A brain surgeon receives a phone call from a colleague on a Saturday night. "We need another poker player for tonight" the friend says. "I'll be there right away!" the doctor replies with a sense of urgency. As he puts on his coat and makes his way out the door his wife asks him "Is it serious?" and the doctor replies "Oh, very! There are 3 other doctors already there!" Marafioti has been dominating the $25/$50 No-Limit Hold’em games on PokerStars and last night he burned through 1,545 hands on his way to an $89k victory.  The Toronto-native is now up to over $200k in profit this year and seems to be on a serious upswing. He tends to stay around the $25/$50 level on PokerStars but has been known to play the odd $200/$400 session. Marafioti isn’t as well known as high stakes killers like Patrik Antonius or Phil Ivey but has made his own waves on the poker scene with ridiculous prop bets and a controversial reality show about his life. He has also had a great deal of success in live tournaments with final tables at the WSOP, NAPT and PCA. He’s earned... holdem poker online