Double or Nearly Nothing for Cunningham
Second to act, Allen Cunningham opened the pot with a raise to 1,500, and he found three callers, the player to his immediate right (Player 1), Harry Kaczka (button), and Eugene Katchalov (big blind).
The four men went off to a flop of , and Katchalov checked. Cunningham continued out with a smallish bet of 2,500, Player 1 called, and the other two monkies in the middle ducked out of the way to leave he and Cunningham heads up to the turn.
It was the , and Cunningham fired another bullet worth 7,000 chips. That sent Player 1 deep into the tank, and he would sit still for a long, long time. Someone at the other end of the table eventually called the clock, and by the time the floorman got a few seconds into his countdown, Player 1 raised all in for 27,000 total. Cunningham had 28,000 chips before his bet, and he double-checked his hole cards before sliding the rest of his stack into the middle, putting Player 1 at risk.
Cunningham showed up , just the nuts, and Player 1 sunk in his chair. It was no surprise to see him turn over for the second nuts, but second-best meant he was already drawing dead. The filled out the board, and the stacks were counted down to prove that Player 1 was indeed eliminated.
Cunningham is up to 66,700 after that nice big double-up pot.