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Originally Posted by Bond18
Naturally I brought all this to the attention of my producers at the WPT. As it turns out, they were not intending to have him return as a Ones to Watch for season 11 anyway.
My relationship with Matt previous to all this was congenial and professional. He was always pleasant to me, and we had no negative run-ins prior to all this. Even after conspiring to cheat and blowing up on me I don't feel disdain for Matt the same way I do for many other scummy people in poker. I think that many of the money-hungry, deceptive, ******* types we encounter in poker are perfectly self aware that what they're doing/about-to-do is ****ed up and greedy but they're just too selfish to care. I think Matt has a genuine personality disorder and truly believes that the world has spontaneously turned on him just because of a misunderstanding. I think he suffers from delusions and crippling insecurity. I think he's sick in the head.
None of this is an excuse or rationale for what he's done, and I believe if he decides to still hang around poker he'll justly be treated like a pariah. But for once I find a poker scandal more saddening than infuriating.
is this post like when your parents tell you they're not mad at you...but disappointed?
oush! just based on an outsiders perspective, this does seem to be the case on many fronts...i just saw his "the kid" and yea, dude does seem like he wants more than he is due...i also found it interesting the role his father has in his finances, i never knew he had family money and i thought he was a self made phenom...
i find it real interesting that an intelligent person like yourself, Bond18, would genuinely say you think he has personality issues...that may certainly be the case, I do remember reading a tweet of his talking about seeing a psychiatrist so he himself may be aware and trying to control it...still sad...i really liked following his tweets cuz i just thought he was a nut (like in a good way, like that funny dbag guy you know who is one of your best friends because under all the dumb **** he is still a good person) but it looks like he may be a bit too nutty in a bad way.