2012 World Series of Poker

Event 13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$211,921
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$985,500
Entries
730
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Donald Auger Eliminated in 4th Place($61,820), Al Barbieri Eliminated in 3rd Place($84,388)

Al Barbieri
Al Barbieri

After a few hours where Al Barbieri was the only thing keeping the rail awake, we have just had a ridiculous hand that sent the whole rail and the players into a frenzy. David Arsht raised it up, and Donald Auger raised all in. Al Barbieri said "well I ain't missing out on this I'm in" and made the call, with just 20,000 behind. Stephen Hung folded, and Arsht put in one more raise to get Barbieri all in. He made the call, and the three players showed their hands.

Auger: {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Barbieri: {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Arsht: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

Barbieri had more chips then Auger, and confirmed with the floor that he would get 3rd place if both players lost the hand. Once he got that confirmation, he celebrated, and started shadow boxing, saying "I love my hand I'm ready to triple up baby!" Well the board couldn't have been written any better if someone was trying.

The flop came down {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, giving Auger a set to take the lead. What could have been the perfect turn card? The {5-Clubs} sounds pretty good huh? That gave Barbieri a flush draw, Arsht a straight draw, but Auger was still ahead. The {8-Diamonds} slammed down on the river, and the whole rail erupted. Auger stood in disbelief, while Barbieri started celebrating, even though he knew he lost the hand. He said "That's a $23,000 eight of diamonds right there!"

When the dust settled, Auger took 4th place, Barbieri took 3rd, and Arsht scored the double knocked to get to heads up play.

Player Chips Progress
David Arsht us
David Arsht
2,700,000
400,000
400,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Donald Auger us
Donald Auger
Busted
Al Barbieri us
Al Barbieri
Busted

Tags: Al BarbieriDavid ArshtDonald Auger