Matt Marafioti dead?

This was his last post on Instagram, dated yesterday:



https://www.instagram.com/p/CShGW-RHS0Q/


Right after that, this article appeared on dailyvoice.com:

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A distraught man jumped to his death Friday morning from the 28th floor of a Bergen County high-rise overlooking Manhattan.

The 32-year-old jumper at Winston Towers 200 in Cliffside Park landed near the pool at 100 Winston shortly after 11 a.m., responders said.

Paramedics made the pronouncement.

The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification was called to collect evidence. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified.

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Marafioti is 33, not 32, but it's very likely that the reference above is to him.

It was assumed that Marafioti was dead 5 years ago, when he vanished without a trace for over a month. However, he reappeared, though seemed quite mentally ill.

His last tournament cash was in July 2016, just a month before that disappearance.


In the early 2010s, Marafioti made headlines as a brash young poker pro who was often controversial on social media, including some very public breakups with then-poker-pro Lauren Kling.

#shitgrowsbackfast

That guy is 33? He looks 53.

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Originally Posted by Walter Sobchak

That guy is 33? He looks 53.

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No, the guy pictured was the one escorting Marafioti to the apartment in question. Matt posted a pic of him, implying the dude was going to either hold him prisoner or make him disappear.

It is likely that this guy is simply a family friend attempting to help, and that Matt was simply nuts. He also posted about people trying to kill him, leading up to his 2016 disappearance.

Here is a picture of Matt from 2016:

https://pnimg.net/w/articles/0/57a/216da3ee11.jpg

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Originally Posted by Walter Sobchak

That guy is 33? He looks 53.

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That’s the man who was going to abduct him. I don’t know if you’re joking, but I read title and went holy fuck did MM go to shit before reading the captions.

A year off, a floor off, but has to be him. Too much of a coincidence. He was always off, but clearly he must have have been a schizophrenic or something? His behavior went beyond eccentric to deeply ill. Those guys who are assholes when they appear like normal cocky assholes and end up being mentally ill often have the roughest go, because people already don’t like them.

I grew up with a dude who acted obnoxiously like him as a young dude, and didn’t get an ounce of sympathy until like a month before his early death when he was convinced every person was trying to abduct him and kill him.

In MM’s case, he was always kind of delusional about his ability. He was very good from what I recall, but thought he was Phil Ivey, so later behavior just looked obnoxious until it passed into something is very wrong territory.

Matt's got a YouTube channel with a bunch of voice recordings with his kid's mom and maybe others, I only listened to 1. Felt dirty, turned it off.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCgWBWO1q6T5o5MvNYYXNOrw

Sad.

If we are playing word association and you said Matt Marafioti I’d instantly reply Lauren Klings hairy asshole.

Starting to think this full time poker gig is not a good idea. Kinda like going into Professional Boxing.

For the record, despite being a full time poker pro, if I ever go off a 28th floor balcony, it wasn't suicide, and you can blame the mafioso-looking guy in the apartment with me.

The equivalent thread on 4 thread just got yanked.

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Originally Posted by Belly Buster

The equivalent thread on 4 thread just got yanked.

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If you’re going to do it that,’s the way to go. Learn a bit about flight, splat and next thing you know you’re a petunia in Belgium

I know Cliffside Park/Ft Lee and that whole area very well

in fact 2007-2010 when at Rutgers-Newark my best friend growing up lived in Ft Lee actually. I'd go to and through Cliffside Park then, its not a very nice area. Its up on the hill along the Hudson River and called Palisades Park. But that area is on steep hills which are sort of rocky in a way, so Cliffside park up on the palisades on the Hudson river overlooking Manhattan isnt bad, but its also got some seedy people as well. And it is North Jersey, so there really is some bad guys, mafioso whatever you consider organized crime. So who knows what precipitated this whole series of events, if it actually was him. It wouldn't be too shocking a younger loud mouth poker pro, found himself on the bad side of some organized crime type stuff, in Cliffside Park NJ. That would be a place, that does exist of course in that part of North Jersey to some extent. But who knows, and you hope this is just a coincidence

Keep in mind this same dude thought the Illuminati was after him only a handful of years ago.

:laterfag

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Originally Posted by Belly Buster

The equivalent thread on 4 thread just got yanked.

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Impossible, there’s no censorship there anymore.

Brothers if this is true it’s sad news what a waste of a talented young life. Where’d this guy go? If I remember correctly he was on ESPN once bragging about buying his father expensive pens

It’s too bad he didn’t hit the one outer to land in the pool.

Sad story wonder if we will hear the truth. Was it mental illness or a homicide?

I dont follow poker gossip and have no clue who that guy is. I image searched and still no clue. That being said, damn he went bald fast. Seems like he wet full head of hair to nothing overnight.

