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He raised $4K with 7-3 off. He bet $14K with 7 high. Either Minieri is completely fearless or he doesn’t understand hand rankings. One thing’s for sure, Minieri’s agressive style allowed him to amass a huge chip stack early, including Ferguson’s last $9K when he pushed it all in with J-10 and the 23-year-old flopped a spade flush. Minieri also busted Pescatori by flopping a pair of Aces against his countryman’s two 8s. Minieri raised almost every hand. He rarely had the nuts, but no one wanted to risk their tournament life to find out for sure. Hand after hand he dragged their chips and whittled them down. Lindgren and Traniello were on fumes when Lederer finally put them out of their misery. The players agreed to show one card every time they won and the Professor studied Minieri incredulously. He eventually countered the Italian’s crazy raises with some insanity of his own. He stood up to the card-playing bully and won his third PAD title.
