Dario Minieri Wins Event No. 31 ($528,418)
Jun 18, '08
Super Dario Doubles Up
Dario Minieri moved all in for 1.5 million preflop and Seth Fischer made the call. Their cards:
Minieri: 4
3
Fischer: KK
Board: J8244
The crowd goes wild (the Italian contingent in particular) and Minieri is ecstatic. He doubled up on the hand to survive.
Dario Minieri Wins Event No. 31 ($528,418)
A few hands later Fischer moved all in preflop and Minieri made the call to cover him. Their cards:
Minieri: QQ
Fischer: K10
Board: AA523
Minieri won the hand and Fischer was eliminated in second place ($330,519). Minieri won the tournament and his first gold bracelet. The young Italian professional was also awarded $528,418 as the champion of Event No. 31.
Player Tags: Dario Minieri, European Report, Seth Fischer
NLHE 6 Hand - Final Table - Justin Filtz Eliminated in 3rd Place
Jun 18, '08
Blinds/Antes: 25000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,012
Chip Counts:
Seth Fischer: 2,896,000
Dario Minieri: 2,175,000
Eliminations:
Justin Filtz: 3rd Place ($214,519)
Big Hands/Storylines:
Dario Minieri Doubles Up
Dario Minieri raised to 150,000 and Seth Fischer reraised to 575,000. Minieri then moved all in and Fischer made the call. Their cards:
Minieri: QQ
Fischer: AJ
Board: 7449Q
Minieri doubled up on the hand to survive and he won the largest hand of the tournament up to that point.
Justin Filtz Doubles Up
An unraised pot, and a flop of 1072 sat on the table when Justin Filtz opened the action for 85,000. Minieri check-raised to 240,000 and Fischer got out of the way. Filtz reraised all in and Minieri made the call. Their cards:
Minieri: Q-10
Filtz: J-10
Turn and River: 5J
Filtz doubled up on the hand thanks to a miracle card on the river, which induced him to show as much emotion in one outburst as he had in the rest of the tournament combined.
Justin Filzt Eliminated in Third Place ($214,519)
Mineiri raised to 150,000 preflop and Fischer reraised to 525,000. Filtz reraised all in for 1.3 million and Minieri folded. Fischer made the call and he had Filtz covered by a slim margin, just 10,000. Their cards:
Minieri: AK
Filtz: AA
Board: KJ9KJ
Filtz was eliminated on the hand in third place, and he took home $214,519 in prize money. Fischer for all intensive purposes doubled up going into the heads-up match.
Player Tags: Dario Minieri, Justin Flitz, European Report, Seth Fischer
NLHE 6 Hand - Final Table - Stranded at Three
Jun 18, '08
Blinds/Antes: 20000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,012
Chip Counts:
Seth Fischer: 2,510,000
Dario Minieri: 1,695,000
Justin Filtz: 1,200,000
Average Stack: 1,686,666
Eliminations:
none
Big Hands/Storylines:
Filtz Doubles Up Again
Justin Filtz got all of his chips into the middle once again, this time on a flop of A102, and once again Dario Minieri had him covered. Their cards:
Minieri: QJ
Filzt: 53
Turn and River: 44
Filzt doubled up and survived once again.
Seth Fischer Takes the Chip Lead
The double up of Filzt through Minieri helped propel Seth Fischer to first in chips. Fischer furher increased that lead thanks to a large preflop confrontation the transpired between him and Filzt. Fischer raised to 120,000 preflop and Filzt reraised to 360,000. Fischer snapped off the reraise by moving all in, and he padded his lead when Filtz mucked.
Player Tags: Dario Minieri, Justin Filtz, European Report, Seth Fischer
NLHE 6 Hand - Final Table - Hanging Around
Jun 18, '08
Blinds/Antes: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,012
Chip Counts:
Dario Minieri: 2,990,000
Seth Fischer: 1,410,000
Justin Filtz: 850,000
Average Stack: 1,686,666
Eliminations:
none
Big Hands/Storylines:
Hanging Around
Dario Minieri has been unable to knock out both of his opponents despite having them both all in for their tournament lives. In one case he ran into two pair, and in another he lost a coin flip. He still holds the chip lead, but the dominant performance has been slowed down a little bit.
Justin Filtz Doubles Up
The flop read Q102 when Justin Filtz moved all in for 626,000. Minieri made the call and they flipped up their cards:
Minieri: AK
Filtz: K10
Turn and River: 9K
Filtz doubled up to survive the hand.
Seth Fischer Doubles Up
Minieri raised to 90,000 preflop and Seth Fischer moved all in for 701,000. Minieri called him down. Their cards:
Minieri: AK
Fischer: JJ
Board: 1010427
Fischer doubled up and survived.
Player Tags: Dario Minieri, Justin Filtz, European Report, Seth Fischer
Six-Handed Tournament - End of Day
Jun 17, '08
Note: Play has ended for the night. The remaining six players will return at 2:00pm tomorrow to play the final table.
Blinds/Antes: 8000/16000/2000
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,012
Average Stack: 722,857
Final Table:
Dario Minieri - 1,721,000
Kevin Song - 1,173,000
Justin Filtz - 891,000
John O'Shea - 589,000
Seth Fischer - 508,000
Stuart Marshak - 183,000
Recent Eliminations:
Scotty Nguyen ($50,509)
Big Hands:
Scotty Nguyen Crippled by Kevin Song
On a board of A44, Scotty Nguyen made a bet of 100,000 into opponent Kevin Song. “How much you got left, Scotty?” Song inquired. After counting down his stack, Nguyen said, “I got 200 left and aces full.” The spectators burst into laughter, but Song raised an additional 175,000. Nguyen labored before folding and begged Song to show his cards. Song complied and turned over KK. Nguyen said he had folded ace-nine.
Scotty Nguyen Eliminated by Seth Fischer
Only a few hands after losing most of his stack to Kevin Song, Scotty Nguyen found himself raised all in from the big blind by Seth Fischer in the small blind. After taking a peek at his hole cards, Nguyen instantly called and turned over 1010. Fischer was way behind with 97, but the Q65 flop gave Fischer a flush draw and an inside straight draw. The J on the turn missed both, but the J on the river sent Scotty Nguyen home in seventh place $50,509 richer.
Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Kevin Song, Dario Minieri, Justin Filtz, European Report, Stuart Marshak, Seth Fischer, John O'Shea
