Poker Pro Missing For a Full Month

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He came to Las Vegas to have some good old fun at the World Series of Poker. He even started the grind pretty well cashing in two out of three events played. But a change of heart and a serious mental health issue made him reconsider his options and called it quits.

I decided to take a break from MTTs b/c players who dislike/dont know me are petitioning to have me locked in a mental home/tortured/killed.

— Adzizzy (@Adzizzy) June 12, 2016

Until next time LV! #Love

— Adzizzy (@Adzizzy) June 12, 2016

He has never been seen ever since nor has he got in touch with his family or his close friends. And now Canadian high roller and wannabe rapper Matt ‘ADZ124’ Marafioti is officially on the missing persons list.

Plz contact Investigator David Groover 702-497-1955 w/any info on Matt Marafioti missing since 6/16 #missingpersonpic.twitter.com/9bl4JQKKRK

— Randy Dorfman (@RandyDorfman) July 14, 2016

Have you seen him as of late?

Marafioti? Who Is Matt Marafioti?

Many of our PokerTube readers may have heard about Marafioti, about his antics at the poker table and also about his online PokerStars’ alias ‘ADZ124.’ And many have heard and seen his ‘signature’ move that made him famous at the 2012 WSOP Main Event called simply ‘the pump fake.’

Most of the poker community agreed that his fake shove was a bush league move but Marafioti didn’t care whatsoever. He has a whole arsenal of such tactics and he hasn’t been afraid to use them no matter the consequences. That’s why he became one of the most disliked poker pros in the community over the years.

However, Marafioti also has another side, one the community barely saw, revealed in a short documentary about his life:

Yes, he has a big ego and an even bigger mouth but Matt is also a family man who respected his parents greatly to the point he trusted his father entirely to manage his poker bankroll and personal finances. So what happened? How come he has gone missing? Doesn’t he want to be found? Unfortunately much have changed since that documentary and most of that respect has been lost.

Current Condition and Whereabouts

As the years passed, Marafioti’s table manners has gotten worse and he became more and more paranoid. He started believing the Illuminati put a target on his back because of his ‘revolutionary’ ideas. He got into the rap business but never quite succeeded blaming his father and again the Illuminati for his downfall.

I'm very thankful but the Illuminati did/has put "fear of the devil" in me as they called it.

— Adzizzy (@Adzizzy) June 4, 2016

And yes even the famous rapper Drake - who he met during his short rap ‘affair’ - tried to ‘frame’ him:

Not only are they and the Illuminati directly responsible for framing me but Drake actually tried to get me gang banged/set up before.

— Adzizzy (@Adzizzy) June 4, 2016

Those two tweets are just examples that prove Marafioti’s worsening mental health. His father and mother - who both work in the healthcare industry - tried to help him but instead Matt turned against them and even accused them of attempting to kill him and finish what the Illuminati’s grand scheme.

Now I realize my mom/her brother Robert Corsi played a key role in this who are extorting my dad (mob) to allege I have a mental problem.

— Adzizzy (@Adzizzy) June 8, 2016

When you think about it logically it's obvious I caught her trying to kill me then she suddenly alleged I was crazy/couldn't leave her site.

— Adzizzy (@Adzizzy) June 8, 2016

Despite all his mental health problems, he did manage to travel for this year’s WSOP and get away from his father and mother. At the tables however, Matt encountered many other poker pros who tried to convince him to seek help. That’s when he decided to give up his grinding and leave Las Vegas.

According to close friend Randy Dorfman, Matt Marafioti was last seen at South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, on June 16, 2016. He has never used his credit card ever since. Even though one month has passed, the investigators still don’t have any leads but there is a remote possibility he did travel to Europe to play online poker.

If you have any information please contact investigator David Groover as shown above or send a tweet to @RandyDorfman as soon as you’re able.