strong."

Butler possibly set up the two callers with a bluff he made a few hands before, when he exposed a weak hand after raising preflop and got everyone to fold. "I showed that to show that maybe next time I would be bluffing, hoping I got a hand. The best hand I got was a pair of fours in the last two and a half rounds. That's a long time to play without getting any hands. I was hoping next time I'd get a little play."

Butler, who sold more than 50% of himself to friends, expressed his conflicting feelings upon busting out. He reflected, "I don't show any emotion for 15 days, and now I feel like crying." He later added, "It was a blast. It's a grind though, don't kid yourself. If you're getting cards like Jamie was, it would be great."

Gold, who now has more than half the chips in play thanks to his incredibly aggressive style, did get some respect from his fallen competitor, though. Butler said of Gold's game, "People perceive him as not a good card player, but he plays a style that is very difficult to read. He gets cards – and I've never seen any run like it – but he forces people to make plays." Butler took down $3,216,182 for his 5th-place finish, while Gold continued his dominant march towards the $12 million first prize. Pokernews.com

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