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BOYNAMEDSUE Moderator
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 7909 Location: Isle of Tilt
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject: Mike Matasow's Comment in December's Bluff Magazine |
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When asked about what his New Year's resolution will be he says,
"To quit playing online poker and get back to online play".
Do you think the pros are getting tired of online poker?
Do you think that's the reason we see less of the FTP pros? |
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SKS_Poker Full House
Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Posts: 242 Location: Chico, CA
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:03 am Post subject: |
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I'm not sure if they're getting tired of playing poker online, but the live B&M events pay out more with a smaller field. The buy-ins are much higher, but they can afford it, so I'm assuming they are just going where the money is  |
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Free Info Flush
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 128
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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"To quit playing online poker and get back to online play".
do you mean live play?? sorry just trying to clear this up cuz it really makes no sense...unless im reading it wrong |
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BOYNAMEDSUE Moderator
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 7909 Location: Isle of Tilt
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, yes, I meant to say,
"To quit playing online poker and get back to live play". |
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guitarguy178 Message Board Junkie
Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 1916 Location: St. Louis
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I can imagine when playing at the Bellagio or any other casino, they don't have rail birds hounding them with rediculous questions when they are in the middle of a hand. I don't blame them one bit. Yeah, I know they can turn off Observer chat, but then they just get flammed on the message boards for doing that, so it's pretty much lose lose for the pros. |
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JS13_TPS Straight Flush
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 445 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| in another part of that article didn't he say he lost 400k the week before the WSOP? |
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BOYNAMEDSUE Moderator
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 7909 Location: Isle of Tilt
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: |
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| guitarguy178 wrote: |
| I can imagine when playing at the Bellagio or any other casino, they don't have rail birds hounding them with rediculous questions when they are in the middle of a hand. I don't blame them one bit. Yeah, I know they can turn off Observer chat, but then they just get flammed on the message boards for doing that, so it's pretty much lose lose for the pros. |
Yeah, some of the chatter that goes on while the pros are playing, sometimes heads-up, is ridiculous. It's rude, immature, sexist, and sometimes racist. If someone's playing heads-up NLHE for lots of money of course they're not going to be answering questions. |
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JetsFan28 Royal Flush
Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 799 Location: NY
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| so "the mouth" wont be playing anymore at all? |
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Lawing Four of a Kind
Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 276
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: |
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| so "the mouth" wont be playing anymore at all? |
I seriously doubt it, but he has stated he has lost 1mil in online play. |
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cheermom35 High Card
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:25 am Post subject: Mike Matasow |
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Recently, I was in Las Vegas for the first time. I attended a celebrity poker tournament . Mike "the Mouth" was there. Because of his table
image, I was a little nervous about approaching him. I decided what the
heck and did so. After all, this was part of my excitement about coming
to Vegas. Hopefully, I would see some poker pros. Anyway, he turned
out to be a super nice guy and I had a picture taken with him. I also
met David Williams, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Lance Bass and Shannon
Elizabeth. All of them, very very nice people who didn't seem bothered
at all that a fan wanted a picture with them. I love this game and the
all the different personalities that play it. Say what you want to about
Matasow, Hellmuth and other pros who have a tendancy to be loud
and explosive at the tables. They are great for the game and I watch
all the time. |
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