Minieri Poker
One of finest young players in the world, Dario Minieri hails from Rome, the capital city of Italy, and owes the trading card game Magic: The Gathering for his start in poker. A champion Magic player, Minieri travelled the world playing tournaments and the move to the poker circuit, where the rewards are considerably higher, was a natural one.
The accolades come thick and fast when charting the poker career of Dario Minieri. The young man from the Eternal City has achieved a great deal in his short career, and if his results to date are anything to go by, he looks certain to add to his successes at an astonishing rate.
Minieri learnt his trade online at PokerStars, playing heads-up Sit and Go’s. Dario himself points to a $12,000 win in a $10 rebuy as his breakthrough – a victory that saw him make the decision to play poker for a living. From that point he has achieved incredible success online, including one red-hot day in December 2007 when he chalked up $155,000, after winning three tournaments and going deep in the Sunday Million all on PokerStars. Minieri is also a hero to thousands of PokerStars players, after being the first player to win enough Frequent Player Points to buy a Porsche from the PokerStars VIP Store.
Dario has brilliantly transferred his online prowess to the live scene. Many a poker player will tell you that you haven’t really made it until you’ve won a coveted World Series of Poker* gold bracelet. Dario crossed this off the list in 2008 when he won Event 31, the $2,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em, pocketing $528,418 for his trouble. Dario has a total of four WSOP* cashes, coming 543rd in the Main Event in 2006, and two further money finishes in 2007, in a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event, and a 96th place in the Main Event for $67,535.
A regular on the PokerStars European Poker Tour, Dario has three cashes to his name, 22nd at the Grand Final in Monte Carlo in Season 2; and a string of three third place finishes - Baden in Season 3, San Remo in Season 4, and Warsaw in Season 5, for total EPT winnings of $790,465. Away from poker Dario enjoys soccer, watching movies and driving that well-earned Porsche, he is a member of Team PokerStars Pro and plays online using the screen name ‘Dariominieri'.
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Micro-stakes players: Believe in yourself. I wanted to share a story about when I first started to play poker. I had been playing online for a short while. Dario Minieri Poker Profile Dario Minieri. Or, as many people call him, 'the guy with the scarf'. Dario Minieri was born in 1985 in Rome, Italy. Minieri has been a professional poker player for all of his adult life, having first tasted success back in 2005.
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- In 2006, Minieri made waves at the 2006 World Series of Poker by making a semi deep run in the Main Event. Later that year, he finished third at the European Poker Tour event in Baden, taking home.
- Dario Minieri is an Italian professional poker player who got his start playing online poker. He has played at and crushed high stakes tournaments on PokerStars for years playing as dariominieri. He came to fame on the live poker tournament during 2007 and 2008 after a string of great results. Since 2008 he has also been dating professional poker player Isabella Mercier. Hendon Mob Tournament.
