The Mouth Makes His Exit
Mike Matusow had been having a rough day, unable to get anything going it seemed, and in a hand that was a microcosm of his whole day, he has been eliminated. Matusow and Terrence Chan were heads up on a flop of . Chan checked to Matusow, and with about 3,500 in the middle, Matusow put out a bet of 3,000. Chan thought for just a few moments before putting out a stack that had Matusow covered. Matusow beat him into the pot with the call, and was in disbelief when he saw Chan's hand.
Chan:
Matusow:
When he saw Chan's hand, Matusow could only stare up at the ceiling for a few moments before tabling his hand. He would need one of the two remaining kings in the deck to survive, and he wouldn't get it on the turn, the . Rubbing salt in the wound, the river came the , giving Chan unnecessary quads. Matusow spoke briefly with the ESPN cameras, before quickly making his final exit out of the Amazon room for this WSOP.