$25,000 High Roller Event | 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-14-2010 14:10 UTC-4

Vaeza Picks One Up

donpeters

Adolfo Vaeza limped in from early position and Tobias Reinkemeier completed out of the small blind. Lisa Hamilton checked her big blind.

The flop came down {10-Hearts}

and action checked to Vaeza. A bet of 30,000 was good enough to win him the pot.

Tags: Adolfo Vaeza Lisa Hamilton Tobias Reinkemeier

01-14-2010 14:01 UTC-4

Another Small Reraise for Hamilton

donpeters

Will Molson opened again with a raise to 47,000 and Lisa Hamilton reraissed to 87,000. Everyone folded and she won the pot.

Tags: Lisa Hamilton Will Molson

01-14-2010 13:58 UTC-4

Reinkemeier Rising

Mickey Doft

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}

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 Vaeza Tobias Reinkemeier William Reynolds

01-14-2010 13:53 UTC-4

Small Three-bet for Hamilton

donpeters

Action folded around to Will Molson in the cutoff seat and he raised to 47,000. Lisa Hamilton was in the small blind and reraised to 75,000. Molson folded and she won the pot with a small three-bet.

Tags: Lisa Hamilton Will Molson

01-14-2010 13:50 UTC-4

Dimitry Stelmak Eliminated in 8th Place ($66,885)

donpeters

Dimitry Stelmak had the button in the second hand and play and moved all in for 136,000. Tobias Reinkemeier called in the big blind and the hands were revealed.

Reinkemeier held {A-Hearts}

against the all-in Stelmak's {K-Hearts}

.

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}

and Stelmak was eliminated in 8th place.

Tags: Dimitry Stelmak Tobias Reinkemeier

01-14-2010 13:43 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal!

donpeters

The announcements have been made and the cards are in the air. It's time to crown a High Roller champion!

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

01-14-2010 13:42 UTC-4

Wait One Minute...

donpeters

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.

01-14-2010 13:38 UTC-4

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.

Tags: Tobias Reinkemeier

01-14-2010 12:34 UTC-4

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

donpeters

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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