Minieri Getting Bigger; Achieves Idol Status
With the flop reading
, Alain Roy checked to Minieri, who bet 2,700. Roy now raised it up to 7,000, and was met by an expressionless call from Minieri.The turn was the
and this time Roy bet out an enormous 9,525. Wordlessly, Minieri called that too.Both players checked the
river and they proceeded to showdown. Roy attempted to turn over just the 
, but in response to a stony, "Both cards," from Minieri revealed also the lacklustre 
. Minieri flipped over 
to take the pot, and his stack increases to almost 90,000.Minieri's table neighbor turns to him. "Can I have your autograph? You are my idol."