num_pages: 272
description: 1. Big Poker The super popular and always entertaining Mike The Mouth Matusow is a huge fan favorite from his many implosions explosions and huge successes at the poker table on national TV. 2. Fascinating This book has it high stakes gambling drugs jail psychotic episodes and debilitating depression and mental illness plus the depths of despair and heights of victory. 3. Very High Mike Matusow is one of the most recognizable and followed players in poker today. Yahoo's online search engine identifies over 1.1 million websites that provide content about Mike Matusow. His weekly online video show The Mouthpiece at CardPlayer.com averages over 2000 viewers per day. 4. Super Popular Poker is the third most watched sport on cable television behind auto racing and football. 5. Secondary Market The National Institute of Mental Health estimates there are 5.7 million people in the U.S. that have bipolar disorder and the CDC estimates 1.6 million elementary school children have been diagnosed ADHD.Get Ready for a Wild RideHang on tight as Mike The Mouth Matusow poker player extraordinaire takes you with him on a breathtaking true-life roller coaster ride from his humble beginnings in a trailer park to a rock and roll lifestyle full of hot women sex wild drug-filled parties and million-dollar wins and losses. Yet behind the glamour and glory of his high-stakes poker career lurked the flip a person torn between two debilitating mental illnesses??bipolar disorder and ADHD. To dig himself out of depression and suicidal despair Matusow turned to dangerous street drugs to self-medicate a problem he didnt understand and spiraled deeper into the darker world of addiction police narcotic stings and jail time.In this revealing and tumultuous autobiography the combustible Matusow holds nothing back. Youll get a mouthful of the man behind the infamous Matusow Meltdowns seen on national TV.Riveting exhilarating sexy sometimes shocking and always fascinating this voyeurs look into the world of high-stakes poker mental illness and ultimately Matusows inspiring redemption will keep you glued to your seat until the very last page!
language: English
title: Check-raising the Devil
publisher: Cardoza