2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 4
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

Sugar Bear Needs Some Sugar Crisp?

Al Barbieri
Al Barbieri
Something has Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri all wound up -- again -- at Table 33. He's leveled some talk of possible collusion, getting everyone at the table in a talkative mood. Greg Mueller came to the table and compared Barbieri to a wind-up toy as Barbieri bemoaned the lack of "rules" being enforced in the casino and suggested the tournament may as well be played in an alley.

"If we're playing this tournament in an alley, I've got my money on Teddy," said Haralabos Voulgaris, pointing at Teddy "Iceman" Monroe.

"Not in the alley I come from," retorted Barbieri.

"I've led a rough life," mused Monroe. "That's why I need a pain pill every now and then."

The next hand, Mike Sowers asked Barbieri, sitting in the big blind, how many chips he was playing. Barbieri's chips were all in a single, tall stack.

"About the size of my other thing," said Barbieri as he cut down his stack. "There's growers and there's showers."

Barbieri wound up taking a flop of {6-Hearts} {5-Spades} {A-Diamonds} with Peter Feldman. Barbieri checked and then called a bet of 15,000. On the turn {9-Diamonds}, Barbieri moved in for 24,500. Feldman threw his hands up in disgust and folded.

"You don't call that?" Monroe asked Feldman. "Collusion!" he said, trying to get a rise out of Barbieri.

Barbieri dragged the pot but left the bait. "Must have had king-queen or something," he said.

Tags: Al BarbieriMike SowersPeter Feldman