Barbieri Takes Three in a Row
Then, on the very next hand, Barbieri started with the against Torosyan's . Torosyan made open fives on fourth street against Barbieri's and double-bet them. Barbieri called anyway. They went all the way down to the river, checking the river through. Barbieri had a pair of queens. Torosyan looked at his hand three times, muttered an expletive under his breath, then angrily mucked his hand.
Barbieri now has about 800,000 chips and is in command of the tournament.