Mike Matasow is a raving lunatic
 

Check out the interview in the latest Card Player magazine. Sorry it's not on their website last I checked.

He talks about his total disregard for money including his $500,000 a season football betting habit. He also mentions his medication for his ADD/Manic Depressive disorder and says it helps him play better poker.

Will we need to start drug testing at major tournaments?

He also mentions that he saw a big tell on Fossilman in the WSOP in 04 and that's why he felt like he pwned him. Has Greg figured out what the hell he was talking about?

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Eeyore, you tested positive for Zoloft and Paxil. You have been banned from tournament play.

And get that nail out of your ass.

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You're making a sloppy leap of logic here. Just because Mike's ADD meds help him play better poker doesn't mean it will help everyone. Being less ADD at the table would certainly help one's game.

Should we test for drugs in poker? No. I can't think of a single good reason why. And I can imagine a ton of problems doing such testing including how much any particular drug actually helps someone's play.

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What a horrible idea. This is quite possibly the single most retarded sugestion ever made on these forums.

On a related note, I really like Mike. Yeah, the guy's got some problems, but I've always been impressed with how honest and candid he is about his faults and opinions about other players.

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I'll stop taking adderall before a poker tournament when the guy next to me turns off his friggin insulin pump.

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Walking down the long hallway in the RIO to the WSOP there was some other 'convention' taking place.

I walked past one of their rooms and the sign out front said "Borderline Personality Disorders". I'm sure I wasn't the only one who thought they should have been holding their meeting a couple hundred feet further in the main playing room.



In chess a few years ago there was drug-testing in many tournaments as part of the international chess federations' drive to get into the Olympics.
Most in the chess community thought it was about as retarded as anyone here would think.
And it wasn't JUST a suggestion. It was reality. They actually had drug-testing in chess tournaments.
Thankfully it ended when chess realized that trying to get into the Olymics was a pretty stupid idea.

As I recall...the US Chess Federation went public in their disagreement with the International Chess Fed's olympic-drive and drug-testing which sparked a bit of contraversy as well.

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Will we need to start drug testing at major tournaments?

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Eeyore, you tested positive for Zoloft and Paxil. You have been banned from tournament play.

And get that nail out of your ass.

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potd ... nh sir

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In chess a few years ago there was drug-testing in many tournaments as part of the international chess federations' drive to get into the Olympics.
Most in the chess community thought it was about as retarded as anyone here would think.
And it wasn't JUST a suggestion. It was reality. They actually had drug-testing in chess tournaments.

[/ QUOTE ]Same thing happened in bridge. One woman was disqualified from the World Championships in Montreal 2 or 3 years ago. From what I understand, she was taking a physician prescribed diet medication.

But, where mental stamina is a significant factor in performance, it does not seem unreasonable to restrict drugs if you want to make sure the playing field is level.

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If they started drug testing in casinos there wouldnt be any players there [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: Mike Matasow is a raving lunatic
 

I don't know about the drugs part, but after reading his Card Player interview, I have to believe this guy is certifiably nuts!!