Mike Matusow had the button and he raised to 105,000. Greenstein passed from the small blind but Jeffrey Lisandro called from the big blind. Both players drew one card.
After the draw, Lisandro was first to act and he checked. Matusow put out a bet of 80,000 and Lisandro raised to 330,000 total. Matusow folded quickly and Lisandro won the pot.
After the hand Lisandro declared "Now we're playing poker!"
Our last hand before the dinner break was a doozy. Jeff Lisandro raised to 85,000 from the button. Mike Matusow reraised to 285,000 from the small blind, folding Barry Greenstein. Lisandro made the call.
Matusow stood pat. Lisandro drew one card.
After the draw, Matusow confidently bet 200,000. Lisandro went into the tank for over a minute. He was trying to get a read on Matusow. "Gimme a sign you're still alive!" shouted Lisandro.
Finally, he made the call. Matusow immediately, and disgustedly, tossed his cards into the muck. Lisandro stood up and showed the gallery an ace.
Matusow will have all of dinner to work off the steam.
Three hands back from the dinner break, and Mike Matusow has moved in three times, twice over the top of raises. Nobody called. Two times Matusow showed pat hands - a nine, and a ten. In three hands, he has chipped up from about 400,000 to over 700,000.
Barry Greenstein raised to 100,000 from the button. Jeffrey Lisandro called from the small blind and Mike Matusow passed from the big blind.
Lisandro drew one card and Greenstein took two. Lisandro was first to act after the draw and he led out for 100,000, prompting a quick fold from Greenstein.
Mike Matusow is pumped up. He won another pot after raising to 100,000 from the button and being called by Jeff Lisandro in the big blind. Both players drew one card. After the draw, Lisandro checked to Matusow, who bet 150,000. Lisandro called, but couldn't beat Matusow's 10-7.
On the very next hand, Barry Greenstein raised to 100,000 and Matusow moved in for the fourth time since we got back from dinner. Greenstein laid it down, but it was another six-figure pot for Matusow. He is now over 1 million in chips.