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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
381
Level
23
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
up, and Levon Torosyan came along with him, showing the 
.Both men picked up tens on fourth street. Torosyan bet his
, and Barbieri called on his 
.On fifth street, Torosyan led out after picking up a
. Barbieri called with the 
.On sixth, we saw a little more action. Torosyan bet out after drawing a
. Barbieri received a 
, and he raised. Torosyan three bet it, and Barbieri made the call.As the dealer was dealing the last card out, Torosyan put in a dark bet. When Barbieri checked his, he raised. Torosyan looked rather sheepish, but he reluctantly made the call. The hands were tabled:
Barbieri:
/ 
Torosyan:
/ 
Both players make two pair, queens up. However, Torosyan's queens and tens are the better of the two, and he takes down the biggest pot so far at the final table. With that win, he has just edged Al Barbieri for the lead, 460,000 to 450,000.
Al Barbieri - 450,000
Mike Rocco - 230,000
Torosyan victimized Mike Rocco in his other victorious pot, and shows the most momentum right now out of the three remaining players.
Barbieri: x-x /
/ xRocco: x-x /
/ xBarbieri check-called on fourth street. Rocco led with a bet on fifth street, and Barbieri put in the call. On sixth, it was Barbieri leading with his pair of eights, and Rocco called a bet. Barbieri checked on seventh street, Rocco bet, and Barbieri called. The hands were shown down:
Barbieri:
Rocco:
Michael Rocco made his straight, good enough to top Al Barbieri's two pair and earn him a nice little pot.
"We're just three-handed," said Rocco. "Where do we have to be? Where are we going?"
"I'd prefer to stay on the scheduled structure," said Barbieri.
"I gotta take a piss," continued Rocco.
"You can go use the bathroom," Barbieri responded.
The two went back and forth for a few more minutes, with Levon Torosyan sitting on the sideline, willing to agree to whatever they could work out. In the end, it was agreed by all three players to take a five-minute break at the end of the level. Barbieri asked the floor to set the timer to exactly five minutes and to put cards back in the air when the clock expires.
into Mike Rocco, who brought it in with the 
. Rocco called and made an open pair of 3s on fourth street. Barbieri, who caught the , called Rocco's bet. By sixth street, Rocco had made open trip 3s, causing Barbieri to quickly muck his hand.Rocco didn't hold onto those chips for long. Just two hands later he went all the way to the river with Levon Torosyan, only to fold to Torosyan's river bet. Torosyan had an open pair of aces on his board against Rocco's open pair of threes.
. Torosyan completed with the in the door, and Barbieri re-popped it with his 
. Rocco let the two men go heads up.Barbieri: x-x /
/ xTorosyan: x-x /
/ xOn fourth street, Torosyan had the lead, and he check-raised his opponent, getting two bets in. Both players checked fifth street. On sixth, Torosyan check-called a bet. On seventh, Barbieri checked and then called a bet himself.
"Sugar Bear" Barbieri was the first to turn over his hand, and it was the winner:
/ / 
. His set of kings was good enough to take the pot, and bump him over the 700,000-chip mark. He has more than a three-to-one chip lead over both of his opponents, owning about two thirds of the total chips.
and called when Mike Rocco raised the . Rocco bet his 
on fourth, and Barbieri called with the . When fifth street came to Barbieri, he led out with a bet against Rocco's 
. Rocco tanked for about a minute, even grabbing Barbieri's and shuffling it on the felt. He finally folded, and Barbieri flashed the .
The fourth hand went all the way to fifth street, where Torosyan made an open pair of sevens against Mike Rocco's
. Rocco mucked his cards as soon as Torosyan reached for his chips.