Mike Matusow has criticised the actions of Phil Ivey that has caused a huge controversy. So there you have it—Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow is probably no longer on the Phil Ivey Christmas Card list.

Ivey seems to have split the poker world with his decision, but it is hard for me to see how he did this with anything but his own self-interest in mind. While he claims to be trying to help expedite the process to help the people who are owed money this move seems destined to slow it down.

Mike Matusow took his chance to comment on the full tilt poker situation. Accusations were thrown at Full Tilt Poker’s representative Tony G by Mike Matusow for being involved in this. Mike Matusow mentioned that Tony G was getting involved for self-centered reasons which had something to do with his website pokernews.com and other poker associated media verticals. On his behalf, Mike Matusow assured that the poker players will definitely be refunded with all their money and in addition said that “I am not Joe Sebok. I am completely sure.”

Mike Matusow was stopped in the WPT finals by Alan Sternberg in a disappointing result. Sexton, sitting on the very short stack to enter the final table, was the first player eliminated at the 27th hand of play by Mike Matusow. Sexton looked to be in great shape with K-Q against Matusow's K-J, but Matusow hit a J on the river to knock out poker's ambassador and not only shrink the final table to five players, but also collected the $5,000 bounty on Sexton's head as he was a Shooting Star during the event.

Mike Matusow is one of the best tacticians in the game of poker and here are some of his tactics. The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) were richly rewarded with their decision, as captured on film was an incredible read by Matusow on one of his unfortunate table opponents.

Dustin “Neverwin” Woolf is a prodigious online poker pro, but was only really starting out on the live tournament circuit in 2005, when the eagle-eyed Matusow picked-up a lucrative tell on the Californian poker pro.

Mike Matusow is now on a new tournament that will be shown live on TV. Part two of the Season Six Bellagio Cup III featuring Kevin Saul, Mike Matusow and Shane Schleger at the final table.

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The alleged mastermind of the UB superuser scandal, Russ Hamilton, headlines this final table.

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Dan Harrington wins one for the non-smokers as he puts out Robert Goldfarb’s fire at the final table.

An amateur Mike Dappen will be taking on Mike Matusow in the “Big Heat.” The other two sit and gos will feature the traditional $20,000 buy-in and a richer $50,000 buy-in. The $20,000 version will be called “Wish List,” with amateur Mike Dappen taking on Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Erica Schoenberg, and Chris Ferguson. Dappen won the opportunity to play for the $300,000 first prize by winning the Howard and Suzie Lederer Charity Poker Tournament, which raised money for the Boys and Girls Clubs.

Mike Matusow has made it into the U.S team along with many other stars. Latest news is that there are some new countries added to the mix to the event, which is being held next month, but doesn’t have a time or a place set, other than Vegas, sometime. The U.S. team consists of Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Annie Duke, Jennifer Harman, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Erik Seidel.

Mike Matusow survived stiff competition on Day 2 to finish at the top of the leaderboard. At the end of Day 2, Mike Matusow leads the field on 85,500; ahead of second-place Huck Seed who could only muster up 73,000 to push ahead of third place Johnny Chan.

The few unfortunate players to bust were current champion Joe Cada; poker legend Doyle Brunson; online qualifier Andrew Barton and recent Hall of Fame addition Mike Sexton.

Phil Hellmuth tweeted about the Matusow v. Forrest bet, claiming that Forrest has to weigh 139lbs by July 15 in order to win two million dollars from Mike “The Mouth” Matusow. Frankly, we’re surprised that Matusow has two million to lose.

If he doesn’t make the weight by then, he has until September 15 in which case he will win $1m. If he doesn’t succeed, Matusow gets $150,000. Apparently Justin Smith also has a large chunk of the action.

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