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I take your points about it being a control thing - he can control the table if the players are cowed by his boorish behaviour and outright rudeness. That said I think the game still needs to have an element of class about it and throwing his weight around and being downright obnoxious isn't exactly good for the game. Yes he's a good player but he's not exactly the poker equivalent of John McEnroe is he? Throwing his cards at Raymer was appalling and he would have been justified in having a pop at him for that - but that incident in itself tells me there isn't THAT great a degree of control attached to Matosow's needling. In short I don't think it's an act or even a calculated attempt to unsettle other players - I just think he's an asshole who has trouble controlling himself at the table. If he was truly a master of needle and mind control he wouldn't have lost it like that with Raymer or cried like a baby after being eliminated. Decent player, but a prick of the highest order.
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