Family feuds always make for great stories, and the current feud between pro poker player Mike Matusow and his brother Scott Matusow is already shaping up to be a good one. Things kicked off when Scott Matusow used Mike’s twitter account to promote a blog post he’d written called “Phil Ivey not paying divorce settlement payments.”
As you can deduce from the title, the article covers Ivey’s recent inability to pay his wife, Luciaetta Ivey, her alimony payments. After implying that Ivey is broke and possibly owes an unnamed casino $6-$10 million, Scott proceeds with this gem:
This is in no way to suggest Ivey is a rotten person.. I just believe he is a total degenerate and not what poker players who are serious about becoming real grinders and really profitable should be looking up to. I respect REAL GRINDERS. online, live, or both.
Not sure what Scott Matusow knows about being a “real grinder” since he has little discernible poker background to speak of. Apparently, Mike Matusow has no idea either since he tweeted, “sorry about the article my crazy brother put out there on ivey its not what i think @ScottMatusow is no longer allowed near my twitter.”
Things only spiraled downward from here as Scott Matusow jumped on his blog and hammered out a post called “An open letter to Mike Matusow.” He began his bi***fest by typing, “I see you getting worse and worse with your gambling issues. We went out for our parents anniversary 2 weeks ago.. The entire time, all you could talk about was yourself, your bets, checking the scores on games. You do not consider how you hurt Mom and Dad with your behavior.”
He continued the nasty rant by writing, “It is not my fault or anyone else’s that you hate yourself and you are a miserable because of, in my opinion, a severe gambling addiction on top of your addiction to legal drugs.”
Honestly, it’s hard to tell who looks worse in the battle of the Matusow brothers. On one hand, Mike just got his dirty laundry aired once again; on the other side, you also have Scott biting the hand of the guy whose coattails he’s been riding all along. I can only see this feud escalating further in the future.
