Matt Marafioti has been making fun of the fact that he’s been super short stacked all day; except that with another double behind him, he’s not short at all any more.

His most recent double came with Matt in the big blind. Greg Marcus min-raised on the button and Matt thought for a while before announcing all in. Greg called and turned over , which was up against Matt’s .

The board was dealt: and suddenly Matt is up over 250K.

After the hand, Matt (who has been leading all discussion about possible deals so far) again offered the field a deal – suggesting that with a stack he has become a lot more dangerous that he had been early in the action today.

Govert responded to a middle position raise by Martin by shoving his 113K stack and Martin tanked for a little while but eventually folded.

Then Matt open shoved 70K on the button. Pratyush folded in the small blind but Tim threw in a chip to call.

Matt:

Tim:

The board ran out and Matt’s small pair held up.

Some counts around the table with 6 players remaining.

1. Govert Metaal – 122K
2. Matt Marafioti – 85K
4. Pratyush Buddiga – 230K
5. Timothy Reilly – 392K
6. Martin Jacobson – 500K
9. Gregory Marcus – 350K

The remaining 6 players in the tournament are all in the money as the next player to be eliminated will earn $38,024 for his efforts – and it goes up from there.

The players are on break – we’ll have chip counts for the remaining players at the end of the break.

In a stunning hand, Martin Jacobson has eliminated Connor Drinan in 7th place.

Connor raised UTG to 17K, and Martin 3-bet to 40K. Connor thought about it and 4-bet to 77K – to which Martin responded with a snap 5-bet shove. Connor quickly called and was at risk for his tournament life.

Connor:

Martin:

The flop was relatively uneventful – but running on the turn and river sealed the deal for Martin and when they counted down Connor’s stack he was covered and exits in 7th place.

7th place: Connor Drinan

Mark Radoja found a couple of hands to play, but unfortunately the second of those was the hand that eliminated him from the tournament.

In the first hand, Mark and Martin got it in – Mark was driving the action and got in his last 63K with and Martin called with . The board ran out and Mark doubled to around 130K.

Just two hands later Mark got it in against Greg Marcus but in this case it was no flip, Mark was well behind holding to Greg’s .

The board gave no help to Mark: and he is eliminated in 8th place.

8th place: Mark Radoja

Michael Watson has been eliminated in 9th place in the High Roller event.

Martin raised pre-flop to 17K and Mike re-raised all-in with his shorter (about 120K) stack. Martin snap called and the cards were flipped.

Martin:
Mike:

The board ran out with rags and Mike was unable to spike an A to stay alive in the tournament. Play continues with 8 players, 2 away from the money bubble.

Tim Reilly has managed to double in a hand against Martin Jacobson.

From the button, Tim raised to 16K and Martin re-raised all-in. Martin covered Tim at the time. Tim quickly called and the hands were turned over.

Tim:
Martin:

The flop was great for Tim: but the turn brought a little bit of a sweat: . Martin now had flush and gunshot draws but the on the river proved to be safe for Tim who counted down 197K to be added from Martin’s stack (plus the antes and BB). Martin is down to 247K.

Here are some photos from the final table of the Playground Poker Fall Classic High Roller Event:

Pratyush Buddiga

Martin Jacobson

Timothy Reilly

Matt Marafioti

Mark Radoja

Michael Watson

Connor Drinan

Gregory Marcus

Govert Metaal

The first substantial action of the day has just taken place and resulted in Timothy Reilly taking a nice 136K pot.

Preflop, Connor Drinan raised to 13K from middle position and Tim called from the hijack. The flop came . Action was checked to Tim, who bet 14K. Connor called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river came and Connor checked. Tim bet 32K and after a short period of thought, Connor called. Tim showed for the nut flush and Connor opted to muck.