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04-27-2009, 11:27 PM
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journeyman
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: NJ
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
pls post a quick review when you read it. would like to know if it's worth getting.
thanks,
vb
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04-27-2009, 11:28 PM
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banned
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 817
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
will do
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04-28-2009, 01:52 AM
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Shipping the goods
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Nevada
Posts: 1,480
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
Also available from your sponsor..
http://www.conjelcostore.com/conjelc...&productID=329
We will be shipping the same day as Cardoza but I was told that delivery is delayed about a week.
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04-28-2009, 03:09 AM
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adept
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 854
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
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Hang on tight as Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, poker player extraordinaire, takes you with him on a breathtaking, true-life roller coaster ride from his humble beginnings in a trailer park to a rock and roll lifestyle full of hot women, sex, wild drug-filled parties and million-dollar wins and losses.
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I'm glad I wasn't eating or drinking when I read this. I would have redecorated the room in an instant. This stuff makes Jerry Springer look like a reputable journalist. It must be hard to sell a book when your target audience is illiterate. Maybe it comes with a free box of crayons.
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04-28-2009, 03:36 AM
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Not a Superuser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Henderson, NV
Posts: 1,546
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
I know - I am tempted to move the threads about this book to Laughs and Links.
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04-28-2009, 07:02 AM
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old hand
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: London
Posts: 1,698
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
This is a auto/biography, right?
Look forward to your review, OP.
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04-28-2009, 07:57 AM
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adept
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: in the fridge at 3 am
Posts: 842
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
228 pages ???
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04-28-2009, 11:03 AM
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journeyman
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: NJ
Posts: 331
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
Mike, when do you estimate this will be on shelves at B&N, Borders, etc.?
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04-28-2009, 11:25 AM
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banned
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 817
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
Get Ready for a Wild Ride… Hang on tight as Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, poker player extraordinaire, takes you with him on a breathtaking, true-life roller coaster ride from his humble beginnings in a trailer park to a rock and roll lifestyle full of hot women, sex, wild drug-filled parties and million-dollar wins and losses. Yet behind the glamour and glory of his high-stakes poker career lurked the flip side: a person torn between two debilitating mental illnesses — bipolar disorder and ADHD. To dig himself out of depression and suicidal despair, Matusow turned to dangerous street drugs to self-medicate a problem he didn’t understand, and spiraled deeper into the darker world of addiction, police narcotic stings, and jail time. In this revealing and tumultuous autobiography, the combustible Matusow holds nothing back. You’ll get a mouthful of the man behind the infamous Matusow Meltdowns seen on national TV. Riveting, exhilarating, sexy, sometimes shocking and always fascinating, this voyeur’s look into the world of high-stakes poker, mental illness, and ultimately, Matusow’s inspiring redemption, will keep you glued to your seat until the very last page! Bio: Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, one of the top professional poker players in the world — and the most compelling — is a favorite among the millions of television viewers who have come to count on his outrageously candid comments, emotional outbursts, and constant taunts that make for great television theatre. He has over $7 million in tournament earnings, made an amazing 13 final tables at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and won three coveted WSOP gold bracelets.
WOW>>>
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04-28-2009, 11:56 AM
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old hand
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: London
Posts: 1,698
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
Nice, will be a definite buy IMO.
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04-28-2009, 12:11 PM
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adept
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 854
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
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Originally Posted by defineluck
228 pages ???
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Twenty-eight pages of bio, 200 pages of Mike whining about being the unluckiest player in the world.
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04-28-2009, 12:16 PM
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journeyman
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: NJ
Posts: 331
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
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Originally Posted by JackCase
Twenty-eight pages of bio, 200 pages of Mike whining about being the unluckiest player in the world. 
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he never gets dealt anything. LDO.
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04-28-2009, 12:25 PM
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enthusiast
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 52
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
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Originally Posted by VBrounder
Mike, when do you estimate this will be on shelves at B&N, Borders, etc.?
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Barnes & Noble will have it on the shelf on May 12th, all other stores will stock it as they receive it that same week.
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05-03-2009, 06:55 PM
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stranger
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 11
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Re: Check Raising The Devil by Mike Matusow
For those of you who are interested, you can read chapter one in two slightly different versions at the author's blogs at:
www.aimlesslychasing.com
http://pokershrink.blogspot.com.
Apparently the publisher made major changes to chapter one but checking the original versions at those two sites should give you a feel for the flavor of the book.
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