Ian Matakis
@IMatakis
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2023 WSOP player of the year! What an honor to join such a prestigious group of people, had a blast battling and meeting many new friends along the way. Time to go home and spend some time with friends, family, and girlfriend. Thanks to everyone who rooted for me this summer!
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Shipped the Fall Poker Classic Main on the 3 year anniversary of my mother passing, this one’s for you Momma ❤️❤️
Ian Matakis is your 2023 FPC $1,100 Main Event champion paying $117,668 (chop-adjusted) and the trophy.
Thank you to all who played and congratulations Ian
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Made the Venom FT of 9 tomorrow, tune into the stream at 3:35pm CT for some free entertainment!
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1) It was 10.5bb, CO, soft bubble, and it was suited
2) You have zero self awareness, talking about HRC sims on a milly maker table full of people who play 2 tournaments a year, yapping during 2 big river decisions, and calling clock way too fast on a guy who was fast all day
Just watched 2023 player of the year rip KJ for 11 bbs from HJ on the stone bubble of an 11000 person field. 😂😂 I guess anyone can win it. Just have to be lucky?? 🤷🏻♂️
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3rd place it is! Was a very fun battle, thanks for all the love and support!
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13th for $125k… Happy with how I played, I’ll be back. Shoutout to
@WynnPoker
for putting on a fantastic tournament as always!
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Made the final 11 of $50k PLO, restart at 1pm tomorrow! Bagged shortest stack of 2.15m back to 250k so send the heat 🔥
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Playing for bracelet # 2 today!!!
Event 82: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed starts Day 4 at 1:00pm with 5 players.
Matthew Parry 13,105,000
Dustin Goldklang 11,490,000
Ian Matakis 8,835,000
Cuba Levenberry 4,915,000
Lawrence Wayne 2,200,000
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Throwback to just over 8 years ago when I won the first live tournament I ever played
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They got us in 13th for ~$94k, thanks everyone for the love & support, $25k PSPC on Monday!
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Day 3 of $5k 6 max today at 1:00, this stack back to 25kBB… 48 left
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Day 5! 16 left, resume 12:00 ET tomorrow stream goes live at 12:30!
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Someone teach me mixed games
It’s tight at the top of the WSOP Player of the Year standings as Ian Matakis leads
@shaundeeb
by less than 70 points in the latest update.
Current standings at
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Bagged 3.43 million from 1m starting in the $10k
@partypokerlive
,back to 30k BB day 2 on Thursday!
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They put me on the feature table with 68 left in $10k PCA Main Event, coverage continues after dinner break in about an hour if anyone wants to tune in!
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Not sure I've ever seen anything this beautiful while 2 tabling
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My dad asked me how poker went yesterday and when I told him it didn’t go very well he just sent me this...
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So close! Appreciate everyone for all the congrats, sweats, and nice words this weekend! It was a fun one for sure. Thanks to
@msptpoker
for running a good tournament as always, they're so on top of things it's unbelievable. On to the next one!
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Man, what an awesome first MSPT cash! Was cool final tabling with some of the best MN poker players in history. Thanks everyone for the loads of support and congrats I've received this weekend! On to the next one
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The more I travel the more I actually realize how much I love Minnesota
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The Timberwolves defense is something to behold good god they have Denver in a vice grip right now
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Made day 3
@WPT
@HardRockHolly
, starting today with 425,000 at 15kBB and 90 players left from 1360!
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14th for $11.3k, happy to have made such a nice run, unhappy with my play towards the end. Something to learn from! Good luck to those left
@msptpoker
@CanterburyCards
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35 left from 2,333 entrants $2,200 Wynn mystery bounty, ~$400k + bounties FTW, we are short so send some 🔥
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Day 1 of my first
@WPT
event today!! Already ran in to
@JeffGrossPoker
so you know there's good vibes going. Let's go
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When you think your friends know you well and then they send you something like this
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Thanks to
@PokerTraditions
for including me in this article, y'all definitely better watch out on the tables this year!!
