Dario Minieri
Name: Dario Minieri
Winnings to Date: $1,836,880Dario Minieri is a young Italian poker player born in 1985 and a 2008 World Series of Poker bracelet winner.
He is a PokerStars team member and is known for playing quite frequently on their website. So much in fact, that he was the first player ever on the site to collect enough frequent player points to buy a car using them. He managed to collect a whopping 3 million points to purchase a 2007 Porsche Cayman S. He has also made the final table not once, not twice, but three times in the European Poker Tour.
The PokerStars pro plays online under his own name and is notorious for his high stakes heads-up ability and winning the PokerStars $5,200 FreezeOut where he took home a $100,000 payday. Before being introduced to online poker in his teenage years, Dario traveled the world playing in Magic: The Gathering championships. Although he has a passion for the entertaining card game, the PokerStars pro soon graduated to the card game with bigger rewards.
Dario gives credit for choosing to become a professional poker player when he won $12,000 in a tournament with a small $10 re-buy. Ever since making that decision he has managed to build himself a list of accomplishments amassing himself over a million dollars in live tournament winnings.
When he’s not online playing poker, he enjoys soccer, watching movies and taking his Porsche out for a spin. Rumor has it that he is currently trying to earn enough Frequent Player Points to purchase the Aston Martin on PokerStars.com.