Cunningham Could've Milked This Cash Cow for More Gold

Game Type: No Limit Texas Hold’em
Tournament: 2006 World Series of Poker main event Final Table
Players in hand: Jamie Gold, Allen Cunningham

Starting Hands

Jamie Gold - A, Q
Allen Cunningham - 9, 8

PreFlop 

Scotty Nguyen swung by the announcers booth into a course is hand predicted Allen would win but not get full value. Jamie Gold - ever aggressive Jamie Gold makes a $700,000 raise.
Allen Cunningham - second in chips behind Jamie, Allen makes the call from the big blind.

The Flop 

J, T, 4
Allen Cunningham - check.
Jamie Gold -  check.

The Turn 

T
Alan Cunningham - Allen fires $1 million at the pot.
Jamie Gold -  Jamie makes the call -- this is where Scotty predicts that Allen is going to check the River.

The River 

Q
Allen Cunningham - check.
Jamie Gold -  check.
Allen takes it down with the straight cheaply.

In this clip, Cunningham goes all-in against Gold. You've got to wonder why Gold does what he does...like betting post-flop with the rags he's holding. Why, Jamie, why?

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