Minieri Survives All In
Half may not have been quite the result that Dario Minieri was looking for but it was better than the alternative. Minieri, the small blind, called a raise from the button player. The big blind also called to a flop of 
. Dario confidently led out and was called by both players. Minieri fired again on the 
turn; only one player called.
The river 
put a low on boar and also led to the last of Mineri's chips being tossed into the pot. His opponent called with 
, the nut low and trip eights; Minieri showed 
for the second nut-low and a full house. They chopped up the pot and Minieri went back to looking for a good spot to get his small stack into the middle.