Minieri vs. Heimiller for a Huge Pot
Action folded to Team Pokerstars Pro (Italy) Dario Minieri in the cutoff and he threw in a raise to 800. Dan Heimiller was in the small blind and reraised to 2,350. After the big blind folded, Minieri four-bet to 5,700. Heimiller seemed perplexed but made the call nonetheless.
The flop fell and Heimiller checked. Minieri bet 6,100, Heimiller called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Once again Heimiller checked and Minieri took a look at Heimiller's remaining stack, which stood at 32,800. Minieri then grabbed a covering stack and spiked them in the pot.
Heimiller hit the tank to think things over and as he did, Minieri said, "You have outs . . . maybe." There was some laughter and he continued, "If you fold I will show. I'm not gambling. I'm happy like that."
After some more talk, Heimiller finally stated, "There is another tournament tomorrow."
"This one is better," Minieri quickly replied, much to the amusement of the table.
There was some more talk back and forth before Heimiller finally said, "I've probably got the best hand," and slid his chips into the pot.
"I have a very bad hand," Minieri said coyly as he turned up for a flush draw and open-ended straight draw. Heimiller showed for the over pair and a higher flush draw. The on the river gave both the said flush, but of course Heimiller's was the winner.
Heimiller doubled on the hand to around 90,000 while Minieri was left with 21,000.