2008 World Series of Poker
Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 3
Levon Torosyan - 380,000
Mike Rocco - 280,000
Rocco: x-x / / x
Torosyan: x-x / / x
Rocco had the lead, and he bet on every street. Torosyan called down the whole way. When the betting was complete, Rocco flipped up his hand: / / . His triple queens were good enough to take it down, and he increases his chip stack by almost 100,000.
Levon Torosyan - 300,000
Mike Rocco - 245,000
Rocco picked up the on fourth street, and he bet out. Torosyan's was good enough for him to call.
On fifth and sixth streets, Torosyan led out both times with his , , and Rocco called with his , respectively. Torosyan bet again on seventh, and Rocco called.
Levon Torosyan showed down the winner: / . His full house is plenty good enough to award him the pot.
Then, on the very next hand, Barbieri started with the against Torosyan's . Torosyan made open fives on fourth street against Barbieri's and double-bet them. Barbieri called anyway. They went all the way down to the river, checking the river through. Barbieri had a pair of queens. Torosyan looked at his hand three times, muttered an expletive under his breath, then angrily mucked his hand.
Barbieri now has about 800,000 chips and is in command of the tournament.