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Message: [QUOTE="Four Dogs, post: 456013, member: 2668"] Well there may be a grain of truth to this, but it sounds more like one of those WSOP talking points. I found a reference to some friends taking away his mouse and keyboard, but it was probably more of a message than an honest attempt to keep him away from the table. I mentioned that in the same amount of time Mike had lost like $170 bucks, Phil Ivey had lost over $160,000. Of course the difference is that while Phil is emotionaly restrained, Mike is a train wreck. I'm sure all his friends are worried about him, and surprisingly he has alot of them. Mike has a severely addictive personality. From coke, speed, meth, ecstasy and alchohol, he has abused every drug he's ever taken. He even spent 6 month in prison for trafficing. He is addicted to strippers, partying and gambling of all kinds. But for all that, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't like the guy. To know him is to love him. By all accounts he's generous to a fault and though it may be true that he's often railbirding for stakes, he's more often than not on the other side of the deal. I think his flawed personality brings out the maternal instinct in all his friends. He may whine, cry, brag and insult, but for all that, he's good hearted. It's always been a mystery to me how anyone so ruled by his emotions can be a good poker player, but I've seen him make some amazing laydowns. He's a moron, but he's not stupid. He is fantastic at reading his opponents and although it may tear him to pieces inside, he knows when he's beat. That being said, there are certain situations where he's a babe in the woods. His success is based mostly on his table reading skills and if he doesn't know you he is often bewildered. He's very suspicious and assuming the bluff is his default demeanor. I'm pretty certain that this is his problem at the short tables. He assumes that anyone will push with any 2 cards and therefore has a tendency to push back with weak hands. The secret to beating him HU is to play LA/P. Play alot of hands, but don't bluff. More so than full table play, short table play and especially heads-up are games of emotion rather than solid decision making. A suspicious man who his unable to control his emotions is at a disadvatage. PS- [URL="http://www.totalgambler.com/theplayers/playerinterviews/1259/me_and_my_big_mouth.html"]Here's[/URL] a really good article on him. [/QUOTE]

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