The
Fox Sports Net poker news show “Poker2Nite”
welcomed the always outspoken Mike “The Mouth”
Matusow this week. The franchise airs at 11:00pm ET every
Wednesday night and can also be seen on The Score at 3:00pm ET on
Sundays. This week’s installment began with a discussion of the
$335 buy-in re-entry event that kicked off the L.A. Poker Classic.
The tournament was the brainchild of Matt Savage and allowed players
to buy back in on a later starting day should they be knocked out.
On
top of the unique formula, the tournament also guaranteed $1 million.
Interviews were shown with David “Chino” Rheem,
Amnon Filippi, Thor Hanson, and Andreas Hoivold.
Filippi commented, “It’s so hard to get so many people in one
place at one time. You have to have a 100-table room and you have to
have the players. L.A. has both.” Darrell Cain ultimately took
down the kickoff event for over $300,000.
Attention then turned to Betfair front woman Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad, who won an Omaha event held during the Aussie Millions this month for $40,000. Obrestad, who won the inaugural World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event, became the first female ever to win an Aussie Millions tournament. “Poker2Nite’ co-host Joe Sebok explained, “She’s an absolute beast. She’s going to be a force at the Rio.” The 2010 WSOP will mark Obrestad’s debut in the annual U.S. series.
Mike
Matusow then joined the show and explained that his fortunes
turned for the worst last year: “2007 and 2008 were the best
years of poker I’ve ever had in my life. It spiraled downward
starting with the $40,000 event in the WSOP [last year]. That beat
led to another beat and another beat and the next thing you know, I
was catching no cards and [recording] no cashes.” Matusow
admitted that he made just $2,200 off of poker in 2009 after
recording seven-figure years in 2007 and 2008.
As
to what led to his dramatic downfall, Mike Matusow explained
that not working out every day and stiff competition contributed. His
goal is to drop back to 185 pounds and run eight miles per day by the
time the 2010 WSOP rolls around. He added, “Players have gotten
better. There are so many great players.” One of those top
minds in the game is its all-time money leader, Phil Ivey. Matusow
commented on his fellow Full Tilt Poker pro: “I think that Phil
Ivey, when he’s playing well, is probably the best all-around poker
player I’ve ever played with.”
A
new segment called “Mikey’s Meltdowns” featured Mike
Matusow against UB.com’s Phil Hellmuth during a
taping of GSN’s “High Stakes Poker.” A 7-2 rule was in effect
and any player who scooped the pot with the worst starting hand in
Hold’em was paid $500 by each of their opponents. Phil Hellmuth led
out for a pot-sized bet of $40,000 on the river with 7-2 for air
against Mike Matusow, who had pocket kings. After much deliberation
and a “This sucks,” Matusow folded his overpair face up. Phil
Hellmuth turned over 7-2 and the table exploded in commentary.
“All
in Blind” featured Sebok and co-host Scott Huff debating a
series of topics, including the aforementioned L.A. Poker Classic
re-entry event, U.S. President Barack Obama being invited to play in
the Irish Poker Open, and UB.com pro Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin
donating $200,000 to his alma mater’s baseball program. Then, Dana
Workman’s “Weekly Misdeal,” which provides a satirical look at
the week’s headlines, poked fun at a topless home game raid, the
Rio’s 20th birthday celebration, T.J. Cloutier selling a WSOP
bracelet on eBay, and the popular video game system Sega entering the
online poker marketplace.
Finally,
“Poker2Nite” saluted Mike Hofer, the winner of the
Absolute Poker College Challenge. Hofer earned $10,000 in college
tuition and told “Poker2Nite” cameras, “The
competition surprised me. They were all very competent players. Hats
off to them. They played a great game.”
Catch
“Poker2Nite” next Wednesday at 11:00pm ET on Fox Sports
Net. Check your local listings for more information.
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