An 'A' for Effort isn't Enough
. 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
. 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.