When you think of the cast members that have made the World Series of Poker (WSOP) such an epic story, the name Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow, is towards the top of the IMDB Cast List. Every incredible narrative needs an equally incredible bad guy, and few have played the role more perfect than Matusow.
Matusow joined the 854-entrant field in Event #5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold ’em, when he looked down to see AQ in the big blind, facing a raise from ‘wolverine17’ from the small blind. Matusow three-bet, ‘wolverine17’ made the call, and did the same when Matusow shoved a ten-high flop.
The Hugh Jackman pseudonym won the hand with pocket aces, sending Matusow for an early bath, cue eruption. Matusow, who was streaming his play live at the time, didn’t realise he was playing in a freezeout. Coupled with ‘wolverine17’s’ 15-second tank-call on the flop, Matusow corrupted the airwaves with a series of foul expletives.
“This motherfucker,” said Matusow. “I’m gonna fuck him right in his fucking ass, man. Mark that name down, ‘wolverine17’. What the fuck is wrong with these fucking people?”
Matusow continued to describe in elucidatory fashion how he was going to track ‘wolverine17’ down and cause some grievous bodily harm, even volunteering to pay his tribe to track down ‘wolverine17’s’ true identity.
Whoops.
It turns out that the man that Matusow had promised to fuck in the arse was a woman after the WSOP released her name (Megan Milburn) after finishing 38th.
“I won’t hit no woman, I’ll just call her a c*** that she is when I see her,” said Matusow.
After the poker world ran with the story, Matusow decided against abdicating responsibility, reaching out to Milburn privately to apologise for his outburst.
“Lol, it wasn’t intentional!” Tweeted Milburn. “The next one might be though.”
“I am an idiot you all know that.” Said Matusow.
Bad.
Guy.
Material.
Given the current climate, one would assume that the promise of sexual and physical abuse after losing a hand wouldn’t go down well within the corridors of the WSOP.
PocketFives’ top man, Lance Bradley, reached out to the WSOP for a reaction to the Mouth’s outburst, and it seems he will escape a reprimand.
“We take prevention of abusive behavior at WSOP tournaments or on the WSOP.COM platform extremely seriously. We have a number of preventive measures online including recently disabling our chat entirely,” Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the WSOP told PocketFives. “But the regulation of content on our customer’s personal streams and social media accounts is a slippery slope, particularly as each of these third-party platforms have their own escalation procedures. We reserve the right to suspend the account of any individual going forward, but in this case, it appears the player had the perfect response to resolve the situation herself.”
The Results
Event #3: $400 No Limit Hold ’em
Event #3 attracted 2,091 entrants, and Robert’ bustinballs’ Kuhn captured the bracelet and $115,850 first prize. Kuhn is a gold ring winner, taking down a 370-entrant World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Main Event in Atlantic City for $122,098, back in 2016.
Daniel’ DNegs’ Negreanu finished 210th, and the reigning WSOP All-Time Casher, Roland Israelishvili cashed for the second time this series.
Results
- Robert ‘ bustinballs’ Kuhn – $115,850
- Ronald ‘rlksaces’ Keren – $71,587
- Richard ‘Doc33’ Federico – $52,242
- Theodore ‘klubot’ Lui – $38,466
- Max ‘ndirish50’ Huster – $28,605
- Evan ‘Escott121181’ Scott – $21,454
- Chris ‘pokerher2014’ Fuchs – $16,184
- Roland ‘prngis12’ Israelashvili – $12,345
- Andre ‘AndreFreund’ Freund – $9,560
Event #4: $500 No Limit Hold ’em Super Turbo
Matt’ Bodeyster’ Bode conquered the field of 1,179-entrants in a six-hour asthma attack of an event that made him $97,091 the richer. Bode’s first bracelet came a month after declaring on Twitter his intention to turn into an online grinder and ship a bracelet. The former World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event winner, Kevin MacPhee finished fifth.
Results
- Matt’ Bodeyster’ Bode – $97.091
- Brian ‘XcrazylegsX’ Frasca – $59,952
- Caitlin ‘KTUUUH’ Dillon – $42,603
- Frank ‘spaghetti’ Marasco – $30,772
- Kevin ‘ImaLuckSac’ MacPhee – $22,389
- David ‘DrJayTrotter’Bernsen – $16,500
- Ryan’ Whosyourdodd’ Dodd – $12,362
- Shawn’ Saygoodnight- Daniels – 9,338
- Jason’ Daluxxx’ Luxenberg – $7,162
Event #5: $1,000 No Limit Hold ’em Freezeout
Allen’ Acnyc718′ Chang won the $161,286 first prize in the game that contained the Matusow outburst.
Results
- Allen ‘Acnyc718’ Chang – $161,286
- Philip ‘tomte’ Yeh – $99,709.
- Felipe ‘McBain’ Leme – $69,772
- Andrew ‘Iseefoodtuna’ Campbell – $49,750
- Tim ‘married’ Begley – $35,697
- Alex ‘ShadowFiend1’ Condon – $26,124
- John. ’Slapshot1085’ Forlenza – $19,390
- Josh ‘charliefrog’ Greenberg – $14,603
- Quintin ‘AA_QTIP_KK’ Trammell – $11,196
