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Mike "The Mouth" Matusow denies debt to Full Tilt Poker
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has denied to be in debt to Full Tilt Poker, although Groupe Bernard Tapie has claimed the opposite and listed Matusow among the 19 pros who according the investor group owe the poker site a combined $16.5 million.
The case has created headlines throughout the past week, with GBT saying that the unpaid debts could potentially harm or halt the ongoing takeover negotiations between the Tapies, the DOJ and Full Tilt Poker.
Among the pros mentioned by name by the Tapie group are players like Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein and David Benyamine, as well as Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, who the group claims owe $700,000.
According to PokerUpdate.com, the claim against Matusow comes directly from Groupe Bernard lawyer, Benham Dayanim, who confirmed the amount in an interview yesterday.
Dayanim also revealed that despite the group's intents to reach out to Matusow, the former Full Tilt pro has yet to respond.
"Nearly $700,000. Mr. Matusow has not responded to our attempts to reach him to discuss the matter," Dayanim said.
Matusow himself, however, does not seem to agree with the claims against him.
In a tweet sent out this week, Matusow categorically denies to owe the troubled poker site anything.
"For all my fans out there, just to let you all know I don't owe Full Tilt anything, why my name is mentioned I don't know," Matusow said.
The Tapie group has since revealed to be in contact with several of the other 19 pros about repayment agreements, however without mentioning specifically who of them have agreed to pay back their debts.
The case has created headlines throughout the past week, with GBT saying that the unpaid debts could potentially harm or halt the ongoing takeover negotiations between the Tapies, the DOJ and Full Tilt Poker.
Among the pros mentioned by name by the Tapie group are players like Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein and David Benyamine, as well as Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, who the group claims owe $700,000.
According to PokerUpdate.com, the claim against Matusow comes directly from Groupe Bernard lawyer, Benham Dayanim, who confirmed the amount in an interview yesterday.
Dayanim also revealed that despite the group's intents to reach out to Matusow, the former Full Tilt pro has yet to respond.
"Nearly $700,000. Mr. Matusow has not responded to our attempts to reach him to discuss the matter," Dayanim said.
Matusow himself, however, does not seem to agree with the claims against him.
In a tweet sent out this week, Matusow categorically denies to owe the troubled poker site anything.
"For all my fans out there, just to let you all know I don't owe Full Tilt anything, why my name is mentioned I don't know," Matusow said.
The Tapie group has since revealed to be in contact with several of the other 19 pros about repayment agreements, however without mentioning specifically who of them have agreed to pay back their debts.
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326
3 months ago
Who to believe??? is very hard to believe and the one and the other ..... the truth is somewhere in between and we do not know it!
607
3 months ago
What else to expect from him 
171
3 months ago
Do you think Mike would've just paid FTP the $700,000 even if he does owe it? Probably not. I'm sure he has a good enough lawyer.
49
3 months ago
All these bums need to either pay their debts to fulltilt and move on or just go to jail. This is beyond a joke.. All these top pros claim to be successful millionaires yet they can't even pay their own debts? WTF is that about.. I mean if they really had the skills they claim to have they would pay their debts off like true men and just go win it back. Why is that so hard to do?
705
3 months ago
I think the truth is somewhere in between. I don't think Matusow would publicly announce he owes FTP nothing if he really didn't believe it. It just doesn't do him any good. Maybe he does owe money and simply forgot.
14
3 months ago
I don't know Guys. Matasow always admitted that he sux at online poker. I find it hard to believe that he owes them $700k. He never played there unless he had to.
311
3 months ago
Not sure whose lying here but obviously either mike the mouth or the people who are behind the deal claiming he owes them money. Ive seen mike the mouth win and lose big on high stakes poker, he is a very entertaining character, wishing him good health and success in poker.
633
3 months ago
I knew there will be problems with that guy. Even if he owes, he'll never admmit that. I beieve he's too greedy.
Edited by Roocius 3 months ago
I'm sure i heard Hellmuth say how he(matusow) always got staked online to play and i wouldn't trust Matusow as far as i could throw him(which wouldn't be far).He probably thinks it's only700k and thats nothing compared to the amounts spoken about but i can't see GBT saying this if untrue,they need to pay up or just leave the poker world with what they have as they won't be accepted back otherwise,i think a lot of them will struggle even if they do pay their debts back,greedy fks the lot of them.
818
3 months ago
If i was pro poker player n i wud make so much cash i wud pay back debt to troubled site but if there are no clear records indicating Matusow owing FTP the cash then who is to know exactly how much he owed them and if he even owes them at all ?? Only they know.
261
3 months ago
Yes, these millionaires will now argue that they have a dime. As always hit people with little money. them all the same. but I want to be quickly discovered that the full tilt
248
3 months ago
I think he should pay the Money back he ows FTP and talk any BS about ...
They all have made millions with FTP
They all have made millions with FTP
67
3 months ago
Honestly, i don't see why anybody should have to repay there debts to FTP, they sure as hell haven't paid out what is left in my account. Yeah, i have gotten a check from them before, but not what is still there. I say, Pay all of us first, then maybe, just maybe go after the pros for what they owe...if anything.
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