2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$25,000 High Roller Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$576,240
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$2,058,000
Entries
84
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Reinkemeier Rising

Under the gun, William Reynolds raised to 41,000. Tobias Reinkemeier made the call from the cutoff as did Adolfo Vaeza from the big blind.

The flop came down {3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Vaeza led out 50,000. Reynolds folded, but Reinkemeier raised to 170,000. Vaeza thought for a moment before mucking his hand, giving the pot to Reinkemeier.

Tobias is now close to 1,400,000.

Tags: Adolfa VaezaTobias ReinkemeierWilliam Reynolds

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

Wait One Minute...

The tournament staff has now decided to adjust the structure a little bit. They still won't be winding things back, just playing this same level for the next two hours before going up.

No Winding Back

There will be no winding back of the blind levels. We're going to stay at 10,000-20,000 with a 2,000 ante for the next 24 minutes. Chip leader Tobias Reinkemeier doesn't want to wind the blinds back and because every player at the table wasn't adamant about it, the blinds will stay the same.

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Seat 8: Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti - 236,000

Matt Marafioti
Matt Marafioti
Matt Marafioti is another player who has already made the money in an event at this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, finishing 26th in the $1,500 No Limit Freezeout on Sunday for $3,570. However, that's peanuts compared to the guaranteed $66,885 he'll get for making the final of the High Roller Event.

Although he's best known as a high stakes online cash game professional, Marafioti is now getting great results in live events and has cashed in the last four out of five that he's played. Last summer, he came 12th for $172,120 in the WSOP $40,000 Anniversary Event and in July was runner-up to Christian Harder at the $5,000 Bellagio Cup tournament in Las Vegas for $165,985. His total live tournament winnings now top $600,000.

Marafioti is a SuperNova Elite on PokerStars and had so many Frequent Player Points (FPPs) that he was recently able to trade them in for an Aston Martin. Marafioti missed the first several hours of action in this event and was blinded down to about 33,000 chips from the 50,000 starting stack due to playing in the $5,000 event on the other side of the Imperial Ballroom.

Player bios courtesy of PokerStars

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