On Wednesday in the WSOP $1500 event I had the unpleasant experience of being seated at the same table as Michael Souza, pictured below (he was wearing sunglasses at the table). This guy is the biggest jerk with whom I've ever played (an assessment with which Stars pro Anh Van Nguyen agreed).
Early on, he wouldn't stop berating Doug Carli (a middle-aged pro from Ohio and super nice guy) after losing a relatively small pot to him. After this went on for a number of minutes, I said to him, "Just stop, he's a better player than you'll ever be." That prompted him to say things like, "Don't you know who I am?" along with the ever important, "I bet I have more WSOP cashes than you" and "I bet I have more WSOP Main Event cashes than you." He refused to say his name (I got it by looking up the table draws and checking some of the things he said against his results, 100% it's him).
The next thing he did was an attempted angle. He raised preflop and got two callers. Flop Q83. He checked, second person checked, BT bet, he called. Person in the middle then raised all in. Michael Souza then, out of turn, immediately threw his cards into the middle of the table. While BT was thinking, Michael grabbed his cards back. To his credit, BT recognized what was going on and said something like, "Now I'm pretty sure I don't have you beat." BT folded, and sure enough Michael had a set of 8s. He then, amazingly, proceeded to brag about what he had done for the next 5 minutes.
The next incident involving him was a pot where Anh Van Nguyen raised pre and Michael called from the BB. Flop: K 4 x. Check, bet, call. Turn: x, check, check. River: A, check, check. Michael, who by rule is obligated to show his hand first, says, "I have a 4." To his credit, Anh sat there and said and did nothing. After like 5 seconds, Michael says, "And an A", and turns over A4hh. Anh was really pissed and said, "You were going to slowroll me." Doug said, "It's about time for you to get schooled." Michael said, "For what?" Doug replied, "For being an *******."
Michael then called the floor because Doug said he was an *******. Doug was given a 1 round penalty over the protest of everyone else at the table. Michael was taken aside and warned by the floor, however. Ironically, while Doug was serving his penalty, Michael busted from the tournament, having punted a fairly big stack by playing a hand terribly.
So if you happen to be seated at the same table as this *******, beware the angles, slowrolls and general douchiness. Feel free as well to 3bet him, c-bet a KQ3 flop and show a 2 after he folds, which is what I did.
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