Dan “Jungleman” Cates’ win in the WSOP $50K six-handed event set the Mike “the Mouth” Matusow off on a rant over the rules allowing players to enter during the second day of play during multi-day events. It wasn’t the green hair, but the fact that Dan Cates won his first bracelet after late-registering for the $50K tournament that rattled Matusow. (Image: WSOP) The fact that players like Cates can wait all the way until Day 2 of this year’s Main Event to register is another issue that has Matusow, and others, bothered by the rules at the WSOP.
Matusow lashed out online after Cates won his first WSOP bracelet after skipping the entire first day of the event. He jumped into the action on Day 2 and tripled his starting stack of 300K, which was good enough to enter Day 3 second in chips with 39 big blinds.
Three days later, Cates beat Ryan Leng heads-up for the hardware. The 63-player event paid 10 spots, and Cates was one of four players who cashed by skipping Day 1; Chris Brewer, Josh Arieh , and Nick Schulman were the others.
But folks can now rest easy. As of 10:02 p.m. Vegas time on Monday, Nov. 7, Matusow announced he had set a new goal for his life. I’ve set my life goal to use my platform to end all max late reg. And all day 2 registration at all cost! Tourney poker is for an = playing field, not to allow rich poker players the advantage of max late reg! I want what’s good for long term of tourney poker not for myself! — Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) November 8, 2021 The Twitter tirade about the sanctity and integrity of the WSOP quickly brought tournament poker regulars into the tempest.
Matusow’s main gripe, it seems, is that late registration gives “rich poker players” an unfair advantage over players who choose to play all of the levels. He claims the advantage of avoiding the pitfalls that come with variance in the first levels, and the fact that late-registering players are mentally fresher than their opponents […]
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