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Mike Matusow
Poker
is known as the gentleman’s game for the certain etiquette that most of the
players follow, but Mike Matusow is not one such player. Early in his career he earned the nickname
“The Mouth” for his penchant for constant chatter at the tables. While many consider him to be a consummate
entertainer, others find him to be nothing more than a constant annoyance. For this he has his fair share of friends and
enemies at the poker tables that he graces but it all means very little. Annoying or not he is a staunch competitor
who is known for taking high level risks when the chips are down, a matter that
has won him tournaments as well as cost him the gold. One of the most famous of these high risks
maneuvers came at the World Series Of Poker Main Event final table. On the draw he went all in with a seven deuce
and his bluff was called costing him the highest honor that a poker player can
earn.
Through
out his career he has won some bracelets and taken the top spots in many of the
World Series Of Poker events but the main event honor has slipped through his
grasp. Besides the two bracelets he has
also placed in the money sixteen times and sixth is his highest main event
finish to date.
Mastusow
does not consider his losses after making a highly questionable bluff to be
mistakes but rather learning experiences.
He takes the knowledge of where he went wrong and uses it the next time
around to make certain it does not happen again. His style of play is considered reckless by
most of the biggest names in the book but even Howard “The Professor” Lederer
says that Mastusow is an impressive player.
Even
after his impressive career thus far Mastusow has a dark spot. During 2003 Mastusow was befriended by a man
who asked him to procure some illegal narcotics. Mastusow came through with the drugs only to
find out the so called friend was an undercover officer with the Las Vegas
Police Department. For this he served
six months in prison and was released early 2005.
Despite
the problems Mastusow has reached over three million in tournament money and
continues to be a huge threat around the tournaments to those who underestimate
his reckless play. Most believe that he
will reach the World Series of Poker final table and be victorious in the end
when the time is right.
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