Celebrity

I normally raise pre-flop with K-K or A-A but occasionally I'll limp in, especially if it appears that the others at the table are playing tight. I don't want anyone to fold too soon when I've got such a big hand.

I don't get nervous.

I guess I'm the happiest when I'm picking up my kids from school. The most important things on my list are my wife and kids and my health. Happiness is having a family you love.

All-star lay downs are all about reading your opponents, trusting your instincts, and then making the right move.

All I want are titles and nothing less.

The real reason why I don't play in many big cash games is because I can't stomach the thought of losing $100,000 or more in any given session. If I play three consecutive days at the Bellagio, I might win two days but lose big on the third. Really, who needs the agony of losing that much money? Not me.

It's always pretty cool to hit a card on the river, especially when you're lucky enough to do it two days in a row. But good fortune doesn't last forever.

I wanted to become good at golf because I saw a lot of really successful people being good at it - and I planned on being successful.

I was the youngest world champion in history when I won the WSOP in 1989 at age 24.

Some people know me as the bad boy of professional poker and call me The Poker Brat. Sometimes I deserve that nickname, but not always.

Oakley's sunglasses are hot and I feel a little extra cool when I wear them.

Poker is supposed to be fun.

Look, No Limit Texas Hold 'em is a game of reads, deduction and logic, and Allen Cunningham excels in each.

Poker is really about reading people. What happens when you bluff? What does it look like when the other guy bluffs? Does he look right, does he look left? Under what circumstances does he fold or call?

I've met some of the most famous celebrities in the world but Michael Phelps was the first person I've ever met with whom I was totally star-struck.

Prestigious events like the Main Event at the WSOP are marathon races. Fatigue is sure to set in.

There is your persona and then there's the real you. I was living inside my persona too much.

Models are interested in me, mostly because of my 'bad boy of poker' image.

It wasn't a popular thing to be a professional poker player in the '80s.

When strangers walk up to me and want to play golf for money, I worry. I wonder why they're coming to me, and I begin asking questions: When did you start playing? What's your best score? Are you playing your best golf right now? Where do you play? Usually I can tell if they're lying.