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• Fri Oct 02 2009 17:47 GMT
  

  Matusow Low

  With about half his starting stack, Mike Matusow looks pretty focused on building it back; he's in pretty subdued form but that might be because there's no one on his table capable of being on the other end of the banter seesaw (or who wants to get on, maybe). So it's just grinding as usual for the Mouth.
  
  Just now he looked interested in one pot preflop, which had been raised under the gun to 1,400. He'd called, and found the button reraising to 4,000. UTG decided he didn't mean it after all, but Matusow really gave it a think. He counted out his stack, looked at the 4k and about 14 total, and deliberated silently for a while. But he passed. "Nines," I'm pretty sure I heard him say, sotto voce.

• Sat Sep 26 2009 14:42 GMT

  No Lucay for Ludovic

  Over on one of two feature tables, Ludovic Lacay found himself all in against Mike Matusow with versus . With a pause between each street, the dealer dealt out a ... "Don't give me a set!" to send the Frenchman home to, coincidentally, Toulouse.

• Wed Sep 23 2009 14:11 GMT

  Table Talk with Mike "The Mouth"

  On Phil Ivey:
  
  "He's definitely one of the best all around-players in the world. Definitely top three, maybe even top two, but he does run better than everybody else too."
  
  "I tell people he's the best I've ever played with and the luckiest I've ever played with."

• Wed Sep 23 2009 12:42 GMT

  Give Me Five!

  Multiway limped pots still commonplace here on Low Blind Avenue in Omaha. Five players saw a flop of , but no one wanted to bet it. So check through Andy Bloch, James Akenhead, Mike Matusow, Michael Greco, and an unknown blond-haired gent, whom Nick Wealthall told me was Danish and called Nemo Nielsen but I had a huge tell on him (he was laughing nonstop) and knew that was a lie.
  
  The turn brought the and a bet from Matusow of 1,200, called only by the Mr. Blond in the hijack. The river brought another bet out from Matusow (3,500) but this time no call, and he took the pot.

• Tue Jul 07 2009 19:22 GMT

  Luck of the Draw

  You show up for Day 2a of the WSOP Main Event, having slogged your way through Day 1. You're feeling pretty good about things, until you see your table draw for the day: Mike Matusow, Isaac Baron and John Hennigan. That's what greeted six players at Orange 65 today.
  
  Baron has already been active. He lost 10,000 chips to Hennigan after raising 1,200 preflop, betting 2,400 on a flop of , checking the turn and calling 6,500 on the river. Baron's pocket aces were cracked by Hennigan's , which turned a club flush.
  
  "John Hennigan, ladies and gentleman," said Matusow.
  
  A few hands later, Baron called a short stack's all in. Baron's was in rough shape against the short stack's but flopped a set, . The set held through the river.
  
  "Seven right in the window," exclaimed Matusow. "Isaac Baron, ladies and gentlemen. Loses 10,000 with aces and gets 4,000 back cracking someone else's aces."

• Sat Jul 04 2009 19:15 GMT

  Feature Tables

  Yesterday's feature tables were a little more stacked with big names than today's are. We've only spotted Mike "The Mouth" Matusow at the main feature table and Doyle Brunson at the secondary feature table in the early goings here. The rest of the seats are filled with unknowns covered in online poker logos from the various sites.

• Thu Jun 25 2009 20:07 GMT

  Tell Us How You Really Feel, Mike

  Mike Matusow is not happy about the clock situation and is making his feelings known. Despite there being two clocks in the Green Section of the Amazon Room, both are linked together and can only be used for one tournament.
  
  "Can we pay $19 million in juice next year for independent clocks?" Matusow asked the floor.
  
  "This isn't a hold'em tournament," Scott Bohlman replied. "Nobody cares if it's not hold'em."

• Thu Jun 25 2009 07:38 GMT

  Count the Outs

  Before the break, Mike Matusow was practically beside himself.
  
  "Look at this flop," he said to the table at showdown. Matusow tabled in a pot played four-ways to the river. The board showed . After the flop, Matusow had outs to the nut flush, the nut straight and the nut low. He wound up with just the nut low after the turn and river. Sirous Jamshidi got the high half with a seven straight, .
  
  Matusow is up to 130,000.

• Thu Jun 25 2009 06:07 GMT
  

  Matusow's a Winner

  Mike Matusow, upon making the money:
  
  "12 tournaments, 700 hours and I had to win more hands in this tournament than I have the whole Series just to cash."

• Thu Jun 25 2009 00:55 GMT

  Matusow No Longer Greatest Short Stack Player Of All Time

  ...Or at least he's no longer a short stack.
  
  Mike Matusow has won himself a big old pot, and is now up to an above-average 38,000 -- the first time he's been above average the whole tournament.
  
  "Boys, y'all are in trouble," he announced.