2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 L.A. Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$1,686,260
Event Info
Buy-in
$9,600
Entries
696
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0

An 'A' for Effort isn't Enough

Al 'Sugar Bear' Barbieri
Al 'Sugar Bear' Barbieri
Action checked to Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri on a flop of {Q-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {9-Hearts}. The Sugar Bear fired out a bet of 13,000 that the player in the big blind check-raised to 33,000. The player in between the big blind and Barbieri folded; Barbieri considered for thirty seconds before making the call.

The turn fell {9-Spades}. The big blind checked to Barbieri. He took the opportunity to make it 35,000 to go, a bet that elicited a snap-muck from the big blind.

"Can't fault the kid for trying," one player at the table said.

"Yeah, well, he got the wrong guy," Barbieri responded. "If you knew what I was playing for, you would cry. How long ago was slavery outlawed? The 1800s?"

Barbieri has 166,000 chips.

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