Dario Minieri
Team PokerStars player Dario Minieri was just spotted seated at a table, shuffling a stack of chips and being interviewed on camera like it was any other day. Minieri played, and survived, yesterday's field prompting this journalist, and others, to wonder why he was playing. The mystery was quickly solved however when after the interview, Minieri took off his glasses, stood up, and gave the seat back to it's rightful owner. Apparently he was needed for one more "on table" interview.
"The Magician" Antonio Esfandiari is on a roll. Just over an hour into play, he has almost tripled his starting chips. Esfandiari commands a stack just over 28,000.
Antonio Esfandiari
We caught up to this hand on the turn. There was just over 1,000 in the pot, and the board showed . James Honeybone bet 700 and his lone opponent, Antonio Esfandiari, raised it 2,200 more. Honeybone thought for a bit, then declared "all in." Esfandiari instacalled and turner over . Honeybone jumped up in disbelief and then flipped over . There was no miracle for Honeybone on the river and he wandered off in disbelief. With that pot, Esfandiari is off to a good start with just over 18,000 chips.
Casino Municipale San Remo
With just 52 minutes until the scheduled start time, it won't be long until Day 1b is underway. It will be a full nine levels of play again today with another 300+ players trying to make Day 2. Today's expected players include Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu, Noah Boeken, Lee Nelson, Vanessa Rousso, Isabelle Mercier and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Stay with us as we bring you the action live from the San Remo Casino.
. James Honeybone bet 700 and his lone opponent, Antonio Esfandiari, raised it 2,200 more. Honeybone thought for a bit, then declared "all in." Esfandiari instacalled and turner over 
. Honeybone jumped up in disbelief and then flipped over 
. There was no miracle for Honeybone on the river and he wandered off in disbelief. With that pot, Esfandiari is off to a good start with just over 18,000 chips.
