Mike "The Mouth" Matusow

M"TM"M had me CRACKING up in the box yesterday. His name suits him well! He is very chatty, to say the least. The tourney of the day was $1500 NL shootout. What this means is, as people go out, tables don't combine to keep it 10 handed. Each table of 10 plays, basically, a Single Table Tourney. The last man moves on. Round two starts with the winners and they do it again. The third round, by this time, will consist of 2 short handed tables, that play hand for hand, until there are 10 left, which is the final table. This particular event had, I think, about 1300 people in it? Not really sure. The moderators said something about getting to two tables - 1 of 7 people and 1 of 6 people, so that's how I got that number. IF 1300 started, after round 1 there would be 130 left, after round 2 there'd be 13, leaving a 6-man and 7-man table to play hand for hand until 10 people remain. That's irrelevant really, as this is about M"TM"M, and not the tourney itself :)

I wish to hell I could remember what all he was saying to crack me up! Cardplayer.com was there mic'ing it all, so you can probably get some of his stuff there. He was just fun and funny to listen to. He analyzed shootouts, and informed everyone that you really only have to beat 25 or so people *which logistically, is correct*, he talked about how living the 'poker life' is HARD, and the funniest shit was how he kept describing HIS play. "I am Rocky!" He said that over and over and in various forms. He didn't say it like "Rocky", in its phonetic form, tho. It was more of a drawn out "Rawwwky" He pointed out how the cameras had ruined the bluff, and how he can't seem to win playing his old ways, so now, "He is Rawwky". Again, you really had to be there to laugh WITH him, but trust me, it was amusing. Even as I moved on to the next table, and the table after...I could still here him chime in with "I am the Rawwkiest Rawwk that ever was". Two and three tables later, I am still laughing. It was a nice change to have a fun day at work! M"TM"M gets a thumbs up from me...not that that amounts to jack shit.