Originally Posted by pokerkevin

Dan Ellery is my roommate and has never played in the main event before. He is an incredible tournament player and Mike made a great choice in Dan. Furthermore, I think this is an incredibly generous act on the part of Mike Matusow and I would like to commend him for doing this. Many of these pros have no problem coin flipping with each other for 100K, but you rarely hear of them doing anything generous for others... way to go Mike Matusow!

Originally Posted by Quad_me's

I think this is cool, and good for poker. And to be honest, anything that is good for poker is ok by me.

But haters of transparent PR stunt's gonna hate!

Originally Posted by Tbird05

Update on Stacey: Scott Matusow interviewed her at the conclusion of play...she's still in with T9100.

Originally Posted by DonaldDuck

Poopy_Pants cannot spell words like confirm and fashion, and therefore lacks all credibility, especially since there is a spell check right above the message.

Seems like a credible and intelligent person.... IMO

Originally Posted by pineapple888

WTF why is this some "grand and generous gesture"?

The ME field is so soft that if he did any due diligence at all it's a +$EV and variance-reducing move, and who knows if he's actually fronting the money personally anyway or it's just some publicity nonsense on behalf of somebody else who wants to stake but doesn't have the visibility.