Michael Matusow (created April 30, 1968 in La, California) is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada. Matusow’s nickname of “The Mouth” reveals his name for trash talking in the poker table. He’s also known for occasionally destroying hours or days of great play using one misjudgment, (known as a “Mike Matusow Blowup” or “Mike Matusow Crisis”). Matusow started playing poker seriously in the early 1990s, first while employed as a poker dealer, then as a professional player.
Nguyen went to win, and gave $333,333 to Matusow in return for his partial stake. In 1999, Matusow won his first WSOP bracelet, winning the $3,500 No Limit Hold’em event conquering Alex Brenes heads up to win the title. In 2001, he completed 6th place in the WSOP $10,000 no limit Hold ’em main event. Matusow says the crucial hand was when he was bluffed by ultimate champ Juan Carlos Mortensen, but didn’t trust his instincts to call. He got the better of his buddy and fellow professional poker player Daniel Negreanu to win the tournament. In the 2005 WSOP, Matusow finished 9th out of 5,619 players in the main event, winning $1,000,000. Several months after, he won the WSOP Tournament of Champions in a heads up fight against Hoyt Corkins, bringing in another $1,000,000 in the procedure, making him the first player to win two million dollar prizes in the same year. He also placed third in the Tournament of Champions the next year, winning $250,000. At the 2008 WSOP, Matusow won a third bracelet in the $5000 No Limit 2–7 Draw with purchase event conquering Jeff Lisandro heads up for the $537,862 first prize. Matusow won his fourth bracelet in 2013 in the $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better tournament, defeating Matthew Ashton heads up and bringing in $266,503.
National Heads-Up Poker Championship, Face the Ace, King of Vegas, High Stakes Poker, Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, Pro-Am Poker Equalizer, World Series of Poker 2003