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Article: Selective Memory

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  1. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 10:58am)

     
  2. JDsmith9 JDsmith9 is offline

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 12:15pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>good article duuude well written</p>
     
  3. BLAKJACK BLAKJACK is offline

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 12:46pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Matusow owns</p>
     
  4. sushisam420 sushisam420 is offline

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 2:24pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>we already know all this , good try tho</p>
  5. Rimz Rimz is offline

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 2:38pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>^^^ doesn't know shittt...</p>
    <p>nice article! </p>
  6. rocksolid124 rocksolid124 is offline

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 2:39pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Actually... </p>
    <p>It seems that Matusow has a better mindframe lately than he has in the past.  Just watching a lot of his Mouthpiece shows on Cardplayer seems to indicate that.</p>
  7. Bigk975j Bigk975j is offline

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 2:40pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Whats his beef with the MOUTH??</p>
  8. johnybignuts johnybignuts is offline

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 2:49pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>mike is who mike is</p>
  9. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 3:21pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Rock, for every Mouthpiece where Mike is funny, insightful and says a lot of interesting things...check out the PokerRoad Radio from earlier this year where Matusow crashes the broadcast and goes on a profanity-laden 10-minute rant about everyone and everything.   He knows he's out of control, can't help it, and doesn't care.  Matusow was definitely in a good frame of mind for the entire WSOP, and his results showed it.</p>
    <p>BigK, I don't have a beef with Mike.  On the contrary, I have a lot of respect for his game (and I said so in the piece).  I write about Mike fairly regularly because you can learn so much about both how to play, and how not to act, all at the same time.</p>
    <p>The point of the article was to avoid having the wrong kind of selective memory.   Maybe I did a poor job of communicating that.</p>
    <p>Thanks for reading, everyone.</p>
     
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  10. just-jOHnny just-jOHnny is offline I got nothin

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 3:34pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Mike is a good guy. </p>
    <p>Mike is Mike. </p>
    <p>Great at the game and for it. </p>
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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 4:13pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Actually, Matusow's temper and self-loathing may have improved when he lost all that weight.  He started running miles a day (kill me now), and that kind of exercise can really do alot when it comes to coping with stress.  </p>
     
  12. H n F R Mangos H n F R Mangos is offline

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    Jul 25th, 2008 (7/25/2008 5:43pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Very nicely written article. Very interesting read.</p>
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    Jul 26th, 2008 (7/26/2008 8:39am) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>It's seems to me like grapsfan is trying to hard to understand mikes thinking, just because someone says they are unlucky doesnt mean that they believe it or mean it. Talk is cheap.</p>
  14. FabulousTexan FabulousTexan is offline

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    Jul 26th, 2008 (7/26/2008 12:48pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Graps doesn't mean to speak for him, but I think Graps was making a comment about the play and the selective memory of the average poker player and using Matusow as an example.</p>
    <p>From personal experience, my game improved significantly after I quit living on selective memory and started to objectively analyzing my play. It's so easy just to whine about everybody catching their draws on you and calling with mediocre hands that either hit or hold, that you'll never improve.</p>
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    Jul 26th, 2008 (7/26/2008 8:53pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>mike the mouth makes me feel alot better aboiut myself...</p>
    <p>he thinks he runs badly when it matters, lol... he needs to get his chips in ahead first/ </p>
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    Jul 29th, 2008 (7/29/2008 12:50pm) in reply to grapsfan

    <p>Mike is just an extreme example of how we all have selective memory.</p>
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