Dario Minieri

Minieri plays on PokerStars under his own name "D.Minieri". He became the first person to buy a car, a 2007 Porsche Cayman S, with 3 million frequent player points.{{Cite web |last=Willis |first=Brad "Otis" |date=22 September 2006 |title=Dario Minieri gets a new ride |url=http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2006/09/dario-minieri-gets-new-ride.html |access-date=31 March 2008 |website=PokerStars.com}}{{Cite web |date=1 July 2007 |title=Porsche Boy Busto |url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2007-wsop/event-50-pot-limit-omaha/post.23212.htm?rsort=1 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}

On 27 January 2008, Minieri won PokerStars $5,200 (winner-takes-all) Freezeout, a 20 player tournament in which the winner takes the $100,000 prize barring any deals. When the game was left with two players, known as heads-up play, Minieri and his opponent Isaac Baron requested that the game pause to look over a deal; the deal was offered based on their chip equity with $25,000 by rule set aside for the winner. Baron, who was down to a 3-1 chip deficit demanded a larger portion of the chop with the majority going to Minieri. Minieri refused the deal and went on to win the entire $100,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.pokerverdict.com/Sites/Poker-Tournament-Results/8734/big_tournament_results_29108.html |title=Big Tournament Results |access-date=31 March 2008 |work=Poker Verdict |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080208173457/http://www.pokerverdict.com/Sites/Poker-Tournament-Results/8734/big_tournament_results_29108.html |archive-date = 8 February 2008}}

Minieri has cashed eight times at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). At the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, Minieri, who once was the chip leader coming off of day 3, finished in 96th place out of a field of 6,358 entries.{{Cite web |title=38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, World Championship No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=26201 |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

The next year, Minieri won his first bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed event, beating out a field of 1,012 players, earning $528,418 his highest cash to date. In the final hand, with blinds 30,000/60,000 with a 5000 Ante, Minieri made a raise preflop to 125,000. His opponent Seth Fischer re-raised all-in and was called by Minieri's {{cards|Qs|Qd}} to Fischer's {{cards|Kd|10d}} on a board of {{cards|Ah|Ad|5c|2c|3d}}.{{Cite web |date=18 June 2008 |title=Event 31 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed {{!}} 2008 World Series of Poker |url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-31-2500-no-limit-holdem-six-handed/ |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}

At the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Baden, Austria (The Big Double 2006), Minieri finished 3rd in the €5,000 No Limit Hold'em event, earning €125,780 ($159,763).{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Baden, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=22919 |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

At the EPT of Sanremo, Italy on 5 April 2008, Minieri held the chip lead at the beginning of the final table and finished in 3rd place for €287,600 ($454,366).{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Sanremo, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=31265 |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In his final hand, Minieri was dealt {{cards|Qs|Qd}}. Minieri raised to 100,000 and Jason Mercier of the United States re-raised to 340,000 with {{cards|Ad|4d}}, and Minieri called. After the flop came down {{Cards|7h|2d|8d}}, Mercier checked, and Minieri bet 400,000. Mercier then check-raised all-in with his nut flush draw. Minieri quickly called while ahead in the hand, putting his tournament life at risk with the two queens. The turn was the {{cards|4h}}, giving Mercier even more outs and the {{cards|3d}} on the river made Mercier the winning flush to eliminate Minieri. Mercier went on to win the event.{{Cite web |date=5 April 2008 |title=EPT San Remo Day 4 {{!}} 2008 PokerStars.net EPT San Remo |url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/ept/2008-pokerstars-ept-san-remo/main-event/day4/ |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}

In 2008, Minieri made a second EPT final table at the event in Warsaw and again finished in 3rd place, earning €123,162 ($153,619).{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Warsaw, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=33484 |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

As of 2024, his live tournament winnings exceed $1,900,000.{{Cite web |title=Dario Minieri's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=53606 |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His cashes as the WSOP account for $755,097 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Dario Minieri |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=20723 |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=WSOP.com}} He currently ranks 13th among Italian poker players in all time live tournament earnings.{{Cite web |title=Italy All Time Money List: Hendon Mob Poker Database |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/212/ |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101023104004/http://www.pokerverdict.com/poker-players/italy/dario-minieri/ Player Focus pokerverdict.com - Dario Minieri]
• [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/37522-dario-minieri Card Player profile]
• [https://www.globalpokerindex.com/poker-players/dario-minieri-53606/ Global Poker Index profile]
• [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=53606 Hendon Mob profile]
• [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/dario-minieri/ WPT profile]
• [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=20723 WSOP profile]

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