Disrespected Mike Matusow and Allen Kessler Out to Prove Poker World Wrong

Mike Matusow went for a small bid within the 25k Fantasy Draft, and Allen Kessler did not even get drafted. Each longtime poker professionals seem like on a mission to show the poker neighborhood improper this summer time on the 2025 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP).

The $25,000 buy-in WSOP fantasy draft occurred at Aria Tuesday afternoon. A document 24 groups every chosen eight gamers they hope will rack up factors in the course of the Sequence. Staff homeowners might solely spend as much as $200 bidding on gamers in the course of the public sale, which implies they needed to both keep away from the high-priced stars like Jeremy Ausmus, who went for $141, or pile up the worth picks.

A kind of potential worth picks is Matusow, a four-time bracelet winner. However he solely went for $3 to Daniel Negreanu’s staff. The low bid did not sit effectively with “The Mouth.”

Matusow, in a tweet, referred to the low bid as “comical” and mentioned “they’re gonna f*****g pay.” He additionally assured Negreanu that he can be the beneficiary of the opposite groups skipping over him within the draft.

Matusow, who hasn’t received a bracelet since 2013, was drafted, even when it was for only a small quantity. Kessler, however, went for precisely $0, that means nobody picked him up.

The “Chainsaw” has by no means received a bracelet, however he does have 264 cashes between the WSOP and World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC). Most of Kessler’s cashes are of the min-cash selection. However he’ll nearly definitely rack up some fantasy factors this summer time. Sufficient to justify being drafted? That query can be answered because the 2025 WSOP progresses.

Kessler is so assured in his recreation that he is prepared put his cash the place his mouth is. Extra particularly, he is accepted a wager in opposition to Martin Zamani, a two-time bracelet winner.

Kessler tweeted out a proposal to “wager on myself” to outscore 10 chosen drafted gamers. Zamani took his motion at $250 per participant for a most wager of $2,500, Kessler advised PokerNews. The gamers the Chainsaw should outscore on the WSOP this summer time to win the complete wager are as follows:

Kevin GerhartMax PescatoriCooper FelthamGus HansenMatt ValeoJon ShoremanKyle MiholichAndrew LichtenbergerTyler MoncekEsther Taylor

“I selected some I am favored in opposition to, and a few I am a canine in opposition to to make the wager enjoyable, and to provide me an incentive to push even more durable,” Kessler tweeted.

Kessler and Matusow are assured they’ll carry out effectively in the course of the 2025 World Sequence of Poker. Now it is as much as them to show the poker neighborhood improper. If they cannot, they’re going to definitely hear about it from the haters on social media.