Posts Tagged ‘Mike Matusow’

Full Tilt at Foxwoods World Poker Finals

David Pham at Foxwoods World Poker Finals
Photo credit: WorldPokerTour.com

Last week was a good one for David Pham.  On November 11th he finished fourth in Foxwoods World Poker Finals for $240,344 then turned around and finished third the very next day in FTOPS X Event #16 for near $112,000.  By any measure, that is one fine week.

The rest of Team Full Tilt seemed to dominate the event even without collecting the win.  Get the rest of the numbers after the jump.

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FTOPS X Event #1 Recap

Mike Matusow hosted FTOPS X Event #1

FTOPS X kicked off last night with a monster $1,000,000 guarantee tournament which drew a huge crowd. 5,124 players paid $216 for the 6-max superstack game paying out $195,000+ to the winner. The tournament lasted a crazy 9.5 hours finishing in the wee hours of the morning. Winner davin77 must have really been dragging since he was playing from Germany.

Recap after the jump.

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Reader Mail: Main Event Mania!

Here we go again – madness, mayhem, Reader Mail! The WSOP Main Event has reached its final nine players and is now on a four month hiatus, so let the discussion begin. Email us at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with any comments, questions, or conspiracy theories about the battle for Tiffany Michelle’s breasts. On to the show:

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The Week at FTP: …And, It’s Over

Hold on… don’t celebrate yet. We’re not going anywhere. Sorry to burst your bubble.

As for our Full Tilt Poker pros and the WSOP Main Event – stick a fork in ‘em because their done and the Big Dance is going to be won by some random donkey. (Technically, there are a couple of not-so-random donkeys left in the field like the lovely Tiffany Michelle, but that just doesn’t have the same ring to it, you know?)

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The Pros Speak: Mike Matusow

Team Full Tilt’s Mike Matusow is clearly one of the most outspoken personalities in poker – and one of the most talented. While his past antics have ranged from entertaining to offensive, his performance over the course of this year’s WSOP has been nothing less than top-notch in terms of behavior and performance. Over the last month, he’s earned his third career bracelet, made the final table in the $10K Omaha Hi/Lo Split event, and cashed in the $1.5K HORSE. Even more impressive, he’s been extremely mellow and focused on his game.

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In and Out of the Money

The Main Event is under way, and Day 1A saw 1,297 hopefuls take to the felt. By the end of the day, the field had been reduced to 657 runners. To put this in another context, 640 folks made a $10K contribution to a prize-pool that they’ll see no part of. While this might not seem like a lot in terms of big-name pros, it’s still a hefty chunk of change. Just making the decision to buy in to a tournament at this level requires a great deal of commitment. This is where the “psychology of money” begins to come into play: being able to deal with it as an abstraction and not an object.

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Heads Up: Mike Matusow Versus Erica Schoenberg

Welcome back to another round of the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge, where we take 64 of our top pros and face them off against each other in a thrilling battle royale. Many will enter, only one will survive. "March Madness" ain’t got nothing on us, baby!

This week we have a very intriguing match up. Number two seed Mike “God Hates Me” Matusow takes on 15th seeded Erica “What the hell am I doing with David Benyamine” Schoenberg. Good versus evil, beauty versus the beast, divine inspiration versus the human cooler. It should be one hell of a fight. Let’s get it on:

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