The World Series of Poker (WSOP) season is really picking up the pace with the news that Alan Cunningham has won one of the tournament’s prized bracelets.

Cunningham whittled down from 752 other competitors made only one rebuy in the whole tournament, pokernews.com reports.

Howard Lederer, a fellow poker pro, said: “By winning his second, large-field No-Limit Hold ‘em event at the WSOP in as many years, Alan has proven that his name should be mentioned any time there is a discussion about who are the best players in the world.”

Cunningham beat Chino Rheem at the final table to win $625,830 with an ace-queen combo.

Other players who contested the $2.3 million prize pool included Andy Bloch, Steve Wong, Tom Franklin, Tim Phan and Alex Jacob.

InterPoker has a number of high-class players competing in this year’s WSOP, including recent recruit Scott Fischman.

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