Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri Eliminated in 2nd Place ($83,210); Mike Rocco Wins Event #35

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It's not looking good for Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri. He led the betting on every street to the river after starting with the {9-Diamonds}

against Mike Rocco's {4-Clubs}

. The boards came:

Barbieri: {9-Diamonds}

Rocco:

Barbieri bet the river dark. Rocco squeezed, then quickly raised. Barbieri had no choice but to call. Rocco showed a seven-high straight.

On the very next hand, the fifth hand since Barbieri made his prediction, Barbieri was all in on third street. He made a pair of threes on sixth street, but Rocco made a pair of kings on seventh. Barbieri squeezed his river card and couldn't come up with anything else.

He is eliminated in second place and collects $83,210.