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Debate over Mike Matusow’s Excessive Celebration intensifies
A few days ago, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow was hit with an excessive celebration penalty in a 2014 WSOP $2.5k Omaha-8/Stud-8 event. Since then, many poker pros like Daniel Negreanu have jumped to his defense, saying that big personalities are good for the game and the penalty was uncalled for. As for The Mouth himself,…
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Dan Bilzerian Craziness continues: He loses $2.5m in One Night
Dan Bilzerian is known as one of the wildest and craziest poker players in the game today. The son of wealthy corporate takeover guru Paul Bilzerian, Dan first became well known after the lid was blown on Hollywood poker games involving Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon. Bilzerian was interviewed about his…
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Mike Matusow Bitter over Full Tilt Poker
With his fanny pack and big attitude, Mike Matusow recently did an interview about his lack of a Full Tilt Poker contract. Matusow is fresh off of winning the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship ($750,000) – a tournament where he had to overcome 12-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth in the finals. With that…
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Mike Matusow thinks WSOP Tournament Buy-ins should be Dramatically Lowered
Mike Matusow says a lot of things, which means that not everything coming out of his mouth is in anywhere, shape or form newsworthy. However, he did recently make a good point about how WPT and WSOP tournament buy-ins should be lowered so more live players can make a living. “The Mouth” discussed this in a…
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Scott Matusow and Mike Matusow reconcile
Three weeks ago, an abrupt feud between poker pro Mike Matusow and his brother Scott Matusow was dominating the poker news headlines. The fight started when Mike Matusow dissed his brother for promoting a negative article about Phil Ivey and Full Tilt Poker through Mike’s twitter feed. Then Scott Matusow wrote an unflattering post about…
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Full Tilt firing Poker Pros?
Just days after UB and Absolute Poker let go of their signed pros, rumors are flying about Full Tilt Poker possibly dropping their poker pros. The rumor started on the popular podcast site QuadJacks.com, where they discussed potential firings after Full Tilt apparently blocked signed pros from appearing on the show. The most infamous event…
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Poker Prop Bets Abound in 2010
Prop bets have always been big in poker, with professional players making all sorts of ridiculous personal bets. Vegetarians have gone carnivore, players have golfed for a whopping $18,000 per hole, moved to Israel, gotten tattoos and more. The most recent prop bet in the world of professional poker is between players Phil Ivey and…