Pretty Small For a Bully

Frank Rusnak opened to 1,025 from early position, and Dario Minieri three-bet to 2,875 a few seats over. The big blind elected to cold-call with a shrug, and Rusnak joined in the fun for a three-handed flop.

It brought {4-Clubs}

and two checks to Minieri. He put out a continuing bet of 5,325, and that was enough to garner two quick folds and take it down right there.

"It's going to be a long day for that table if they're going to check-fold all day," we thought as we stepped away from the table. Little did we know Rusnak was reading our minds.

Just a few hands later, we paced back past the table. Rusnak had opened to 1,025 again, and Minieri was up to his old tricks. He saved a quarter and three-bet to just 2,850 this time, and Rusnak didn't waste much time with the call.

The flop came out {J-Spades}

, and Rusnak tapped the table. When Minieri bet 3,825 though, he stuck in a check-raise to 9,800, and that was enough to quickly fold the pesky Italian and earn the American the retaliatory pot.

Minieri's still on about 76,000 after that slap of the hand.

Tags: Dario Minieri Frank Rusnak