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Country | Watch | Place | Prize | |||
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27-Jul-2016 | Italy | € 125 + 25 No Limit Hold'em Red Shark, Campione d'Italia | 6th | € 2,640 | $ 2,903 | |
23-Jun-2016 | Italy | € 170 + 30 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Only the Barracudas 28, Campione d'Italia | 37th | € 440 | $ 496 | |
31-Mar-2015 | Italy | € 170 + 30 No Limit Hold'em - Only the Barracudas Special Edition Main Event Only the Barracudas Special Edition, Campione d'Italia | 11th | € 2,500 | $ 2,712 | |
09-Jun-2013 | United States | $ 5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em (Event #19) 44th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2013, Las Vegas | 8th | $ 26,468 | ||
03-Jun-2013 | United States | $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout (Event #9) 44th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2013, Las Vegas | 35th | $ 7,384 | ||
26-Jan-2012 | Italy | € 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Italian Poker Tour - IPT Sanremo, Sanremo | 28th | € 3,800 | $ 4,918 | |
01-May-2011 | Italy | € 3,200 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - IPT Pro League European Poker Tour - EPT Sanremo, Sanremo | 5th | € 13,200 | $ 19,239 | |
03-Feb-2011 | Italy | € 3,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event World Poker Tour - WPT Venice, Venice | 40th | € 7,660 | $ 10,449 | |
15-Jan-2011 | Bahamas | $ 5,000 + 250 NAPT Bounty Shootout PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PCA 2011, Paradise Island | 4th | $ 10,000 | ||
19-Oct-2010 | Italy | € 3,200 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Pro League Italian Poker Tour - IPT Sanremo, Sanremo | 1st | € 52,000 | $ 72,474 | |
26-Jun-2010 | United States | $ 2,500 World Championship Mixed Events 8 Game 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010, Las Vegas | 14th | $ 11,377 | ||
21-Jun-2010 | United States | $ 2,500 Seven Card Razz 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010, Las Vegas | 19th | $ 6,464 | ||
06-Jun-2010 | United States | $ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 Championships 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010, Las Vegas | 8th | $ 52,366 | ||
01-Jun-2010 | United States | $ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010, Las Vegas | 21st | $ 16,607 | ||
20-Jan-2010 | France | € 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event European Poker Tour - EPT Deauville, Deauville | 49th | € 12,500 | $ 17,695 | |
05-Jan-2010 | Bahamas | $ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PCA 2010, Paradise Island | 188th | $ 15,000 | ||
23-Oct-2009 | Poland | € 12,255 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller European Poker Tour - EPT Warsaw, Warsaw | 1st | € 77,206 | $ 115,130 | |
28-Sep-2009 | United States | $ 20,000 Week 11 - USA v Italy Poker After Dark (PAD) Season V, Las Vegas | 2nd | |||
25-Sep-2009 | England | Caesars Cup - Europe vs USA World Series Of Poker Europe - WSOPE 2009, London | 1st | |||
06-May-2009 | Italy | € 4,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em World Poker Tour - WPT Venice, Venice | 7th | € 48,680 | $ 65,124 | |
09-Dec-2008 | Czech Republic | € 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event European Poker Tour - EPT Prague, Prague | 47th | € 8,300 | $ 10,647 | |
15-Nov-2008 | Poland | € 5,400 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event European Poker Tour - EPT Warsaw, Warsaw | 3rd | € 123,162 | $ 154,503 | |
16-Jun-2008 | United States | $ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em 39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008, Las Vegas | 1st | $ 528,418 | ||
01-Apr-2008 | Italy | € 4,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event European Poker Tour - EPT Sanremo, Sanremo | 3rd | € 287,600 | $ 454,366 | |
06-Jul-2007 | United States | $ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em 38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, Las Vegas | 96th | $ 67,535 | ||
05-Jun-2007 | United States | $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em 38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, Las Vegas | 27th | $ 16,212 | ||
26-Nov-2006 | Italy | € 200 + 20 No Limit Hold'em 3rd Campionato Italiano di Texas Hold'em, Sanremo | 8th | € 1,210 | $ 1,552 | |
07-Oct-2006 | Austria | € 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event European Poker Tour - EPT Baden, Baden | 3rd | € 125,780 | $ 159,763 | |
30-Aug-2006 | Slovenia | € 230 Limit Hold'em Torneo Autunnale di Poker, Nova Gorica | 5th | € 886 | $ 1,129 | |
28-Jul-2006 | United States | $ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event 37th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2006, Las Vegas | 543rd | $ 22,266 | ||
07-Mar-2006 | Monaco | € 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Grand Final European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, Monte Carlo | 22nd | € 16,800 | $ 20,235 | |
30-Nov-2005 | Slovenia | € 1,000 + 80 No Limit Hold'em Campionato Italiano di Poker (Italian Poker Championships) 2005, Nova Gorica | 4th | € 3,760 | $ 4,406 | |
29-Nov-2005 | Slovenia | € 500 + 40 Pot Limit Hold'em Campionato Italiano di Poker (Italian Poker Championships) 2005, Nova Gorica | 4th | € 2,680 | $ 3,141 |