Opening Moves
, and a bet of 500 from the small blind pushed Minieri out.On the next hand, Minieri again raised to 300 and only the cutoff called. The flop came
, Minieri continued with a bet of 450, and his opponent folded. A few hands later -- including a couple in which Minieri took small pots -- he was raising to 300 again, this time from the cutoff, and claimed the blinds. Minieri has chipped up to 33,500.