I have been on a slow burn of thinning hair and receding hairline for seemingly 15 years. But it is really gotten noticeable the last couple. Really debating whether to go the Dan Neg. hair transplant route, Minoxodil, or just say F it and let it go.

If I was single and/or had a job where my looks mattered I would probably go transplant for sure. But neither is the case, so probably will just do nothing.

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Originally Posted by Kalam

I dont follow poker gossip and have no clue who that guy is. I image searched and still no clue. That being said, damn he went bald fast. Seems like he wet full head of hair to nothing overnight.

I have been on a slow burn of thinning hair and receding hairline for seemingly 15 years. But it is really gotten noticeable the last couple. Really debating whether to go the Dan Neg. hair transplant route, Minoxodil, or just say F it and let it go.

If I was single and/or had a job where my looks mattered I would probably go transplant for sure. But neither is the case, so probably will just do nothing.

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He might have shaved it once it got too bald-looking for his taste.

Beileve it or not, my hair has been slowly vanishing since 1999. At the time, I was only 27, and I was very upset, assuming it would be all gone by 40. Here I am near 50, and while I've lost a lot more since then, I still don't have a bald appearance. The fact that I'm tall is very helpful here, as people can't see my bald spot on top unless I'm sitting down.

Ricardo is in fact just a limo driver

pretty obvious his family was just trying to get him to check himself into the hospital to get help

The IG comments are saying he died

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Originally Posted by NickyPipes

Brothers if this is true it’s sad news what a waste of a talented young life. Where’d this guy go? If I remember correctly he was on ESPN once bragging about buying his father expensive pens

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You correct in your interpretation that news, especially in America and has become a game, an ugly game,
where trust has been shattered

https://youtu.be/3_Y5J0ka4_k

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Originally Posted by Walter Sobchak

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Originally Posted by Belly Buster

The equivalent thread on 4 thread just got yanked.

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Impossible, there’s no censorship there anymore.

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Russian and Italian Mafia involvement. 🤷*♂️

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Originally Posted by ftpjesus

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Originally Posted by Dan Druff

This was his last post on Instagram, dated yesterday:



https://www.instagram.com/p/CShGW-RHS0Q/


Right after that, this article appeared on dailyvoice.com:




Marafioti is 33, not 32, but it's very likely that the reference above is to him.

It was assumed that Marafioti was dead 5 years ago, when he vanished without a trace for over a month. However, he reappeared, though seemed quite mentally ill.

His last tournament cash was in July 2016, just a month before that disappearance.


In the early 2010s, Marafioti made headlines as a brash young poker pro who was often controversial on social media, including some very public breakups with then-poker-pro Lauren Kling.

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JFC drugs are hell he looks older then you or I Druff if that’s him in the pic he literally looks over 50 in my estimation.

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That's not him. Read the thread for further explanation.

DRUFF, how did you piece all this together? Are you in a super secret poker DISCORD or TELEGRAM group?

I don't see it posted in any of the other forums (which all appear to be pretty dead FWIW).

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Originally Posted by Sidewinder

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Originally Posted by ftpjesus

JFC drugs are hell he looks older then you or I Druff if that’s him in the pic he literally looks over 50 in my estimation.

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That's not him. Read the thread for further explanation.

DRUFF, how did you piece all this together? Are you in a super secret poker DISCORD or TELEGRAM group?

I don't see it posted in any of the other forums (which all appear to be pretty dead FWIW).

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I deleted the post after I got further into the thread just FYI. In my defense Walter thought the same thing I did. We thought it was MM looking like dirt.

At the moment, nowhere else on the internet is reporting this. There was a brief thread on 2+2 which got deleted (lol).

Lots of activity on Twitter, though, as Doug Polk and other known pros have seen my tweet about it, and people are discussing it. The consensus is that he was one of the great online players of the late 2000s and early 2010s, but had some massive mental health issues.

Lots of players who came up online watching him at high stakes are sad about it, including Polk.

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Originally Posted by Sidewinder

That's not him. Read the thread for further explanation.

DRUFF, how did you piece all this together? Are you in a super secret poker DISCORD or TELEGRAM group?
hi
I don't see it posted in any of the other forums (which all appear to be pretty dead FWIW).

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I deleted the post after I got further into the thread just FYI. In my defense Walter thought the same thing I did. We thought it was MM looking like dirt.

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Jesus, Jesus, Jesus are you dumb

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Originally Posted by Kalam

I have been on a slow burn of thinning hair and receding hairline for seemingly 15 years. But it is really gotten noticeable the last couple. Really debating whether to go the Dan Neg. hair transplant route, Minoxodil, or just say F it and let it go.

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If I ever go bald I'm doing whatever Negreanu did. Like him or not, you have to admit his hair looks outstanding now.