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Down to 27, redrawing 3 tables. Have 550k vs 310k avg right now. Let's go
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Made FT of
@CanterburyCards
@msptpoker
finale. Coming In 1/10 w $155k up top! Stream starts at 9:00pm CT at . Hoping to be able to say “We got em”
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Asked roommate if him and his girlfriend were doing anything for Valentine's Day
They broke up two weeks ago
Oops
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My dad sent me this if anyone’s been having trouble with ladies lately
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The
@WSOP
Marathon is over for me, out in 81st late day 3. ‘Twas a good warm up for the Main Event! Tks for all the sweats and good luck to my coach
@vladrev123
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While someone was giving a presentation a message popped up from their group chat saying "does anyone wanna split a case with me tonight" 😂
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Was on the good side of a KK vs KK 4 card flush at the end of the night, Bagged 196,000 for day 2 tomorrow!
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Shoutout to my student
@TscarMobile
for his 5th place finish this weekend in
@msptpoker
, we've been working together to improve his game since April and the work is paying off. Some room for more students has opened up, contact me if interested 😀
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Awesome article
@monuwwarah
& thanks for including me in it!
Here are five players making a mark on the American poker circuit who bear watching at the 2019
@WSOP
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Today I opened a mint, threw it in the garbage, and then proceeded to put the wrapper in my mouth...
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Professor: "If an idea is good when you're sober AND when you're drunk it's probably a damn good idea"
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Me every year: This year everyone is getting a thoughtful Christmas gift from me!!
December 24th rolls around: Man I really better go get my annual gift cards for everyone
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Final table of ten
@msptpoker
Meskwaki, coming in as the chip leader with 1.96 million! $90k up top. Live stream starts at 6:00pm at , let's go!
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Have action available for $50k PLO tomorrow, pending whether I’m still in $5k 6 max or not. Text/DM
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On way to Cleveland for
@msptpoker
and we got a full row to ourselves on the plane, already running good!
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How come every time I see someone with a “How’s my driving” sticker they’re the worst driver of all time
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*Hears my dad yelling emergency*
Look and over and he's frantically taking his belt off and just goes "ahh, much better"
Wish I was making this up...
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I think the end of my papers will always be garbage because I'm just so over it at that point
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Have some action available for $50k NLH WSOP tomorrow at 2:00pm, pending whether I’m still in $3k plo or not… Text/DM
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Going to watch this presidential debate tonight for comedic purposes only
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When you queue Smack Dat by Akon 5 times in a row on TouchTunes and half the bar clears out 💀 💀
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2 hour drive with my dad
10 “What an idiot”
4 “How dumb can you be”
3 “It’s a law that they have to move over if someone is behind them”
& of course countless glares at whoever he passed who wasn’t going fast enough
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One of my classmates is using his calculator without taking it out of the box, so he can return it when he is done with this class. Genius.
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Well, after about 4 near deaths, 3 wrong turns, and a handful of yelling from my mom my dad got us to the U for orientation 😳
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Just shoved 10 bigs on the button with A6 and big blind folds 77 face up, poker IS NOT dead!!!
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It’s 61 degrees lol
It's so incredibly cold in Vegas today.
Nobody was ready for this.
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Idk why my mom randomly makes steak and potatoes at 10:00pm but I guess I'm not complaining?
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Made the drive to
@paysbigpoker
for day 1C of
@msptpoker
Wisconsin State Poker Championship, plan is to run up a big stack for day 2 tomorrow!
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Went to get headlight replaced today
It was just unplugged
Got home to see it was not working again
Bulb was out this time lmao
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This is hilarious
when you get added to a random soccer mom group chat by mistake (1/2)
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“What have you done today”
My dad: “Bought a trap at Ace and caught a chipmunk in our garden earlier, gonna go let him out in the wild somewhere”
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LFG Kou!
The final table for
#WPTVenetian
is underway, with all six players seated and ready to go. Chipleader Joe McKeehen (
@dude904
) is going for his 1st WPT title, and Jack Hardcastle is going for his 2nd.
No live stream, but H4H updates available here:
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Some girl sitting next to me in Calc right before class started looked at me and went "I can't do math today" and walked out... Cya
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Busted fairly early in day, couple nasty coolers… will be rooting for my boys on the sidelines for this one!
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Sawyer- I don't think I'm going to the club tonight because I'm peeling and I look terrible.
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