Al Barbieri raised from the button, Dustin Leary reraised, and Konstantin Puchkov made it four bets to go from the big blind. Both Barbieri and Leary came along with the calls.
The flop rolled out , and Leary checked. Puchkov made a follow-up bet, and both of his opponents called again.
That brought them to the turn, and Puchkov bet again. Barbieri was the only caller this time as Leary decided a fold was in order.
The river came the , and Puchkov put out the final bet. Barbieri took his pause now, leaning back in his chair to stare at his opponent for a little while. He cut down his chips to see how much he had left, shot another glance, and eventually plunked in the calling chips.
Puchkov tabled , and Barbieri tapped the felt in acknowledgement. He mucked, and that nice pot goes to "the horse driver from Russia."
Al Barbieri's playing lots of pots but he is struggling to put together a string of winners. His streak is at one after a limped pot against Dustin Leary. Barbieri bet every street on a board of . Leary called every time, but mucked at showdown when Barieri showed a five and a ten for fives full of tens.
Slowly but surely Al Barbieri is building up a chip stack against his last two opponnts. Konstantin Puchkov completed third street and was raised by Barbieri. Puchkov called and caught a baby to Barbieri's brick. Puchkov bet fourth street and fifth street but couldn't shake the tenacious Barbieri.
Both players checked sixth street. Down the river, Puchkov tanked for a while, then stole a sidelong glance at Barbieri before betting. Barbieri auto-called, turning up a 7, 6 and ace in the hole for a 7-6 low. It was the winner.
The first hand of stud was Dustin Leary's last hand of the tournament. He completed third street after Al Barbieri brought it in. Barbieri called to fourth street, where both players checked.
On fifth street, Leary made open jacks. He bet them and was called again by Barbieri. Leary bet the lead on sixth street, only to see Barbieri raise enough to put Leary all in. He called. Barbieri opened in the hole for a pair of kings and a flush draw. Leary had only a pair of jacks. Barbieri missed his draws on the river, but his kings stood strong when Leary also bricked out.
Leary leaves with a six-figure score. Barbieri is heads-up with Konstantin Puchkov for a bracelet.
We're back to hold'em and on the very first hand Al Barbieri brought out the aggression. He three-bet the big blind after Konstantin Puchkov raised the button. Konstantin called tot a flop of , where he called a bet from Barbieri. Barbieri fired again on the turn and was called again. Both players checked the river. Barbieri turned up for trip fours. That was enough to take down the pot.
Barbieri took down the second, third and fourth hold'em hands as well. He seems to be betting or raising whenever the action comes to him. Whether he's getting good cards or trying to run over Puchkov is anyone's guess.
Al Barbieri has been winning the majority of the pots in the last few passes of the button. We picked up the action as he raised to open another pot, and Konstantin Puchkov called from the big blind.
The flop came out , and Puchkov let Barbieri bet before he check-raised. Barbieri came right back with another raise over the top, and Puchkov yielded to the heat. He's down under 700,000 now.
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, and Leary checked. Puchkov made a follow-up bet, and both of his opponents called again.
turn, and Puchkov bet again. Barbieri was the only caller this time as Leary decided a fold was in order.
, and Puchkov put out the final bet. Barbieri took his pause now, leaning back in his chair to stare at his opponent for a little while. He cut down his chips to see how much he had left, shot another glance, and eventually plunked in the calling chips.
, and Barbieri tapped the felt in acknowledgement. He mucked, and that nice pot goes to "the horse driver from Russia."
. Leary called every time, but mucked at showdown when Barieri showed a five and a ten for fives full of tens.
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in the hole for a pair of kings and a flush draw. Leary had only a pair of jacks. Barbieri missed his draws on the river, but his kings stood strong when Leary also bricked out.
, where he called a bet from Barbieri. Barbieri fired again on the 
river. Barbieri turned up 
for trip fours. That was enough to take down the pot.