Tao of Pokerati: Mike Madderall

For some reason that\’s really kinda hard to figure out, everyone likes Mike Matusow … maybe its because he encompasses the issues of every emotionally disturbed pre-adolescent boy any of us knew or were. So when you can be entertained by his downswings, how can you not celebrate his successes and root for more? After all, if this guy who clearly got in lots of trouble in elementary/Hebrew school can do it, why can\’t we, right?

That\’s just a guess, really, on my part. But Pauly tries to get down to the brass tacks of it all by talking with the Poker Shrink, who happens to be working on Mike\’s autobiography with Amy Calistri. And in doing so, we learn not only about Mike\’s strategy that brought him to Day 5 and what he\’s looking to do moving forward, but also the Shrink tells us about Mike\’s performance enhancing drug use — and the mutual benefits of Adderall, a drug that keeps certain people sane and happens to help them focus on the poker at hand.

Episode 25: Mike Madderall