board. Barbieri turned up
but Arvanetes had paired up on the flop with his 
and doubled up to 40,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
643
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 643
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board. Barbieri turned up
but Arvanetes had paired up on the flop with his and doubled up to 40,000.
The flop was
. Arvanetes bet and Barbieri called. The turn was the 
and Arvanetes check-raised Barbieri's turn bet. Barbieri considered a moment, then made the call. The river was the 
. Arvanetes bet again and after a bit of a think, Barbieri called. Arvanetes showed
only to have Barbieri turn over 
, his kicker playing to take down the pot. "Nice slowroll," said Arvanetes as he shuffled his four remaining 5,000-denomination chips.
"Slowroll?" replied Barbieri in disbelief.
"You were actually thinking of folding that hand?" queried Arvanetes, who was left with only 20,000 in chips after the hand.
. Barbieri checked, Tam bet, and Barbieri called. It also went check-bet-call on the turn -- the -- and the river -- the 
.Tam quickly turned over
for the flopped straight, and Barbieri mucked. Tam is up to about 550,000 now -- second place at the moment -- while Barbieri still holds the lead with just over a million.
"Can we change games?" Arvanetes later cracked. "Let's change to PLO right now!"
Kulicki
Tam
The board ran out
, Tam's aces holding up to send Kulicki home in sixth place.
Al Barbieri -- 1.17 million
Glenn Engelbert -- 465,000
Tomas Alenius -- 410,000
Jason Tam -- 360,000
Demetrios Arvanetes -- 280,000
Dominik Kulicki -- 220,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
"Play tight, OK Jimmy?" said Antonius to laughter around the table as he scooted out the door.
