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The game of poker is a mental game it puts your brain through a tough exercises. There is nothing like poker to jog your brain into activity. The strategies that one needs to implement in order to succeed in the game give your brain a real work out. It is true that game has to do with a bit of good fortune and luck but at the end of the day the most imaginative mind takes the crown of being the best in the game. People have always been curious to know who the best poker player in the world is. The truth of the matter is that is not that easy to come up with one name that deserves such an accolade. When you ask fans of poker who the best player is, they think of the players that get the most exposure.

Some of us have played the game a few times and have managed to win on a couple of occasions. They are those of us that seem to win with all cards that they are dealt. The experience that these people have managed to garner and continue to do so has lead some people to call them the best in the world. Some people call it talent some call it playing everyday but what ever it is these players deserve to be called the best poker players in the world.

The first player to get such an honor is Phil Hellmuth. A role model to the young up coming poker players as he is the youngest player to show that you do not need to be old to be a seasoned player. He won his first World Series Poker Tournament at the age of 24 if he was an Olympian then he would be the best of all time has he holds nine gold bracelets (bracelet equivalent to gold medal). This is not to mention the loads of prize money that he has won along the way. He is also an author having written several books on how the game is played. He also writes for a magazine where he is one of the featured writers. There are other players like Doyle Brunson. Chip Reese and Johnny Chan. What makes these players the best in the business is their ability to make a lot of money at the money games and be able to dominant in tournaments that offer less money. The beauty of such players is that they do well in mixed games. More often that not you will find that players will do well in one aspect of the game but fail in another. There is however one question that is more difficult to answer and that is the best player in the world.

Allen Cunningham was born in 1977 on the 28^th of March in Riverside, Calif to Dean and Joanne Cunningham. He started playing card games at an early age with family members like most poker champions. Allen attended UCLA where he pursued a degree in civil engineering. Aside from school he would occasionally play poker at local casinos as a hobby and get some extra money as well. He became prominent on the poker scene in 1998. It was in his second year in college that he started winning poker games consistently and at a tender age of 19 he dropped out of school.

He only began to play the real tournaments at the age of 21 which is the legal age to participate in these casinos. As one would expect he didn’t just start winning tournaments he actually went through a number of losses but that didn’t discourage him. He also made friends with fellow players that today are renowned poker players. Their group was more or less like a forum wee they shared ideas and tips and played amongst themselves perfecting their skills. The second year of his career was the beginning of his successful wins in the tournaments.

In 1999 he had top ten finishes in a total of six tournaments at Bicycle casino located in Los Angeles. Four months later he came second in a No Limit Holdem game and gained recognition after a remarkable performance at the U.S poker championships.

In 2000 he was in the top twenty in five different tournaments were he also earned a large sum of money.

2001 was the year the young player won his first World Series bracelet, at which he defeated more than a hundred players and walked away with about $200,000!

Each year was an achievement year; in 2002 he won his second bracelet in the Deuce-to-Seven No-limit group.

 2003 was a successful year with a series of wins. It was in 2005 that he won his third bracelet in the No limit Holdem tournament. He managed to earn more than a million dollars and was the first to do so before attempting the main event. In this year he earned the title 2005 ESPN/Toyota Player of the year.

2006 as the year he earned his fourth bracelet in the $1,000 No limit Holdem event. This tournament had more than seven hundred entrants. His largest payout was when he came fourth in the 2006 World Series of Poker in the main event. 2007, the year he earned a fifth bracelet. Five bracelets in consecutive years, was very impressive.

Allen Cunningham won the Mega match on Poker After-Dark and the National Poker league Vegas Open Championship Main Event.

Early 2008 he won the World Series of Poker Circuit event in Los Vegas. He featured n the 2008 World Series of Poker and he managed to total $10, 22,000 worth of winnings.

Currently the Poker Champion stays in Las Vegas with his girlfriend,Mellisa Hayden and dog, Muffin.