If you watched the 2006 World Series of Poker on ESPN or possibly through YouTube videos, no doubt you'd see an unassuming, slender gentleman by the name of Allen Cunningham slowly working his way thru the massive Main Event field. He managed to outlast all but three players in that 8,000+ person tourney and this accomplishment was a continuation of winning the 2005 WSOP All-Around Player of the Year award.

With yet another star studded final table for Event #13 the $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold Em event, he decided to show people the last two years were just a warm up.

Lineup for this event via PokerNews:

Seat 1 - Defending champion of the event, Jason Lester - 295K
Seat 2 - 2005 World Series Player of the Year
Allen Cunningham - 346K
Seat 3 - California poker player Travis Rice - 544K
Seat 4 - WSOP newcomer Alan Jaffray - 254K
Seat 5 - At his first WSOP final table, Joe Patrick - 631K
Seat 6 - EPT Grand Final Champion Gavin Griffin - 524K
Seat 7 - Costa Rican professional Humberto Brenes - 225K
Seat 8 - 2003 WSOP bracelet winner Keith Lehr - 182K
Seat 9 - European poker pro (and chip leader) Jeff Lisandro - 982K

Not to be detoured by singing Spaniard or newly minted bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro, Cunningham outlasted all 397 players to take down his fifth WSOP bracelet and $487,287 for the victory.

Here's the recap of the final few hands from PokerNews' Earl Burton:

With the blinds at 20K/40K, Cunningham and Lisandro started an epic battle that lasted eighty hands. For much of that fight, neither player could get a firm grasp of the chip lead as it switched back and forth with neither player ever enjoying more than a 400K chip lead. On Hand 180, though, Cunningham took down a pot of over one million in chips to seize a 3-1 lead over Lisandro. The tournament would come to an end on the very next hand.

With the blinds at 40K/80K, Lisandro raised from the button to 165K and Cunningham responded with a reraise to 495K. Lisandro pushed the remainder of his stack into the center and Cunningham called, showing K-9 to Lisandro's pocket Queens. The flop kept Lisandro in the lead, but a King on the turn gave the lead to Cunningham. Once the river ran dry for Lisandro, Allen Cunningham was crowned the champion of the $5000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em event.

PLAYERS -- EARNINGS

1. Allen Cunningham - $487,287
2. Jeff Lisandro - $294,260
3. Humberto Brenes - $197,348
4. Jason Lester - $132,813
5. Joe Patrick - $99,142
6. Travis Rice - $78,565
7. Gavin Griffin - $58,924
8. Keith Lehr - $43,959
9. Alan Jaffray - $31,800

With the victory, Cunningham earned his fifth World Series bracelet and also became the fifth man in World Series history to capture a bracelet in at least three consecutive years. Only Johnny Moss (74-76), Doyle Brunson (76-79), Gary "Bones" Berland (77-79) and Erik Seidel (92-94) can claim such success at the World Series, but it was a tough battle for Cunningham all the way. As his friends congratulated him, Allen Cunningham could only humbly soak in the awe of his fifth championship in the World Series of Poker.