P. Gordon on Matusow on LFTP

I appreciated Phil taking the Mouth to task on the latest Learn from the Pros for some of his conduct unbecoming of an ex-felon.

He was fairly calm and direct about it.. tried not to escalate....

I particularly liked this resulting exchange RE: Matusow's anger:

Chris Rose: "How does that not take you out of your game, though?"
Mike Matusow: "What's that?"
CR: "When you're goin like this [waves hands around] and you're yelling at people and yo--"
MM: "I DON'T YELL AT PEOPLE!! LOOK, I ONLY Y-"
CR: [panicked and blinking a lot] "YOU'RE YELLIN AT ME RIGHT NOW; I don't even have any chips in front of me!"

Honestly, I think that is the only funny thing I have ever heard Chris Rose say.

This has been discussed ad nauseam, but do you think the new MM is "good for poker." What about ESPN giving his single bicker war with a dealer more air time than most pros total allotment? Could this WSOP time have been better used? Is there any hope anymore for WSOP ??? -- If not Mike, would they just use the time for some other garbage like a life profile of the smelly brit? How did he get loud? obnoxious? smelly? America wants to know...

[Jooka]

the new mike?


same as the old mike.

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the new mike?


same as the old mike.

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Is MM good for poker? NO. Who wants to go play poker when they see jerks berating other players and dropping f-bombs on national television?

ScottieK

[threeonefour]

show some respect people. MM is Mason Malmuth. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Fallen Hero]

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the new mike?


same as the old mike.

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Is MM good for poker? NO. Who wants to go play poker when they see jerks berating other players and dropping f-bombs on national television?

ScottieK

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Charismatic plyers improve the popularity of a sport, they always did.

[UATrewqaz]

Every single donkish noob who watches poker and "hates" Mike Matusow would be like

"OH MY GOD IT'S MIKE MATUSOW!!!! Let's get his autograph"

if they saw him in person.

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Every single donkish noob who watches poker and "hates" Mike Matusow would be like

"OH MY GOD IT'S MIKE MATUSOW!!!! Let's get his autograph"

if they saw him in person.

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I wouldn't.

But then, even if I wanted his autograph, I wouldn't.

[UATrewqaz]

Are you a donkish noob?

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Is MM good for poker? NO. Who wants to go play poker when they see jerks berating other players and dropping f-bombs on national television?


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Lots of teenage wannabes think that rubbing it in when you win and using foul language is macho. These are the same idiots who watch reality TV and pro wrestling.

Whether or not the Mouth is good for poker, he is good for TV. The fact that this is being discussed here is evidence of that. Mike the Mouth, Tony G, etc., are the guys we love to hate. Not all that different from watching pro wrestling, now that I think about it.

[uncleshady]

I would pay up to 4.99 to see a heads up match between Tony G and Mike Matusow.