Matt ADZ124 Marafioti's Blog

Venetian $5k and Vegas Shopping Spree

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2010 Mar 2
Matt Marafioti

Editor's note: Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti is the newest PokerListings.com blogger and he'll be updating us on his life as a young poker millionaire right here on the PokerListings Blog.

A few more quick thoughts: The napt venetian $5k, wee I had a piece of Tom Marchese aka 1st place finisher, boo i suck for finishing 70th.

Yay for 5th live tourney cash in a row, 22 blinds left, 8 handed table, utg + 1 makes it 18,400 at 8/16k one caller and I'm in small blind with 99. I make it 42,400 and he goes all in for another 135,000.

I had about 125 left or so and tank-called off my stack and saw the bad news that he had KK. Thoughts on this play? I feel I overplayed the nines considering the number of people left in the tournament and maybe even underestimated the under the gun raiser.

I'd like to say lesson learned but I'm sure I'll make the same mistake again in the future, as in poker we often repeat our mistakes many times before correcitng them if ever.

I dunno how most poker players live, but I'm one of the few fortunate enough to get driven around vegas in a rolls, smoking on fine green herbs and stay in the tower suite this entire month.

Anyways, gonna go party and get drunk cuz its my bday, maybe get a room at the roosevelt hotel tonight and just skip the highrollers tommorow... we will see...

I wish that they had a pokerstars bank at every casino, I hate losing $15k in a cash game and not being able to reload, online I can lose whatever i want in peace ... annnd done venting 

- Matt Marafioti

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  1. Such a baller

    2010-06-15

    Got to love a guy who says he's the greatest and such a baller...all I read is I lost 40k, I lost 60k, I lost 100k, 150k and 125k.....doesn't sound so great to me ya baller

  2. Whatever

    2010-04-19

    Sorry but Heather he is not hot... he is only probably a 2 outta 10. His money bumped it to 2. I would not touch him with a barge pole. But he's got a lot of girls who just use him, like his friends do. He thinks he is the white Diddy LOL.

  3. William

    2010-03-05

    You guys are a bunch of knob-ends. Do you even know who this is? In high stakes online poker he is one of the ten most famous people. Tons of people will find his blog interesting no matter what he says - because it is him.

    The only difference between Phil Ivey and him is Phil Ivey is 10 times (or maybe 100 times) the degenerate wasteful spender this guy is, only Ivey doesn't talk about it on a blog. So if you want to give him shit for publishing this, fine - don't criticize him for the behavior, it is quite common among young people who earned tons of money they did not work particularly hard for. (see most people in professional sports)

  4. Tap water

    2010-03-04

    virgin well into his 40's......

  5. Noroll

    2010-03-04

    Relax...
    He's just a kid. He'll most likely learn a thing or 2 given time...

  6. heather

    2010-03-03

    he's sooooo hott

  7. acesacesaces

    2010-03-03

    Ross,

    I don't think people are looking up to him or kissing his ass, more just a reaction to the unmitigated negativity and hatred from the first few commenters.

    It's all a joke anyway, obv kid is writing like this and acting like this to get some attention and wind up people like you

  8. nelson

    2010-03-03

    I can't even believe how many people are giving this guy props. Yeah it sounds like people are hating, myself included, but this idiot is the one who chose to put his life under the magnifying glass with his blog. Any TRUE baller does not need to pat himself on the back and talk about these kinds of things. Sounds like all the supporters of this guy would jock ANYBODY who takes two seconds to write a blog - no matter how irrelevant and annoying they are as human beings. Are your lives really that bad and uninteresting that you have to jump on the kiss ass bandwagon for someone like this? Seriously, do you really truly look up to someone like this?...Sad...so sad....

  9. Wayne Flopski

    2010-03-03

    This shit gets better and better. Subscribed.

  10. Deadeye Dick

    2010-03-03

    To all the haters, I have some questions:

    If you had the option to be driven around in a rolls or take a cab, which would you pick?

    If you had the money and wanted luggage, would you buy the best (I know it's trendy, but it is legitimately top quality), or would you buy am almost disposable nylon Hayes bag?

    If you wanted baller shades (and let's be honest, 90% of the time we grab shades for the look, not the functionality), and could afford some truly pimp ones, would you buy $75 Oakleys instead?

    It sounds to me like there's a bunch of jealous haters. This guy doesn't spend any more money on baller shit than any other baller pro. Shit, Ivey's andtonius and others have been known to order 100+ bottles of Crystal.

    The only difference is he doesn't pretend like it's no big deal, he knows this shit is pimp, and he's stoked to talk about it. I for one love hearing it.

  11. Max

    2010-03-03

    The Phil Ivey of being a douche. Thats fucking gold. I'll have to agree with both the haters posting here and the supporters....and with Sean's appraisel of how ADZ played those 99's. Truthfully though I know the late stage "fuck you im shoving" train of thought that probably went on in ADZ's head so I can't hate. Anywho there's no reason to make fun of a guy who - for better or worse - agreed to post a public blog of his poker life. If he spends money wrecklessly so be it. If he can't filter his writing who cares? its a blog not a novel. Keep it up Matt.

  12. dave

    2010-03-03

    personally, i find a lot of entertainment in reading the 2 blogs Matt has posted so far... so he has some money, spends it recklessly, and smokes a little pot. Who gives a shit!? as far as im concerned i would probably do the same thing ha... ill burn an L with you any day matt!

  13. acesacesaces

    2010-03-03

    u are all retarded, this shit is gold. guy's like the phil ivey of being a douche, effin awesome stuff

  14. rc

    2010-03-03

    the way you write you come off like a total douche. read and take notes from jason and matts blog how they conduct themselves through their writings.

  15. NotAJanter

    2010-03-03

    Janters Gonna Jante ADZ.

  16. Sean Lind

    2010-03-03

    Since no one else has commented on the only question in the blog I'll give it a shot.

    I agree that you overplayed the 9's. I don't mind the three bet squeeze, but once he ships on you there are only two options:
    He thinks you're squeezing and has nothing
    He has the goods

    Considering the amount of chips in play, and the number of players left, I have to think that he has the goods more often than not here, either way a flip is your best case scenario.

    I think you should eat the 3-bet loss and dump the hand. You're still in good shape, and better than the majority of the field at that point, you can find a better spot to chunk later.

  17. zyg0tic

    2010-03-03

    I agree with the people above, I'd rather read about some guy who only does the very same stuff as me. Where's the blog about the guy spending $65 at the Gap, then taking the bus back to his parents house?

  18. simon stripple

    2010-03-03

    I don't like this guy.

  19. Zamoranian

    2010-03-03

    Egotistical garbage. I really want to read about the next time you smoke a joint or get laid. Who cares? You are really living "reality".

  20. Cal Shipken Jr.

    2010-03-03

    More ADZ124! Don't listen to the haters kid, 3200 is reasonable for glasses ... if they're the shit! Money is made to be spent, you're doing great keep it up.

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