09 Mar 10
High Stakes Poker: Minieri's Flawless Timing
Dario Minieri did not perhaps win a massive pot in the latest episode of High Stakes Poker, but his timing and decisions were very good - so good, that Daniel Negreanu couldn't hide his frustrations.
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Bluffs were flying all over the table throughout this episode and unlike the previous one, in which Hansen executed an ill-timed bluff against Eli Elezra, this time most of the bluffs got through.
Minieri's play frustrates Negreanu
Phil Ivey took down a multiway pot with 7-2o, but didn't show it to the rest of the table. Meanwhile, Tom "durrrr" Dwan was making his usual bluffs, but the man who took the spotlight was Dario Minieri (pictured right).Minieri was on top of his game in the latest episode. First, he detected weakness in Hansen's re-raise preflop which resulted in the Italian shoving his entire stack to scare away the Great Dane.
His show then continued when Daniel Negreanu noticed this shove and tried to get Minieri to do it again, but Negreanu's pocket rockets and a carefully laid trap failed to deliver Minieri's stack. This frustrated Negreanu to such extent that he openly admitted getting no action from the table whenever he held pocket aces thus far.
Minieri was seen in several more interesting pots, including another preflop battle, this time against Antonio Esfandiari. The Magician seems to have loosened up a bit, as he managed to out-bluff Minieri, even though neither of them had a legitimate hand.
Here are some key hands from the latest High Stakes Poker episode:
$400/$800 No Limit Hold'em, $200 ante
durrrr:
Phil Ivey:
Daniel Negreanu:
Gus Hansen:
Preflop ($2,800):
durrrr puts a $1,600 live straddle, Ivey calls, Negreanu calls, Hansen calls, durrrr checks
Flop ($8,000):
Hansen bets $6,000, durrrr folds, Ivey calls, Negreanu folds
Turn ($20,000):
Hansen bets $18,000, Ivey calls
River ($56,000):
Hansen checks, Ivey checks
Hansen wins $56,000
durrrr:
Phil Ivey:
Daniel Negreanu:
Gus Hansen:
Preflop ($2,800):
durrrr puts a $1,600 live straddle, Ivey calls, Negreanu calls, Hansen calls, durrrr checks
Flop ($8,000):
Hansen bets $6,000, durrrr folds, Ivey calls, Negreanu folds
Turn ($20,000):
Hansen bets $18,000, Ivey calls
River ($56,000):
Hansen checks, Ivey checks
Hansen wins $56,000
$400/$800 No Limit Hold'em, $200 ante
Eli Elezra:
Daniel Negreanu:
durrrr:
Preflop ($2,800):
Elezra raises to $3,000, Negreanu calls, durrrr calls
Flop ($11,000):
durrrr checks, Elezra bets $7,200, Negreanu folds, durrrr calls
Turn ($25,400):
durrrr checks, Elezra checks
River ($25,400):
durrrr bets $8,400, Elezra raises to $28,400, durrrr folds
Eli Elezra wins $62,200
Eli Elezra:
Daniel Negreanu:
durrrr:
Preflop ($2,800):
Elezra raises to $3,000, Negreanu calls, durrrr calls
Flop ($11,000):
durrrr checks, Elezra bets $7,200, Negreanu folds, durrrr calls
Turn ($25,400):
durrrr checks, Elezra checks
River ($25,400):
durrrr bets $8,400, Elezra raises to $28,400, durrrr folds
Eli Elezra wins $62,200
