World Series of Poker: Events #27 & 31
Dario Minieri, a 23-year-old pro from Italy who is fond of scarfs, denied the Tampa Bay area its first bracelet of the year when he outlasted Seth Fischer of Palm Harbor to win the World Series of Poker's Event #31 (Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em). But Manelic Minaya of Tampa cashes for the fifth time this Series, and Christopher Dombrowski of Dade City picks up yet another cash.
Event #31, Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em, $2,500 entry, 1,012 entrants
Tampa Bay area players
2. Seth Fischer, Palm Harbor, $330,519
37. Manelic Minaya, Tampa, $8,379
69. Christopher Dombrowski, Dade City, $4,655
Vitaly Lunkin, a 37-year-old businessman from Moscow, Russia, wins Event #27 (No-Limit Hold'em).
Event #27, No-Limit Hold'em, $1,500 entry, 2,706 entrants
Ante Up guests
37. Jean Robert Bellande, $10,711
78. Mark Seif, $6,279
158. Russell Fox, $3,509
Tampa Bay ares players
126. Joshua Bird, Dade City, $4,063
Ante Up WSOP totals
Ante Up Nation: 2 cashes, 0 bracelets, $30,486 prize money
Ante Up guests: 35 cashes, 2 bracelets, $2,329,521 prize money
Tampa Bay area players: 21 cashes, 0 bracelets, $520,665 prize money
World Series of Poker photo
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
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