Minieri Moves On
Dario Minieri three-bet preflop and the original raiser called. The flop was full of cards that satisfied the 8/b part of the game, 

, and both players checked. Check, check again after the
on the turn paired the board. The river was the
, and the first player checked again. Dario is probably allergic to checking three streets, so he stuck in a bet to preserve his health. It didn't help is tournament life though. His opponent called, and Minieri showed 


, but his aces were no good. The other player rivered a straight with 


to scoop the pot since neither had a low. Minieri was under 5,000 after than hand and out a few minutes later.