PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown

£20,000 High Roller Event
Day: 1
Event Info

PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qk
Prize
£516,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£20,000
Entries
85
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000

Minieri Maximizes Stack

It's early yet by poker player standards, and there are still a few yawns doing the rounds at the high roller tables. Not so at Table Minieri, the nearest one to the rail and, incidentally, the bar -- chips have been flying into the pot like tiny round lemmings into a stew of death, and finding their way thence into the Minieri stack.

With the board reading {3-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {J-Clubs}, Minieri bet 6,100 into an already chunky pot, and Philippe Rouas called. Peter Neff looked almost constipated with the strain of it, but eventually folded {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}. Minieri showed {5-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} and Rouas just mucked, adding height to the diminutive Italian's stack.

Tags: Dario MinieriPeter NeffPhilippe Rouas