- Dario is killing his table in the Bounty Shootout at the PCA, having captured 4 of the available 5 bounties so far at his table.
- Dario Minieri vs Chau, fold preflop KK.
Born in Rome, Italy, Dario Minieri got his competitive flair at a young age from trading card game Magic: The Gathering. He traveled the world playing tournaments until the day when the. Dario Minieri (Italian pronunciation: ˈdaːrjo minˈjɛːri; born 1985) is an Italian professional poker player from Rome, Italy who won a bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker at the age of 23, is a member of team PokerStars, is an online poker player who was the first person to collect enough Frequent Player Points to buy an automobile with them, and is a three-time European Poker Tour final tablist.
At the forefront of the new wave of online poker professionals, Italian Dario Minieri announced his live poker credentials on the biggest stage in 2008, when he won his first World Series of Poker title.
Here, at his official website you will find everything you need to keep up to date with Dario’s career. There are regularly updated biography and news pages as well as an image gallery and a selection of video interviews.
Dario has career live tournament earnings standing at nearly $1.5 million and has proved that the internet whizzkids can most definitely cut it live. He is a member of Team PokerStars, and despite his young age, Dario fits right in with the best players in the world. He plays his poker online only at PokerStars.
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Poker pro Dario Minieri is known far and wide as a hyper-aggressive player, but he doesn’t seem himself that way. The Italian bracelet winner from 2008 went on a downswing last year, prompting him to skip nearly the entire 2012 World Series.
He also whiffed in 2011 after cashing four times in 2010.
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But Minieri is now back in the halls of the Rio Hotel and Casino, making a deep run in event no. 9 ($3,000 no-limit hold’em shootout). Minieri was in the final 60 out of 477 at around 3:30 p.m. local time Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Minieri took the time during one of his breaks for a brief chat.
Brian Pempus: Why did you take a break from the WSOP?
Dario Minieri: I wanted to live a summer in a different way .I am happy I did it. I am so hungry to win this year. I want a bracelet so bad.
BP: So you feel refreshed this year?
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DM: Definitely.
BP: You are known as a really aggressive player. Do you think you still have that image?
DM: I don’t see myself as a monster aggressive crazy player. I think it was a legend that I was ultra-aggressive. Let me tell you something: Today I have been playing with the most aggressive player in the world — Victor Ramdin. He’s very good.
BP: But on TV you were usually depicted as such?
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DM: Yeah, I think we just saw the hands where I happened to be very aggressive. I see myself as someone who can adapt to the table he’s playing at.
BP: Can you talk about your downswing?
DM: It wasn’t a good year last year, but I don’t remember much because I always try to continue on and keep going. I don’t like to think about it. I like to think about the upswing.
BP: Do you think you’ve matured as a poker player?
DM: For sure, but I don’t want to lose my immature side.