I just got word from his sister. Here I was posting arguments one second and get a kick in the nuts the next second. Fuck. This is fucking terrible. He seemed to be doing ok last I saw him. Shocked and now starting to cry. A great guy he was. Fuck

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Originally Posted by Kalam

I have been on a slow burn of thinning hair and receding hairline for seemingly 15 years. But it is really gotten noticeable the last couple. Really debating whether to go the Dan Neg. hair transplant route, Minoxodil, or just say F it and let it go.

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If I ever go bald I'm doing whatever Negreanu did. Like him or not, you have to admit his hair looks outstanding now.

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He looks like an absolute faggot with the plugs, dyed hair and beard. He is impossible to take seriously. It’s prolly even more unnatural looking in person.

My memory of him was HSP running so so bad but coming off as regular, likeable and down to earth.

He’s lost his damn mind and the hair is visible evidence. The cost of genius I guess.

You wanna win with the public? Be yourself

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If I ever go bald I'm doing whatever Negreanu did. Like him or not, you have to admit his hair looks outstanding now.

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He looks like an absolute faggot with the plugs, dyed hair and beard. He is impossible to take seriously. It’s prolly even more unnatural looking in person.

My memory of him was HSP running so so bad but coming off as regular, likeable and down to earth.

He’s lost his damn mind and the hair is visible evidence. The cost of genius I guess.

You wanna win with the public? Be yourself

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:this

Why people, especially in the public eye, don't just go with nature is baffling. Look at Brian Urlacher looking similar to DNegs.

Deion Sanders looks like someone literally colored his head with a sharpie now.

Silly.

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I just got word from his sister. Here I was posting arguments one second and get a kick in the nuts the next second. Fuck. This is fucking terrible. He seemed to be doing ok last I saw him. Shocked and now starting to cry. A great guy he was. Fuck

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Originally Posted by ftpjesus

I deleted the post after I got further into the thread just FYI. In my defense Walter thought the same thing I did. We thought it was MM looking like dirt.

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Jesus, Jesus, Jesus are you dumb

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Didn’t you get the memo. 2-1 the PFA members wanted you to shut the fuck up alchy. Nobody fucking cares what you think but to show your weird obsession I don’t see you calling Walter a dumbass and shit. I believe he said the same thing first so fuck off Lescholic.

And no Jesus this doesn’t mean I like you now. You still annoy me at times but Les is a boil on the ass of PFA.

Feel bad for his kid.

Lauren Kling, hairy asshole not withstanding, was pretty hot for a poker player.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hu...h-rise/814626/

Marafioti, a 33-year-old Toronto native who reportedly won multiple millions in his poker-playing career, had a very public battle with his demons.

Recent social media posts were filled with an insistence that “social justice” gangsters were after him as he fought in court to gain joint custody of his young son.

Shortly after 11 a.m. last Friday, Marafioti dove head-first from a friend’s 28th-floor balcony at the Winston Towers, a Bergen County high-rise above the Hudson River in Cliffside Park, authorities confirmed.

Marafioti was staying with his friend at 200 Winston Drive after a breakup forced him to move from his apartment overlooking the George Washington Bridge in neighboring Fort Lee, those who knew him said.

He apparently thought his perceived pursuers "were coming to get him” when he panicked and jumped, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice.

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Originally Posted by BetCheckBet

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hu...h-rise/814626/

Marafioti, a 33-year-old Toronto native who reportedly won multiple millions in his poker-playing career, had a very public battle with his demons.

Recent social media posts were filled with an insistence that “social justice” gangsters were after him as he fought in court to gain joint custody of his young son.

Shortly after 11 a.m. last Friday, Marafioti dove head-first from a friend’s 28th-floor balcony at the Winston Towers, a Bergen County high-rise above the Hudson River in Cliffside Park, authorities confirmed.

Marafioti was staying with his friend at 200 Winston Drive after a breakup forced him to move from his apartment overlooking the George Washington Bridge in neighboring Fort Lee, those who knew him said.

He apparently thought his perceived pursuers "were coming to get him” when he panicked and jumped, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice.

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Better test him for Covid.

unreal and im very familiar myself with every place in this Ft Lee/Cliffside Park/GWB all of it here, amazing that he so Las Vegas oriented, or so i thought of course, but would end up here, and like this in Cliffside Park NJ. I mean this is bizzarre from that standpoint in many ways, and that it was him. You would have thought Las Vegas obvisouly, not Cliffside Park NJ so just weird. My best friend growing up lived directly to the side/under the GWB, in Fort Lee there. This is unreal and that place, is not at all some bad or ghetto place clearly, so he was with well to do people at the least. Broken hearts hurt, and i know all abou that one, that might have been alot more hurtful to him we see, then ever losing a pot at poker was.

Sad RIP

Until I read coroner report ,imo, it was a Murder.... $$ or domestic related, perhaps.
Those are Balconys that must be stood up on to dive not leap.
we see...he was a nice guy. sad for the family.
Better suicide than murdered?