Mike "The Mouth" Matusow is the winner of the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Championship! Matusow defeated Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi in the first round, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom in the second, Barry Greenstein in the third, John Hennigan in the quarterfinals, Scott Seiver in the semifinals and then faced Phil Hellmuth in the best-of-three-series final.
Matusow won the first match against Hel[...] Read more » Mike Matusow Wins The National Heads-Up Poker Championship For $750,000!
Joined: Mar '11
Location: Croatia
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Now with this new trophy he won't shut it for months for sure... Mouth aside he's definitely a good player ( a bit of a jackass imo but maybe that's just me) so this comes with little surprise.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 45 (M)
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If he was facing bankrupcy, this is sure a nice boost to put everything straight. Now that all is over, there may appear some Blom defenders saying Matusow only won because Izildur1 wasn't on his usual 100% shape. But having Hellmuth in front of him in the big final is, perhaps, a bigger challenge than facing Blom, and he also passed that.
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
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Well i never would of picked the mouth to win this one. he must of been running hot. not an easy field to get through either. He is a bit of a tool but great for TV
Joined: Oct '07
Location: Denmark
Age: 43 (M)
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yes he is back i have missed mike in the poker world he is so entertaining too watch, he makes fun too watch poker on tv, not like when vi see a bunch of internet kids how take 15 min too make a decision and never said a word,
congrets mike hobe too see more of you in the future
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
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loool- i someone said to me that mike the mouth would beat blom, greenstein, seiver and hellmouth ( mouth vs hellmouth) i would think they know nothing about poker...it's rigged i tell ya...it's so damn rigged- he probably had x-ray glasses or sth (borrowed from greg raymer)...my mouth has just dried out
Joined: Mar '10
Location: Greece
Age: 55 (M)
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Matusow is a nice player, playing VERY tight in the videos that i've seen. Knows live play very well. This HEADS-UP win didn't feel odd for me. Solid pro having a good feel of his opponents.
What i didn't like was the odds he had of getting the flush in the last hand.. but with Hellmuth's bad luck in heads up matches, he did the right thing... and won
Joined: Jan '11
Location: United States
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So the "Mouth" wins it after all! I would really have liked to seen all this come down. To see him and Hellmuth and then to watch him kick Blom little luckbox azz would have been something to watch. I just wonder what he was saying as he crept slowly upward to defeat his opponents. The truth is, I would have liked to seen Blom take him down, but it's cool to see "Mouth" back it up.
Joined: Sep '12
Location: India
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Good day everyone Well thats a sweet pay out for matsow ...i would have liked it more if helmuth had won ... but unfortunately he didn't !!! well better luck next time to him .... he is just really good ... a most entertaining guy on the tables ...waiting for the vids to release got to watch them
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
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Way to go Mike! After winning against lineup like that( Mizrachi - Blom - Greenstein - Seiver - Hellmuth ) there is nothing much to say but well deserved and congratulations Mike.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
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It's increadible how Blom's "dreams" got to be more important than the victory of this challenge itself. This shows how valuable is Blom nowadays. Matusow's got all the credits for having made it, but people will tend to forget this fast, except him and those who lost for him.
Joined: Nov '12
Location: Canada
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G'day mates Well I for one am glad that mike won this one. I think je deserved to win it this time. He played very well and made some good moves and made some good reads as well. the players he faced were all good players and so he earned his win. Ronin
