The next year Minieri won his first bracelet at the 2008 WSOP in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-handed event, beating out a field of 1,012 players, earning $528,418 his highest cash to date, In the final hand with blinds 30000/60000 with a 5000 Ante, Minieri made a raise preflop to 125,000 his opponent Seth Fischer re-raised all-in and was called by Minieri’s ‘Q♠ Q♦’ to Fischer’s ‘K♦ 10♦’ on a board of ‘A♥ A♦ 5♣ 2♣ 3♦’.