Dario Minieri - Biography
In case you are looking forward to an online poker player
having a prolific record, you would definitely point to
Dario Minieri. Even though he is only 25, Dario has the
distinction of winning a bracelet at the 2008 WSOP event.
A professional player from an Italian origin, Dario has
been nicknamed the ‘Supernova’. He has a higher rank in
the world of online poker world, where he has been competing
against
some
of the greats of the game under ‘Dariominieri’. Experts
believe that he is at his best, when he is playing high
stakes.
In the online world, Dario plays aggressively and participates in almost 9 tournaments within a span of 7 hours everyday. Considered amongst the top rookies of the game, he is known for wearing a scarf that makes him resemble Harry Potter. This is why he has also been given the nick – ‘The Italian Harry Potter’ by many of his compatriots. He is popular for buying a Porsche Cayman by only gathering player points on PokerStars. At the same time, he's been seen playing live poker with the best of the world - including in the hit television series High Stakes Poker on GSN.
Dario Minieri has been able to cash in 5 time at WSOP events. There was a period in the 2007 WSOP Event, when he was leading in terms of chips (Day 3). He finished 96th in the tournament where 6358 players participated.
Minieri has cashed four times at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). At the 2007 WSOP Main Event, Minieri who once was the chip leader coming off of day 3 finished in 96th place out of a field of 6358 entries. In 2008, Dario won his only WSOP Bracelet. It was a USD 2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event.
His lifetime earning till date amounts to USD 1,624,427. His 4 cashes in the WSOP events has helped him to accumulate USD 634,431 of his overall poker winnings. In the all-time money list of Italian players, Dario currently ranks 3rd and is believed to lead the list in a very short period.
Dario has to be one of the faces to watch in the coming years. Together with names like Tom Dwan, Vanessa Rousso and Kenny Louagie, he'll be killing poker games throughout the 21st century!
