Poker legends Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow have had some epic poker hands with each other over their long and storied careers. On Tuesday, both men were playing heads-up in a side event at the 2017 WPT L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino (main event begins Saturday).
The $1,100 Omaha hi-low eight-or-better/stud hi-low eight-or-better tournament drew a field of 72 runners. The “Poker Brat” entered heads-up play with a 2-1 chip advantage and outlasted “The Mouth” to win $25,200. Matusow pocketed $14,400 for his efforts.
Commerce Tournament Coordinator Justin Hammer recorded a portion of their battle.
Heads up play resumes between
phil_hellmuth</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/themouthmatusow">themouthmatusow @LAPC #WPTLAPC— Justin Hammer (@TheJustinHammer) February 22, 2017
Matusow obviously wasn’t too thrilled about the result.
Whats more depressing then losing @phil_hellmuth headup #nothing
— Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) February 22, 2017
The 14-time WSOP bracelet winner of course was all smiles after his victory.
Check out this picture: guess who finished first and who finished second? #POSITIVITY #GreatMatch pic.twitter.com/0XNCh1iwnv
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) February 22, 2017
Though the buy-in was relatively small, Hellmuth was finally able to get some tournament revenge on Matusow, who ran well in their 2013 NBC Heads-Up battle to give him that title and $750,000.
Here’s just one more unforgettable hand the two poker stars have played together.
